Page 81 of Revenge

Relieffloodedmy insides.What the actual hell? Was hetryingto give me a heart attack?

My eyes must have been the size of saucers and as I calmed down, Kai put a finger to his lips and removed his other hand from my mouth.

Taking an extra breath into my lungs, I whisper-shouted, “Youscaredme,” whilst pushing up on my elbows. My hair part covered my face and I shook my head to force the clumps from my cheeks.

My heart thumped against my chest like something was trying to break free from a cage.

Kai remained silent and nodded, motioning towards a sleeping Anton. His message was clear, he didn’t want us to wake the other man.

I gave him a look of understanding but before I could push up from the bed, Kai grabbed the duvet and peeled it away from my body. The tee I wore had ridden up and Anton’s boxer shorts were showing. Kai’s eyes narrowed as he took in what I wore beneath the bedclothes. I saw a spark of annoyance before he masked it and I wasn’t sure what that meant.

I glanced down, suddenly feeling guilty but before I could give that emotion any more thought, Kai slid his arms beneath my body and lifted me off the mattress and into the air. My skin heated as he pulled me against his hard body, carrying me bridal style from the room.

Kai’s face was unreadable and I wrapped my arms around his neck so I wouldn’t fall. The tee I was sleeping in had ridden up more, showing half my stomach.

Shouldering the door open into my room, Kai strode to the double bed. The bedside lamp cast a pale glow across the blue sheets. Ones that remained untouched for the last couple of nights as I had been with Anton.

Lowering my feet to the floor, Kai leaned past me and tugged the duvet back, motioning for me to get in.

“I could have walked,” I said, feeling like I’d done something wrong. Kai’s expression was still anything but happy. He looked like I imagined a possessive boyfriend would and that thought sent a bolt of pure satisfaction to zip through my body.

When I glanced at the bed without moving, he said, “In.”

He didn’t need to ask me twice, I felt half-naked with my bare legs on show. Placing my knees on the mattress, I went to turn around but was distracted by a rustling sound.

As I turned to glance up at him, Kai stood there bare-chested. He had removed his shirt. The glow from the lamp highlighted his washboard abs and broad chest and that fine hair I remembered from the gym justbeggingto be touched. I swallowed, suddenly nervous.

“If you wanted male company, you only had to ask,” he stated, his hand going to the waistband of his trousers. I almost melted into a puddle in front of him.

My tongue felt glued to the roof of my mouth as I stared at him in shock.Thatwas why he was upset. Because I had slept with Anton, Kai was jealous whichthrilledme.

“Move over. I’m a big guy, I need more room than that,” Kai husked, his voice deep.

I raised my eyebrows, “Promises, promises,” I said with a grin.

Kai didn’t return my smile. He slowly shook his head and said, “You can save the girlish flirting, Ava. You don’t want to bite off more than you can chew.”

He was so bloody arrogant and I loved it.

“Scoot.”

On my knees, I scrambled over to the other side of the bed and then planted my bottom onto the mattress before looking back at him.

It was like a strip tease in slow motion as Kai started to unzip his trousers. He slid them down his legs, revealing his strong muscular thighs and I swear my mouth watered.

The thought of Kai joining me in bed was almost swoon-worthy.

As he stood before me in his black silk boxer shorts, I glanced briefly towards his crotch. He was hard, there was no doubt denying that. His cock tenting his boxer shorts and fuck me, there certainly was a lot of him under there.

I heard him chuckle as he said, “Stop looking at me like that. You’ll make me blush,” he teased.

His comment caused me to smile shyly back at him.

When he just stood looking down at me saying nothing, I felt nervous knots tug in my belly. Now what? Things had been so civilised between us recently and I had felt so relaxed in his company. That had to be the reason I wasn’t freaking out at the thought of Kai joining me in bed. Would he want sex? And more importantly, would I?

I realised that I wasn’t anxious, because Iwantedhim there, and had done for years.

Shuffling back against the headboard and readjusting my T-shirt, I waited for him to climb into the bed.

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