Page 241 of Evil Boys

“What if he never wants to talk to me again?” I say.

“That’s his choice,” Kai says, folding his arms.

“It’s not that simple.”

“He’s your brother,” Kai retorts. “It is simple.”

“Youknowour history,” I say, and they all rub their lips together like it’s hard to talk about. “If I don’t have my brother, everything we’ve been through, everything I did, will have been for nothing.”

Milo gently caresses my cheek with his thumb. “I’ll talk to him if you want.”

“Do you think he’d listen to you?”

“Well, he’s the least angry with me.” He shrugs. “It’s worth a shot.”

I sigh. “I don’t know.”

“Hey, worst-case scenario, he hurts me, I enjoy it, the end.”

“Hey,” Nathan barks. “No enjoying torture without me giving it to you.”

“I’m just saying, I doubt he’ll kill me,” Milo says.

“That would be an all-out war,” Kai points out.

I bury my face in my hands. “Fuck. What have I done?”

Kai grabs my wrist so my hand yields away from my face, and he forces me to look at him. “Listen to me. It’s going to be fine. We’ll make it work.”

“And what if it doesn’t? What if both sides try to kill each other?”

“I won’t let that happen,” Kai says. “And if I have to choose between having you and my life … you already know which one I’m going to pick.”

I swallow at the intensity he looks at me with when he says those words.

“I already told you I’m not afraid of anything, and that includes him,” Kai says.

“Neither am I,” Nathan says, tilting his head.

“You already know nothing terrifies me,” Milo muses, casually putting his hands behind his head as he winks. “Except maybe you.”

I snort, but it swiftly turns into laughter. “You should be.”

“Hey, Lana.” Brooke casually bumps into me from behind. “I see you’ve kept yourself busy.”

“Oh yeah, we definitely keep her busy, all right.” Milo winks.

A blush manages to creep onto my cheeks.

“Wow, I did not peg you to be the three-on-one type, but you go girl,” Brooke says, and she grabs my hand and high-fives herself before she heads into the same room I’m supposed to be in.

“Your class is starting,” Nathan says as he peeks into the room.

Kai gives me a gentle push. “Go on.”

They’re in the door opening, and everyone’s glaring at them, but none of the boys seem to care about it. “They’re definitely looking at all of us,” I mutter.

“Good. Tell them the sex is wicked.” Kai winks before he shuts the door behind me.

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