Page 47 of His Secret Betrayal
He shivers. “Yours.”
His hands glide up my neck, running through my hair. For a moment, I let him take over the kiss. The little happy noises he makes into my mouth as his tongue flicks against mine have my heart swelling with warmth and affection.
“So, you’re, like, officially my orgasm dealer now,”he murmurs cheekily.
I splutter and cough, a quiet laugh breaking free before I pinch his ass. “You’re a horny little nuisance.”
He shrugs, looking completely unrepentant. “You like it.”
No lies detected.
When I glance toward the clock on the far wall, I curse under my breath. Luke turns his head, following my gaze with a surprised gasp. He doesn’t protest when I gently guide him off my lap, adjust myself, and stand.
I shoot him an admonishing look. “That little stunt you pulled with the phone is going to make you late for work. Your boss isn’t going to be happy with you.”
His eyes sparkle with amusement as he chuckles.
“He’s not going to take it easy on you just because you’re sleeping with him.”
Luke’s smile slips a little, his gaze roaming over my face. “Wait, are you serious?”
I turn away, grabbing my car keys so he can’t see the way I purse my lips to keep from laughing. “He’s probably going to make you work late today.”
As I stand in the doorway and peer at him over my shoulder, some of my amusement finally bleeds into my voice. “You should probably learn to keep it in your pants.”
The last thing I see before shutting the door behind me is his incredulous look, making me laugh all the way to my car. A few minutes later, my phone dings with a text message. I wait until I pull into the parking lot at work before grabbing it.
Luke: But had I been on time, my boss would have missed out on all this
Luke:*video attachment*
“You brat,” I whisper at my phone. As the video I took earlier begins to play, our quiet groans echoing within the small space of the car, along with the sound of Luke’s hand sliding through the lube, I’m not sure whether I want to laugh or be turned on. Definitely both. Shaking my head, I peer down at the bulge in my trousers. And, of course, there’s nothing I can do about it right now.
“Revenge jerk off video. I’ll be damned. It worked.”
Luke
“Where’s your better half?” I taunt my brother, smirking as I stroll past him where he’s leaned up against his truck, waiting on me.
Jax’s face remains stoic, giving me a completely unimpressed look. But I’ve known him for too long, so he can’t fool me. His eyes twinkle with amusement as he straightens, walking beside me toward the boat dock. When I was younger, it used to bother me that Jax and I looked nothing alike. Now I understand why: I take afterEvelyn, and he takes after Dad. Whereas I have shoulder-length, dark blonde hair, his is cut short and jet-black. He’s taller than me, and his skin is a tad darker from the time he spends out in the sun. A small scar runs through his eyebrow from the time I accidently got a little too enthusiastic with a fishing pole, and the hook lodged into his skin. But the one thing we do have in common are our emerald eyes.
“Maddie said we shouldbondtoday,” he murmurs, using air quotes and curling his lip in apparent distaste.
I smirk. “You know she hates fishing, right?” Honestly, I don’t blame her for not wanting to come. It’s February, which means it’s so cold my balls are currently trying to shrivel up inside me. Fishing this time of year isn’t ideal, but it’s our tradition to spend the anniversary of Dad’s death doing what he used to love.
As we get closer, a small fishing boat bobs on the water, ready for us with a cooler of snacks and two thermoses sitting atop it. Two fishing rods lean against the inside of the boat. Behind that is Cedarwood Valley Lake. This time of year, with no other living being around for miles, there’s a peaceful stillness in the air. The water, although slightly murky in winter, spans across the land as far as the naked eye can see. Along the opposite shoreline is a line of pine trees. Overhead, the sun is so bright that I’m forced to squint, the light bouncing off the surface of the water.
Honestly, I could kind of picture it on the cover of a book.
A big, goofy grin breaks out across Jax’s face. “Yup. She doesn’t know it yet, but I’m going to take her fishing over the summer and change her mind.”
I roll my eyes as we climb onto the boat. “And just how are you going to do that?”
He sounds a little too smug when he murmurs, “A gentleman never shares his secrets.”
My fist connects with his shoulder. “Dude! It’s still fucking weird when you talk about my ex-girlfriend that way.”
He rubs the spot where I slugged him, a reluctant grin on his normally stoic face. When I initially found out Jax was sleeping with my ex-girlfriend behind my back, I was both livid and deeply hurt. At the time, Maddie and I were going through a messy breakup. Like an idiot, I was trying to win her back and going about it all wrong. But when I saw how much it tore Jax up to feel like he had to pick between us, I felt like an asshole. I know now he didn’t do it to hurt me. The man is head-over-heels in love with, smitten, and obsessed with Maddie.
