Page 16 of Unholy Obsession

Either way, the intruder has one leg over the windowsill and is about to climb in before I leap forward to grab them and yank them back to the deck.

They yelp—a much higher-pitched sound than I’m expecting—and before I can grab their wrists to pin them, they’ve flipped me and gotmepinned.

“Anna?!” I gasp in shock when I realize it’s my soon-to-be sister-in-law crouched on top of me. “What the hell are you?—?”

But her hand slamming down over my mouth silences me. By the hard way she’s glaring at me and shaking her headno—I get it.

It’s not Anna. It’s obviously Mads running the show right now.

I nod to let Mads know that I won’t make a noise.

She looks suspicious but still lets go of my mouth.

“Mads,” I whisper, “What the hell are you doing?”

“What amIdoing?” she laughs. “Why are you drenched in nothing but your underwear in my backyard?”

Right. I look down at myself. I figured underwear worked as well as a bikini. I can’t decide which of us is being weirder right now. “I was stopping by to borrow the hot tub. Nowyou.”

She sighs, rolls her eyes, and climbs off me. “Can’t a girl take a night-time stroll without being interrogated?”

I raise an eyebrow, looking her up and down in her totally black burglar outfit.

So she’s sneaking because Domhn doesn’t know she’s out… andthat’swhy all hell didn’t get raised when I hopped the fence.

“You disabled his security,” I breathe in realization.

She shrugs. “He’s not the only one who’s good with a computer.”

“Where were you?”

“None of your business, kid.” Her tone’s sharp now. “Now get out of here.” Then her brow pinches. “Where the hell’s your car, anyway? I didn’t see it on the way in?”

“I took an Uber.” I may have had afewdrinks tonight at the club. It was embarrassing when Caleb cut me off. I wasn’t drunk or anything, but he has a habit of being Domhn’s watchdog, even though Domhn doesn’t give a shit anymore. It had me wishing I’d gone to a real bar where they let you drink and grab someone random to fuck, because a few drinks in, I’d changed my mind about wanting dick even if it wasn’t going to get me off.

Instead, I just Ubered here.

“Well, put the rest of your clothes back on and call one to take you home.” Then she puts a finger to her lips. “And not a word about this to Donny.”

My shoulders slump. I’m trying to get back into my brother’s good graces, not keep more secrets from him. Especially when it comes to the most important person in his life. If he ever finds out I’m keeping secrets about Mads sneaking out of the house in the middle of the night for reasons she won’t say, I really will be dead to him. Because he’ll kill me himself.

But I nod my head miserably. Because girl code. And because I see myself in Mads.

This bitch is bananas, too.

“You’re the best, kid.”

She grins and nuzzles the top of my wet hair, then disappears in through the window.

SEVEN

MOIRA

“You fucking bitch!”Jeff screams. “Get back here!”

Oh, for fuck’s sake.

Now I’m the one climbing out a window. I shake my head at myself. This is what I get for judging Mads. Karma’s a bitch, and apparently, so is Jeff.

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