Page 73 of Notorious Park Avenue Prince

“He told me yesterday.”

“When? He never lost a throw after that one with you.”

“It was before that, when we were setting up. He didn’t say much, just that he used to come down here with someone.”

East huffed and turned back to watch the man wading out in the blue depths. “I don’t want to think about that.”

I glanced over to see his jaw was a little tighter than it had been minutes ago when he’d been giving me a cool down.

If I didn’t know better I might just think— “You’re jealous.”

“How many times do I have to tell you?” East said, his eyes still forward. “I don’tgetjealous.”

“Riiight—you just don’t want to think about King here having sex with someone else.”

“Do you?”

“No, but I’m not you. Usually you’d be telling me you were sorry to miss that.”

“Well, I am. Sorry to have not been invited.”

While that sounded plausible enough and veryEast, the tic in his jaw remained.

“Uh huh, well, it’s over now—obviously.”

“Why obviously?”

“Because he’s here with us.”

“Oh, Zac.” East cocked his head. “Have you always been this naïve? Or is this a new development?”

“I’m not naïve. I just don’t think King is like that.” My eyes drifted back to the man under discussion.

“Maybe he didn’t want to be part of King’s secret underground doings,” East speculated. “I don’t know why, though. Who’d be dumb enough to turn down the opportunity for power and unbelievable wealth?”

“Maybe he had questions that never got answered,” I pointed out. “You have to admit, the whole thing is a little?—”

“Mysterious? Intriguing? Sexy?”

“All of those things, yes, but it’s also asking for a lot of trust.”

“And you don’ttrustyour professor?”

“Well, he’s not just my professor now, is he?”

As King walked out of the sea, East shrugged. “I suppose so, but do you really think he’d put you in harm’s way after sticking around to watch over you for all these years? Speaking of, how are you going to be able to be anywhere near him when we get back to school without imagining him looking likethat?”

It was a valid question, one I’d been asking myself every single day since we were blindfolded and taken into the mystery building. I had no goddamn idea how I was going to get through the last couple of months at Astor.

“With great difficulty.”

“I’m just glad I don’t have any classes with him.” East licked his lips, no doubt imagining running them all over King. “Then again, I wouldn’t mind looking at him and remembering this very moment right now. Or when he took you on the table, and me over the top of you.”

And there went my dick, standing and ready to greet King as he arrived.

“What are you two scheming about?”

East reached for a towel and tossed it to him, and we watched with heated interest as he dried off his built body. “Aww, don’tyou hate when you ask a question and don’t get an answer?” East lay back, placing his hands under his head, and I just shrugged.

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