Page 69 of Backfire
Devlin huffed out a sigh and crossed his arms. “You heard me. I said take off your clothes.”
Or I didn’t.
The laugh bubbled up before I could stop it. I think Devlin had a sense of humor, but that was one hell of a joke.
“Yeah, sure.” I chuckled. “Want me to spread my legs too?”
This was great. Okay, maybe Devlin didn’t need to die. I could handle this side of him.
“Yes.”
Huh? Why wasn’t he laughing? In fact, Devlin didn’t seem to find this funny at all. Not so much as a snicker passed through his lips.
I choked on my own amusement.
“You’re serious?”
His brow arched. “Do you see me laughing?”
Well, no…
“Um… Aren’t you with Reese?” Given what I’d witnessed earlier, it wasn’t a hard conclusion to come to.
“He’s why I’m doing this.”
What did me getting naked have to do with Reese?Unless…
I slipped out from under the blanket and crawled a little closer to the end of the bed, where I could peek at the door. I thought maybe Reese was hiding on the other side of the wall.
He wasn’t.
The only thing over there was a closed door.
That’s when the floor fell out from under me. Not because I didn’t see someone hiding behind the corner, but because there was a tent in Devlin’s pants. A rather large one that I hadn’t seen before because of the footboard. But there it was, hard, big, and one hundred percent terrifying.
Oh my god. He was serious.
Okay, this wasn’t funny anymore.
My head slowly lifted. “You need to leave.”
The shower was one thing. We were caught up in the moment, but this…
The scary part was, not a single twitch tugged on his expression.
“This will go a lot easier if you do what I say.”
Yeah, that wasn’t happening.“Go fuck yourself.”
What was he going to do? Force me? Even Devlin wasn’t that much of an ass.
I started to second guess that assumption when he bent down and slammed his hands around the lip of the footboard.
“Before you decide to run your fucking mouth, I want you to ask yourself something.” Devlin leaned in, grazed his cheek off mine, and hissed in my ear, “Would I get off on hurting you?”
My throat bobbed with a thick swallow. Yes, yes, he would.
Suddenly, I was very aware of the fact that I was on my hands and knees.
