Page 47 of Insatiable Park Avenue Prince

He grumbled out a half-assed apology, “No offense, JT,” and I rolled my eyes as I walked inside.

I hadn’t expected to come home to all the guys spread out in my living room, not when I had Kelly coming over, but as I looked at what was paused on our big screen, my heart stopped.

“About time you decided to grace us with your presence,” East said, throwing an arm around my shoulders as I stared at the screen. The courtyard was all too familiar, and so was the figure all in black by the brick wall.

Fuck.What were they doing watching this?

Travis brushed by, a glass tumbler in hand, but then he stopped, his eyes catching on my still slicked-back hair. “That’s a hot look for you.”

If I hadn’t been shocked still by the sight of me on my widescreen TV, I would’ve shown him the photo of all the dark makeup I’d worn today that I knew he’d approve of, but I couldn’t seem to make my mouth move.

They hadn’t watched it yet, that much was obvious. I just needed to kick them out before they did. And before Kelly got here.

“Didn’t you guys have plans tonight?” Of everything I could’ve said,thatwas what came out.

“We did, yeah.” Travis looked down at West and JT. “But something came…up.”

“Or someone’s about to.” West’s comment earned him a jab in the ribs from JT, and he grabbed hold of JT’s hand and drew it between his thighs. “Don’t worry, Golden Boy, I promise it’ll be worth your time.”

Travis took a seat on one of the sofas and nodded. “Sit down, you’re just in time. Xes sent out their latest video of Sin, and damn, it sounds even hotter than the first one.”

The first one?As in, they’d all sat around and watched the party scene too? Where the hell had I been when they were having their little porn parties?

Oh, right, likely getting railed for the starring role in their next film.

“I have to admit…” East smoothed his hand down the ends of the silk scarf tied at his neck. “There’s something about this masked mystery man that’s rather intriguing too.”

A strangled cough left me, and every one of the guys turned my way.

East scrunched his nose a little. “Really, Van. If you’re sick, could you maybe go and stand”—he looked over his shoulder and waved in the general direction of the kitchen—“over there somewhere.”

While I’d love nothing better than to go and hide somewhere, I felt it was important to remind him, “This is my place.”

“And?”

When West picked up the remote and aimed it at the TV, my anxiety kicked into overdrive. My heart was pounding so hard I was shocked none of them asked what the hell the noise was. But they were all too busy staring at the scene about to unfold on the screen, andthatdid absolutely nothing to help the panic taking over my body.

Jesus, I felt like I might pass out. I needed some air and I needed it fast, because…

A) That wasmybare ass they were all about to watch, and I wasn’t quite sure I was ready for them to be seeing all that.

B) I didn’t really love the way they were all drooling over Sin—Kelly—the way they were. I couldn’t remember a time they were so obsessed with one of the Xes guys. But in all fairness, none of their past guys had ever looked like Kelly.

C) The guy they were all getting hard to was about to be at my front door—thisfront door—soon.

And D) Possibly the worst reason of all—mybrotherwas sitting in the room.

“Um, Gavin,” I somehow managed around the croak in my throat. “Can you come with me into the kitchen for a second?”

Gavin looked at me, a frown creasing his brow. “But we’re just about to—”

“Kitchen,now.”

Several of the guysoohedus out of the room like I was about to tear Gavin a new one. But truth be told, I just wanted to save him from watching Kelly tear me a new one—almost literally.

I hurried out of the living room as the show started up, and I heard Sin say, “I wouldn’t do that if I were you,”and when West and Travis started chanting, “Do it! Do it!” I rubbed my hands over my face.

This was a nightmare.

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