Page 39 of Break: Vol. 2

Mad was an understatement. We'd talked about this. We'd had many, many discussions about him using his trust fund when we didn't need it. With all five of us working, it wasn't impossible to find a decent apartment. Difficult? Yes. Had we found one yet? Well … no, and the place we were staying at was … well, it was affordable, but definitely a longer commute.

Dex, for all his smooth demeanor, didn't even bat an eyelash as he thanked the realtor. "Thank you so much for coming by to show us the place and give us the key, Maude," he said, taking her hand as she passed by him.

"Of course, Mr. Smythe," she said with a blush as she glanced between him and the others. "It was my pleasure to help you out." I narrowed my eyes on her. Yeah, I just bet it had been.

"Just call me Dexter," he said.

I lifted a brow as Cody's hands came down on my shoulders as if he half expected to need to restrain me. He wouldn't have had the need, though, if I didn't watch as the woman put her long manicured nails on Dex's arm and batted her lashes at him.Didn't she just hear me call him my fiancé?I thought with venom. She was at least a good ten years older than him.

"Oh, yes, well..." she shot me a look and quickly looked away when she noticed my expression, "please, just let me know if there's anything more I can do for you."

"We will, thank you. Dare, would you show Miss Thompson out?" Dex gestured for Darren and he chuckled quietly as he took Maude's elbow and steered her out of the room and back towards the elevators.

Once she was gone, I turned to Dex. "You can't be serious," I started gesturing around. "I can't afford this.Wecan't afford this."

Dex approached slowly, his eyes heating up as he did so. "Baby," he said in a low tone that sent shivers down my spine, "you're not the only one living here. We all are. We needed a bit more room than a shoebox-sized New York City apartment for millennials."

"Wearemillennials," I pointed out. "What's wrong with wanting a crappy apartment where I have to live on top of you?" I blinked my eyes up at him innocently.

He smiled and shook his head as Cody's hands fell away from my shoulders and Dex's hands slid around my waist, pulling me into him. "God, I want to spank your ass," he whispered as he leaned down and kissed me. My eyes slid shut as his tongue intruded, slipping between my lips like he owned me. Fact was, he did. They all did.

I groaned against him as he twirled his tongue around mine, pulling back only to nip at my bottom lip which left my legs feeling like jello. "But as much as I want to please you, Jamie, we can't live on top of one another in a tiny cardboard box."

"I didn't say it'd be a cardboard box," I said defensively as he released me back into Cody's arms. "It'd be a perfectly reasonable wooden box. Four walls. One roof." I leaned against Cody's broad chest, sighing as he held me up and kept me from falling to the floor.

"This is four walls and one roof," Cody said helpfully.

I growled his way, earning a chuckle from his throat.

Dex shook his head. "You can't expect four guys to live together in a two bedroom apartment."

"We could have gotten a four bedroom," I offered helpfully. "I don't mind bed-hopping."

"We're not in college anymore, Jamie," Dare said as he reentered the room. "We need to figure out our future."

"I thought we were," I replied, holding up my left hand and presenting the ring they'd given me on graduation day several months ago. "Kinda already taking the next step, guys. Consider the future figured out. We're getting married."

Cody laughed again, the sound vibrating against my back as Taylor moved into view, holding up a bag of potato chips. My eyes lit on it. "Where'd you get those?"

He munched, reaching into the bag for a chip and instead of answering me, he stepped forward and presented me with one. I narrowed my gaze as I let my mouth drop open to accept the treat. Salty goodness coated my tongue, and I licked my lips. My stomach rumbled. I'd forgotten to eat lunch while I was with Roxi earlier, and apparently coffee wasn't going to cut it. But none of the guys seemed to notice. Instead, their eyes were solely focused on my lips as I licked them.

"Um … guys?"

"I think we should hold off on talking," Darren suddenly said.

"I completely agree," Dex replied.

"What?" I blurted as Cody's arms tightened on me, his hands moving down to the hem of my shirt. I turned and looked up at him. "What do you mean? Why?"

Taylor dropped the bag of chips on a nearby table and stepped forward. "I think, what that means, sugar tits," he said as I rotated back to him as he crowded my front, "is that you're far too irresistible."

"I just—" My words were cut off when his mouth slammed down on mine. That's all it took to ignite a fire within me. A moan spilled out as Taylor’s mouth devoured mine and Cody’s fingers moved down my front as he released me from my shirt and reached for the button on my jeans.

His fingers feathered across my flesh as he unbuttoned and unzipped my pants, sliding them down along with my underwear.

"Wait," I pressed against Taylor’s chest until he released me. Cody whipped my shirt off before I could say anything more. I shook my head, trying to clear away the fog of lust they were pulling me into. "We can't do this here, the realtor could come back!"

"She won't be coming back," Dex assured me as he moved around my other side.

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