Page 64 of Sins

My phone alerted me I had a message.

Kenna: Yen Hong had an emergency in Bangkok and Salazar is entertaining friends. I’m free if you are. Or I can go get into some trouble, and we can fight about it and take the long way around to what I want from you.

I broke into a grin as I responded.

Grim: Rooftop now.

I figured the demand would fuel her fire; I went instantly hard.

“Mr. Gates?” I turned to find Hanna, Kenna’s friend. She stood in front of me, totally naked. Pool water dripped from her breasts, and she casually brushed a drip from a perky nipple. I was unmoved.

“I thought that was you.” She gave me a sexy look. “Like what you see?”

Anger went through me when I remembered how she bolted from the hotel room and left Kenna to deal with the aftermath of Sasha. Something about her rubbed me the wrong way, and now I saw what that thing was.

I raised a brow, totally unimpressed with whatever the hell she was trying to do. My natural urge to let my eyes roam a female body was replaced with disgust.

I raised my eyebrow at her. “When people meet me, they don’t forget me.”

“That’s true.” She pulled her wet hair to one side, and her finger dipped to her breast again as she shot me a coy look. “I’m all alone here in the pool. Are you interested in a dip?”

“No.” I didn’t miss a beat.

“I know my tits aren’t like hers, but my mouth can work magic on your?—”

“You’re right. They’re definitely not.” I tossed the insult at her, pissed she would do this to Kenna. “Get dressed before someone sees you.”

“I wantyouto see me.” She stepped forward. “Touch me.” She came closer until she was practically touching me. “You can do whatever you want to me.”

“I don’t do desperate chicks.” I sipped my drink, but she boldly ran her hand up my chest. I opened my hand and dropped my drink. The glass bounced off my shoe and fell into the pool as I snagged and squeezed her wrist with a deep hiss. I hovered over her and used my size to intimidate her. She cowed, and again I thought how turned off I was. “You’d be wise to remember that I’ve made people disappear for a lot less than what you’re doing now.”

“Do you have any idea how hard it is to always be in her shadow?” She glared at me but didn’t make a move. “Never being good enough. They look at me, but they’re really looking at her.”

“A man wants a woman with confidence.” I dumbed it down for her; she wasn’t getting it. “Not a woman who compares herself to those around her. People see Kenna because she’s real. She doesn’t try to be anything but what she is.” I pushed her hands away. “You’re pathetic. That’s theworstfor a man.”

“I might be pathetic, but I’m not stupid. I know how to ruin a good thing when I see it.” She tried to kiss me, but I was ready and grabbed her arms and twisted them, slamming her back to my front. That was a move I loved to do with Kenna, but it was anything but that with this chick. She glanced back at me, then her gaze shifted, and she moaned like she was turned on. “That’s right, baby, just how I like it.” She pressed hard against me.

“Wow,” I muttered and dropped my hold on her. She took a couple of steps to catch her balance.

“Just let me see how you feel,” she whined, and I scrunched up my face in disgust.

“Hanna?” Kenna’s sharp tone made her jump backward, but something told me Hanna had seen Kenna before I did. “What the hell are you doing?” I took in her long silver dress with its sexy slit up both sides as she approached us.

She was gorgeous and all fucking mine.

“It’s not what you think. Grim?—”

I cut her off. “Grim did nothing.”

She kept going. “He made a pass at me, and I came here to?—”

Crack!The sound from Kenna’s slap echoed about the pool. I waved off the bartender to give us some privacy. Hanna covered her cheek as her eyes watered.

“After all I’ve done for you, you hit on my fiancé?”

Hanna did a doubletake, and I was pleased that she was shocked by the news.

“Your fiancé?” She laughed like a crazy person. “Oh, that’s fucking great!” She brushed her wet hair back out of her face. “Of course you nabbed the billionaire.” Hanna’s voice dripped sarcasm, and Kenna’s face twisted. I wished I knew what she was thinking. “God, that video makes so much more sense now.”

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