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“Lube,” Kerr answers with a panty-melting smile. “Lots and lots of lube.”

Chapter 11

Kerrington

By the time we get back from shopping, Nicole’s attitude has changed six times, and I can’t figure her out at all. One minute she’s happy, the next she’s closed up. I don’t like it and haven’t forgotten the fact that earlier she mentioned she knew we’d be at Mason’s this week and that’s why she came.

If she wanted to see us so badly, why not show up at our door instead? Hell, even a phone call would have been nice.

While I carry in the bench, Landon takes care of the rest of our bags, and we dump everything onto the living room floor.

Nicole doesn’t touch a thing. She just saunters into the suite and looks around like she’s unsure what to do next.

“Go take a shower, Duchess.” I slap her ass, sending her to the bathroom. “We’ll take care of all this and order dinner.”

“Umm. Okay.”

Once she disappears into our bedroom, Iturn my attention to Landon. “We need to figure out our—”

Landon’s on me in a blink, crushing his mouth to mine, and marching me backwards until I hit the wall. The fire in his eyes spreads through my chest and straight to my dick.

The tension we toyed with in the store roars back to life and we volley dominance like he has any chance of gaining it over me. I love it.

“Easy, Trick.” I wrap my hand around his throat and hold him captive. I slide my free hand down his chest and grab his hard cock, rubbing my palm against it. “So fucking sensitive.”

“Give me something,” he begs.

“What is it you want?” I’d give this man everything if I thought myself capable of it.

“Anything.”

He always says this shit to me, but it hits differently this time.

Cupping the side of his face, I hold him steady and stare at him. Does he know how much he means to me? Does he know I’d burn the world down for him?

Does he know I’m also in love with Nicole and therefore can’t figure out what I want?

“Defineanything,” I nip his earlobe.

Landon’s knees almost buckle, and he groans in the most delicious way. Then he grabs the nape of my neck and holds me still. “I want the truth. I want to know what you’re hiding, Kerrington.”

Fuuuuck.

I can’t give him that. I can’t admit that Nicole seared her name on my soul a long time ago. I can’t say that I’d count down the days for her next college visit, and once we all graduated and went our merry ways, I always looked forward to those pretentious galas we’d attend together. I never cared what the money raised was for. I just wanted to see Nicole again and if that meant buying a ten-thousand-dollar plate of shitty food to do it, so be it. Money well spent.

On the outside, I’m calculating and quiet. But I’m also clueless on how to show my love. Behind closed doors, however, I become someone else. Someone who takes charge and wants to spoil the hell out of those I’d die for.

Sex with Landon isn’t just about playing with our kinky sides. It’s the only time I don’t worry about anything and can give him all the attention he deserves. He’s the reason I wake up every day and try to be a better man.

“I love you,” I say gruffly, still holding his face. “Never think otherwise.”

This is the first time I’ve said those words out loud, even though I’ve said them in my head, and with my body, a million times before now.

It’s the only truth I’m willing to give him.

Landon swallows hard, his mouth clamped tightly shut. I swear the blood drains from his face. That truth bomb was definitelynotsomething he was prepared to hear.

Great. Now I feel like a fool.

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