Page 25 of Falling for Them

“Oh, please.” He looked at me and rolled his eyes as he set his coffee down on the nightstand. “We’re grown-ass adults.”

He started unbuttoning his shirt as he walked toward the closet. He slid the shirt off once he was inside and threw it in the hamper before turning to face me.

The banging in my chest was so loud I was sure he could hear it as I took in his sculpted body that looked like something straight off one of Libby’s romance novel covers.

“You’re jealous.” His hands went to the button on his jeans, and I sucked in a breath through my gritted teeth.

I was officially the worst best friend ever for wanting to see him take off his pants, but I turned around so I could keep my cool. “What?”

“Are you jealous of me kissing her or her kissing me?” The sound of his zipper made me bite my lip.

I spun around so fast I made myself slightly dizzy. “What the hell are you talking about?”

He pushed down his jeans before kicking them off into the depths of the closet. He stood there in front of me wearing only a pair of baby blue briefs that showed the outline of everything, and I meaneverything.

The fuckersmirked.

He tried to brush past me on the way to the bed, but I grabbed his elbow to stop him. “You’re awfully handsy, Ethan.”

“I won’t let you hurt her.” Was that a growl that just came from me?

Leo’s eyes went straight to my lips and my cock decided at that moment to come to life. “I think you need to let my arm go.” His voice dropped low, and his tongue peeked out to wet his lips.

I was frozen, under the spell of this frustrating man whore who had probably fucked at least three people in the past twenty-four hours despite him saying he had changed his ways. That thought sobered me and I stepped away from him, backing into the door.

All my fight was gone, especially when he looked down to where I was sure he saw the evidence of my arousal.

“Stay away from her, Leo.” I opened the door, not taking my eyes off him. “And go stay somewhere else. For your sake and for hers.”

As I stepped out into the hall, Leo laughed. “And apparently yours.”

I closed the door, standing there with the knob in my hand, my cock aching.

That man was going to cause some serious problems.

Chapter 10

Packing Party

Leo

Ireally needed to stop working so hard. The restaurants I was invested in were doing the best they’d done in years, but I wasn’t. Working at the foundation five days a week, sometimes until late evening, and then working at night and on the weekends on my side ventures was starting to wear on me.

The truth was, I didn’t even need to work, but the alternative was festering in a pool of cash and self-loathing. Staying busy kept that from happening… mostly.

After the confusing and frustrating confrontation with Ethan, sleep had come hard and fast. I had no clue why Ethan had decided to hate me, but it was clear he was going to be a major issue over the next few weeks until my penthouse was done being remodeled.

At least I was only home to sleep.

Hushed talking from the hall woke me, and I rolled over, checking the time on my phone. It was barely nine, but way tooearly for Ethan, or anyone for that matter, to be having what sounded like a meltdown.

Groaning as I got up, I went to the door, throwing it open. “Can you keep the dramatics down? Sunday is supposed to be a day of rest.”

Ethan and Libby were at the end of the hall and turned toward me. Ethan did a quick sweep of my body before rolling his eyes. “Can we all agree on wearing clothes when you come out of your room?”

“Well, seeing as how this is apparently your room…” I stepped into the middle of the hall, not caring that my boxer briefs were rather tight in the crotch. “Why would you not want to see this beautiful display of masculinity every day?”

Ethan made a gagging sound, and Libby covered her mouth, her eyes lighting up in amusement as she tried not to laugh out loud. She had quite the fun personality when she wasn’t angry at me.

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