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If anything, Nicole did.

Or at least … I could tell that she did because when she was really comfortable, her smile wasn’t as tight, her shoulders weren’t as stiff, and her eyes weren’t stricken with as much fear as they were right now.

We both peered back into the house, only this time, my gaze drifted behind Nicole and Jace to Poison, who had snuck through a back hallway. Imani cursed and shoved me back so I stumbled into the bush.

Is this all some kind of setup? For what?

“Go, Akio!” Imani shouted, pushing me around the house and making a beeline for her car.

I stumbled along in front of her, trying to regain my footing.

“They’re going to see us if you don’t get your ass in gear!”

Behind us, the front door opened.

After we reached the car, I glanced through the passenger window. Imani fumbled with the keys in an attempt to turn on the car, terrified of Poison, then slammed her foot on the gas pedal to speed the hell out of there.

I gripped the seat to steady myself and gazed at Kai, who pulled off his ski mask and stared at us as we peeled out into the road. Kai already didn’t like me because I kept hanging out with his girl.

Now, he really wouldn’t.

“Fuck!” Imani whispered. “He saw us.”

“Why are you so scared?” I asked. “I thought you didn’t take Poison’s shit.”

“Ha-ha,” Imani said, still peering into the rearview mirror. “Funny. But you don’t understand … Kai will …” She took a deep breath, cheeks reddening, even in the darkness. “Let’s just say, he’ll do to me what you hope to do to Nicole one day.”

I furrowed my brow. “What?”

“He’ll punish me.”

“I don’t want to punish Nicole.”

“You know what?” Imani said, turning on the music. “Forget it. They’re not following us anyway …”

I didn’t want to punish Nicole, but maybe I wanted to punish Jace Harbor for touching her. Maybe later tonight, I would pay him a visit. Maybe … maybe I would show him and the rest of Redwood Academy that Nicole was my girl.

CHAPTER

TWENTY-SIX

NICOLE

After sucking in a quiet but long breath, I reached up to the button on Jace’s pants and undid them. I didn’t want to do this, but I honestly didn’t have much of a choice anymore. As soon as Jace left, Dad would be home.

Once I pulled down Jace’s pants, I swallowed the bile in my throat at how disgusting I was for doing this to Allie Hall and to Akio. Then, I ran my manicured fingers over Jace’s cock pressed against his briefs.

Sometimes, Dad told me why he forced me to sleep with the guys he did. Sometimes, I could easily figure out his reasons. But other times, like this one, I had no fucking idea. I didn’t know what he wanted from Jace Harbor, Redwood’s football prodigy.

I squeezed my eyes closed and placed my mouth on Jace’s underwear, sucking lightly on his dick through them, all the way up until I reached the head of his cock nearly peeking out around his waistband.

I’m sorry, Akio, but I have no other choice.

My tongue traced his head near his waistband, and suddenly, Jace’s dick softened.

Pausing, I pulled away and looked up at Jace. “Why is your dick getting soft?”

I wasn’t complaining, but I really, really didn’t want to do this, especially if he didn’t want to do it either. He loved Allie, and I didn’t want to ruin what they had. Hell, I refused to do it. I would rather take the punishment from Dad than ruin another relationship permanently.

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