Page 68 of Wicked Heirs

Orpheus:Believe me, she definitely wanted me.

I screwed up my face at his arrogance. Of-fucking-course.

Orpheus:Jealousy doesn’t become you, X.

Xavier:It’s concern, you shit.

Orpheus:Or, perhaps, a bit of both?

All-knowing bastard.

Xavier:Let me handle my own business.

Orpheus:I would if you’d actually handle it. At long last. Oh, wait, that’s all you do… handle it yourself.

My fingers tightened around my phone and it was all I could do not to employ my vampiric strength and crush it.

Xavier:Fuck off. My concern is that you haven’t shown her how you really are sexually.

Orpheus:Sexually? Adorable.

Xavier:Don’t be condescending. You’re verging on defensive. When you hook up, you don’t show that, what you really need, BUT you clearly being interested beyond a one-nighter would mean you having to. You need to let her know what she’s getting into.

Orpheus:She’s compatible with my predilections.

Xavier:A brief insight into her mind that time at theKick Offisn’t enough to be sure. You said yourself that your magic was contaminated by hers. What you saw could have been warped as a result.

Orpheus:If you hadn’t grounded the same spell a few days ago, I would have been able to find out for certain, because my magic wasn’t corrupted then, she handled it well and accepted it easily.

Xavier:It would’ve been a violation to obtain information on her that way. You need to ask her, be honest, above board. I know that’s a new concept for you, but so is she.

Orpheus:Now who’s being a condescending fucker?

Xavier:You’ve earned it.

Orpheus:I’m not going to hurt her.

Xavier:The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Orpheus:Good thing I have you here to keep me in check then, isn’t it?

More than anyone fucking well realized.

Orpheus:Admit that you want her. I doubt she’ll mind sharing. She’s already shown interest in us both.

Xavier:She’s on my mind more than anyone has been. I care about her.

Orpheus:Jeez, just answer the actual question instead of circling around it. Do you want to sink your virgin cock into her sweet cunt?

I gritted my teeth.

He was really pushing me.

Of course he knew that all too well.

And he knew exactly how to do it.

He was a master at manipulating others to create the outcomes he wanted, but he usually refrained from doing so with me and Tal.

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