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“If you don’t let me go, I’m going to scream.”

“No, you won’t.” The confidence in his tone sets my anger alight. Does he really think I’m going to go with them?

“One.” The word comes out steadily.

Bret grins and pulls at my arm again.

“Two.”

“Three.” I open my mouth, and Bret releases his hold on me. The second I’m free, I hurry away from them, my heart thudding wildly in my chest.

Chapter 33

Eli

I’m leaning against a wall, near the doors which lead out into the private garden area at the back of the club, when Arabella weaves her way back through the crowds to join us. My dad and Elena are sitting at a table nearby, their heads close together as they talk.

“Hey, Eli.” My gaze moves from Arabella to the brunette standing in front of me. When I don’t speak, she twirls a lock of hair around her finger. “You look as bored as me. Want to go into the maze and …” Her tongue sweeps over her bottom lip.

“And what?”

“Make me see stars?” Her giggle sets my teeth on edge.

“I’d rather grind down my teeth with a dull file.”

Her lips part and she frowns at me. “I don’t know what that means.”

I sigh. “It means fuck off.”

I push away from the wall and stride past her, looking left and right for Arabella. She hasn’t returned to the table, and I can’t see any sign of her inside the ballroom, so I step through the open doors which lead outside. A flash of blonde hair to my right turns me sideways, and I stride along the patio to the end of the building and around the corner and almost crash into her.

“What are you doing out here?”

She spins to face me. “What happens when we go back to school?”

“What do you mean?”

“Everyone thinks I’m a slut.”

I snort. “Everyone is jealous. Fuck what they think.”

“Jealous?” Her voice is shrill.

“You really think any of the guys who watched that video didn’t want to be m—the guy whose dick you were sucking? All the girls wanted what you were getting.”

She laughs, the sound high-pitched. “Sure. That’s what they’re all thinking.”

“Have you any idea how many women fantasize about two men giving them all their attention?”

“I don’t!”

I throw my head back, laughing. “Did you forget that I read your diary, Hellcat? You wrote all about that night and how it made you feel.”

“Oh my god, you knew all about it before the video was leaked. You read about everything I did with him.”

“Sin, you mean? That’s what you call him, right?” I need to stop talking, but I can’t stop the words from leaving my lips. “The guy who made you realize making yourself come was nothing compared to someone else’s mouth on your pussy.”

“And you wonder why I don’t believe you about the video!” Her hand lifts and I catch her wrist before her palm connects with my cheek.

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