Page 102 of The Rivals' Touch

“Fun?” I laugh hysterically. “Oh yes, it’s so much fun driving to my old school and inciting a war with my cheating fiance and my ex-best friend. I can’t wait!”

“Good thing you’re not exactly loyal either.” Legacy winks.

“Just what every girl wants—to be reminded what a shitty girlfriend she is. Thank you, Legacy. I highly appreciate it. Maybe I wouldn’t be in this situation now if you guys hadn’t blackmailed me with incriminating photographs.” I elbow Jacob in the stomach, causing him to grunt and tighten his grip on me.

“Oh, don’t be like that!” laughs Jacob, his breath hot on my ear. “You had fun, didn’t you, princess?”

“Mmm!” My sarcasm is strong today. “I loved hand-feeding you and jerking you off beneath the table.”

The car swerves on the road.

“I only made her do it once!” Jacob chuckles awkwardly, trying to soothe Zayd.

“Wow, you realize how bad that sounds, right?” Legacy comments next to me. “You only made her do it once?”

Jacob leans in and nips my earlobe with his teeth. “You liked it, baby, didn’t you?”

“Loved it!” I drawl, rolling my eyes. I’ve given up on fighting him.

“So, you’re into women, huh?” Jacob asks Legacy, and she gives him a bored look. “Only just dawned on you?”

He sniffs my neck affectionally. “How was I to know? You’ve been fucking Zayd since the age of the dinosaurs, and I’ve seen his dick. There’s no mistaking it for a pussy.”

“I’m bi, you jerk.”

“Bi.” He tastes the word on his tongue.

Legacy shrugs and looks out the window. “I strongly lean toward women, but I get aroused by men too.”

“What about you, princess?” he asks me, burying his nose in my neck again.

“I like Legacy, so maybe I’m bi, right? I don’t know. I’ve never been into a girl before. This is all new to me.”

Zayd is watching me in the rearview mirror. I act like it doesn’t send delicious shivers down my spine, but it does. “Has Bennett hit you before?” he asks, wringing the steering wheel.

I chew on my lip and shake my head. “The other day was the first time. I found out some things.”

“What things?” he questions.

“I told you. His father and mine have made a business deal, and I’m part of that. I don’t know the details. I have to marry Bennett. He’s known all this time, and it didn’t sit well with me, so he…” I trail off, glancing down at my red chucks on the central console between the front seats.

“He did what?”

I swallow thickly, suddenly very uncomfortable. “I already told you, Zayd. I didn’t want to have sex with him, so he forced me.” I look out the side window, watching the trees pass by the roadside.

I will kill Zayd if he touches you!

“Then, when it was time for him to go home, he threatened to kill you if you touched me. I provoked him, so he punched me and threatened to make my life hell.”

Zayd grinds his teeth so hard I’m surprised they don’t pulverize.

Jacob is stiff behind me. It’s Legacy who breaks the silence. “He forced himself on you?!”

I can’t meet her gaze as I whisper, “Yes.” If only they knew the full extent. I’ve told Legacy the ugly truth about my father, but not the complete story.

“That asshole!” she growls.

“He won’t be fucking touching you again,” Zayd says tersely, stepping on the gas to overtake the car in front of us.

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