Page 125 of Tantalizing Kings

“Alright, buddy. Time to go.” Grayson grabs the guy by the shoulders and shoves him off the bed. “Put your dick away.” Grayson kicks the clothes on the floor at the guy. The guy quickly gets dressed and books it out of the room.

“Get the fuck up,” Preston growls at Tina.

“It’s not what it looks like.” She has the balls to screech, sitting there with the blanket around her chest like she’s not naked under there.

“I want those burned,” I tell Grayson.

Tina shoots me a scathing look. “Just because you're a prude, doesn’t mean you can judge me for what I do.”

“It has nothing to do with you sleeping with people, Tina. It’s the fact that your nasty-ass is naked in my bed,” I snap. Finding out about Lionel has me on edge, and my mood is really shitty right now. Also, it’s shark week, and I can turn into a real bitch. I can’t help it.

“Your bed?” Her brows furrow. “What the hell does that mean?”

“My mom lives here, and I have a room.” Mom moved in the other day, leaving me the cottage all to myself. I’m going to miss her, but I know I’ll still see her a lot. She’s already made me promise to Sunday suppers and has plans to check in on me everyday she’s not working.

She looks over at Grayson. “Nice for your dad to let the help and her kid live here. But that’s a little much, don’t you think?”

“Fuck you,” Grayson spits. “No one's the fucking help. Sadie’s mom is engaged to my dad. So get the fuck out of this bed and please, for the love of god, don’t get naked in any more of my rooms. Better yet, just leave.”

She looks at Preston. “Are you going to let him talk to me like that?”

Preston looks bored, his arms crossed. “Yes.”

“I’m your fiancé!” she shouts.

“And you just fucked some other guy. Does it look like I care? Just go. You're giving me a headache.”

She huffs and gets out of the bed. I look away because I’ve already seen more of her than I need to. Once she has her dress back on, she’s heading toward the door. “Bitch,” she mutters under her breath as she passes me, then lets out a scream before there’s a thud. I turn around, eyes wide... and snort out a laugh, finding her face planted on the ground.

“Oops, sorry. My bad,” Emma says innocently. “My foot has this thing where it randomly likes to trip really shitty people.”

Tina wants to say something, to get in her face with all the mean words she can think of, but she doesn’t, knowing Emma could bury her with one phone call.

She gets to her feet, shooting us all a snarl, and takes off down the hall.

“Why do you sleep with her?” I look back to see Grayson shudder.

“I don’t,” Preston grunts. “I’d never put my dick anywhere near her.”

“You let her suck you off,” Grayson points out.

“Yeah, that’s about all she’s good for. She’s convenient and willing. Sometimes, I don’t feel like working to get my dick wet.”

“Well, aren’t you Prince Charming,” Emma snarks. “But Sadie is right. Put a leash on that thing. She’s starting to piss me off.”

Emma and my friends don’t know about my past with Tina. Tina made sure to only spit her poisonous words when I was alone.

I know if they knew, they would have dealt with Tina for me. But at the time, I didn’t want to feel like being a burden, to have someone fight my battles for me or cause issues. I didn’t want them to think I was using them or was more trouble than I was worth.

Now I know how wrong I was and wish I said something sooner. Because now that I’m back in the guys’ lives, it seems like she’s starting back up again.

“Whatever. I shouldn’t have even come here,” I say, turning to leave.

“Sadie, wait.” Grayson stops me. “Can we talk?”

I look at my friends, and they give me the eyes, thego talk to the sexy, hot soon to be step-brothereyes.

Okay, maybe not that, but close to it.

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