This guy hurt him.
 
 Badly.
 
 Even though any sympathetic parts of my heart died long ago, I still like the idea of fucking with anyone who deserves it.
 
 I step behind Rayne, draping my arms over his shoulders and hugging him from behind.
 
 It’s the type of cutesy,boyfriendyhug that usually would make me want to retch. Lovey-dovey shit isn’t my thing, no matter who it is.
 
 But it’s worth it to see the sour-lemon look on his ex’s face as I do it.
 
 I lean in, dragging my lips across Rayne’s neck and up to his earlobe, giving it a little bite.
 
 “Should have known you missed me this much, Rayne,” I say loud enough that I know the others can hear it. “I’ll make it worth your while tonight.”
 
 I can feel his body tensing up in my embrace.
 
 He’s probably itching to turn around and clock me in the jaw.
 
 Just as his ex and Tara start to walk away, I pull out the bottom of his tucked-in shirt. I expose his skin there,sliding my fingers under the fabric, settling on the spot just above his hips.
 
 “You like pretending you’re my fucktoy,” I say in a low voice, right next to his ear, as the others walk off.
 
 “Something’s wrong with you,” he mutters.
 
 “Lots of things.”
 
 But he doesn’t move to break away from me as my fingers slide up higher on his skin.
 
 So I’m going to take it as far as I can go.
 
 I let one hand roam higher, trailing my fingertips up to his chest. I slide them over his nipple, feeling it tighten under my touch as I give it a little pinch.
 
 “They’regone, Knox,” Rayne says, his voice strained, but he’s still frozen in my arms. “Your fingers are fucking cold.”
 
 “So push me away,” I tell him.
 
 He puffs out a breath. “If you’re trying to play gay chicken with me, you’re going to lose.”
 
 I groan.
 
 My cock is actually hard again now.
 
 Because apparently I’m so fucking desperate that my brother’s bestie is confusing my dick.
 
 The lighting is low in this party, and a group of people have their backs to us now, blocking us off from the rest of the room. Everyone is too absorbed in their own worlds right now to really pay much attention to us.
 
 So I pull him around the archway in the wall nearby, shoving him into the dark hallway.
 
 We’re near the front door to the house now.
 
 This hall connects all of the front rooms of Onyx House, and right now, it’s blissfully empty.
 
 Finally I’m alone with him.
 
 I put my hands on his hips and push his body up against the wall, pinning him there.
 
 I have no interest in Rayne.