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I gave her another kiss as I wrapped my hand around her throat, and when she whimpered, I let her go, walking away, not bothering to give her another chance to feed me more darkness.
Chapter14
Carmen
"Girl, I know you're not coming into my car with an attitude and slamming my door," Monica said with a laugh. "What happened?"
"I think I need a hose and a cigarette even though I don't smoke."
Monica threw her head back and laughed. "What does that even mean? Did you sleep with Ares again? After you swore you wouldn't?"
"Shut up, Moni." I tried not to laugh so I could appear serious. "Yes, I did sleep with Ares again, but that's not why I have an attitude. He told me that it was a shame that we haven't had the chance for me to suck him off or for him to taste me."
"Okay, Ares is officially my favorite person." Monica chortled.
Before I could say something to her and tell her about everything else, there was a knock on my window. When I turned my head, it was Mars. He was sporting a wicked smile as if he knew something was up and was about to raise the stakes.
My mind flashed back to what Ares said about everyone knowing I crushed on Mars but him ignoring it until Ares took an interest in me. Those weren't his words, but they were close enough for me.
"Are you going to stare at him or press the window to see what he wants?" Monica asked.
Once the window was down, Mars moved in closer, all sweaty and beautiful. The closer he got, the more I blinked.
"Where are the two of you going looking like that?" He asked after he looked from Monica's all-black suit to mine.
"We're not allowed to wear anything but suits this semester," I answered as I rolled my eyes. "Business and all that."
"Hmm, you won't hear me complaining at all. You two look fucking amazing."
Mars didn't look anywhere else but me when he said it. My heart skipped a beat at the intensity of his words. Was Ares sure his brother was doing this because of him? Ares wasn't even anywhere around us.
"Thank you."
I felt my blush as it reached my ears. Mars came in and cupped my face in his hands as he was now in my face. We were nose to nose, and I could see how different yet similar he was to Ares.
They both had freckles that peppered their faces when anyone was this close, and his nose was also crooked. His bushy brows were just like his twins except darker in color, and his eyes were the only difference when he was this close to me.
"Are you fucking my brother, sweet Carmi?"
I don't know why Mars kept asking me this. It could be written on my face.
I opened my mouth to answer him but got intercepted.
"If she's fucking me, it's none of your business," Ares answered from behind Mars.
Suddenly, there was this look that appeared in Mars's eyes. A possessiveness, an unfiltered anger that I've never seen before. His eyes were darker, his features morphed into someone ready to kill, and his hold on my face became too tight.
I wasn't scared, but I wondered what it was about Ares that had Mars so angry suddenly. My world crumbled a little when Ares walked away after that instead of acknowledging me. Should he have acknowledged me? I don't know, but I felt like he should have, and I didn't like watching him walk away without speaking to me.
Mars directed my sight back to him, even though I was trying to watch Ares. When did this happen? When have I ever looked away from Mars to look at Ares? Was it what he said to me last night? Did something click for me, or was I just seeking out more sex with him, or maybe it was the sex that was distracting me. Yeah, that's right, I think we should stop sleeping together, and it's the only solution.
"Give me a minute." I asked Monica, "can you let go of my face, please?"
I directed that to Mars, and it was just bananas to me that I would direct that to him in the first place, but I needed to talk to Ares.
Mars let me go with confusion plastered all over his beautiful face, and I slipped out of the car and walked fast to reach Ares.
"Ares, can I talk to you for a second?" Ares stopped and faced me.
