CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
PARKER
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T his is hell. Pure and simple hell.
Travis, Killian, and Zayne are having the time of their lives flirting with Aurora and Chloe, knowing it’s driving me crazy.
Chloe has been an enormous hit, entertaining them with her blunt humor and...well her ass. They can fuck Chloe until she passes out as far as I’m concerned, but Aurora is off limits.
Problem is, I can’t fucking say anything.
I shouldn’t want to, either. She is not my woman. Yet, for two hours I’ve watched my former best friends dance with her, sliding their hands over her body, and pressing their—soon-to-be dismembered—dicks against her.
Her and Chloe.
My eyes have been on Aurora and only Aurora.
Killian kissed Chloe, and his hand disappeared under her dress. Perhaps these assholes do have a limit because none of them have completely crossed the line with Aurora.
That could be because of the dangerous scowl I’m sporting while smoking my cigar and tossing back glass after glass of aged Macallan.
“Motherfuckers.” I mumble to myself
Travis tugs Aurora’s hand as she tries to walk past, darting a look in my direction as he does it. She drops down into his lap.
The fuck is he doing?
Then he whispers in her ear, and she giggles.
Look at me. I demand her.
Instead, she focuses on Travis and he smiles. There’s a glint in his eyes, and now I wish I’d brought my handgun with me.
Travis has probably left the club to me or one of the others in his will. We can live without him, but not the club.
I’m only half joking at this point.
“Hey Parker.” A brunette slips onto the sofa beside me.
Her tits are almost falling out of her dress; the buttons open to her navel. Like an invitation she glances down at them and then at my groin.
I squint, trying to remember her name.
“Tina,” I try, and she smiles, sliding her hand along my thigh. My palm slams down on top of it. “Not tonight.”
Her smile vanishes.
I lift my gaze to Aurora, who, instead of looking mad, blinks and looks away.
The hell?
I told her this was casual, and she seems to have accepted it. That’s good. Right? I am planning to end this charade, anyway.
Irritation mixed with the need to launch across the room and get my girl crashes down on me.
Fuck this.
Let’s see just how uninterested in me she really is. How brave she truly is in my world.
“Travis is looking for a threesome tonight.” I tell Tina and nod to where Aurora continues to sit on his lap.
Travis is playing with fire. He knows me, just as we all know one another, too fucking well. What is his game here?
Well, I’m calling his bluff.
“Oh. I’ll be back after, baby.” Tina slips off the sofa and heads to the other end of the long, curved sofa.
Travis’s eyes lift to mine, unreadable, as I lift my glass and smile.
Tina smiles down at Aurora and runs a hand over her hair. I can’t see from this angle, but I think Tina just tugged her dress open and let a boob pop out.
Yup. I’d say by the frozen features of Aurora’s face and the way she just swallowed awkwardly that’s exactly what happened.
I take another long slow sip, feeling like the devil but enjoying being back in control.
Aurora glances over at me, and I wink at her, smiling broadly.
Her eyes narrow.
Oh dear, my girl is pissed.
Well, she wanted to fucking play at the grown-ups’ table, so let’s see how far she and Travis are willing to go.
A quick glance across the space and I see Killian has Chloe’s dress up around her waist, her thong on display as he starts finger fucking her from behind.
Aurora does a double take, then glances at me again, looking like a fish out of water.
I flick the ash off the end of my cigar and settle in for the show.
Travis reaches his arm out and Tina sits next to him—yup, one boob is out—and he cups it as she undoes his fly. I’m torn between striding over there and pulling Aurora off his knee and laughing. She looks so fucking scared.
What did she think happens here?
That we sit up here in the observatory watching other people fuck in the main part of the club while sipping cups of tea?
She might be my dirty little slut when we’re alone, but right now, she’s a flight risk.
Tina leans down and starts sucking Travis’s cock and as my eyes narrow and hand clenches, I realize for the first time tonight, he’s not touching Aurora.
He knows.
He fucking knows.
That asshole.
He knows I have feelings for her and while I’m fighting and trying to ignore them, he’s been having fun on my behalf.
Jerk.
Angrily, I stab out my cigar and stand, straightening my pants, then march across the room. Aurora watches me with both hope and trepidation.
“Get off his knee.” I growl.
“Oh, fuck yes. Deeper baby.” Travis moans and I roll my eyes.
“I’m fine,” Aurora squeaks.
I lift a brow. “Are you? Then join in or come with me.”
She swallows nervously.
Beautiful little liar.
“Tina, show Aurora the ropes,” I say and Aurora’s eyes flair.
Travis’s eyelids open, and he watches me with no expression. I was right, he knows exactly what is going on here. Yet he does nothing. Just watches me.
I’m carrying from now on.
“Spread your legs, honey. I can finger you while I suck him.” Tina says to Aurora as she strokes his cock.
Aurora almost has a panic attack.
But she doesn’t move.
Stubborn woman.
Fine. I can play as long as she likes. I slide a finger up her leg, shifting the fabric of her dress a few inches. That’s all it would take to expose her pussy.
Aurora grabs my hand tightly as our eyes lock, anger and lust shimmer from them.
Tina, oblivious to what’s really going on, starts moving her hand between Aurora’s legs as she sucks Trav’s cock again.
“I’m not...I need the bathroom.” Aurora clambers off his knee, and I steady her with my hands on her hips.
She slaps me away and darts out of the room.
I smirk, watching her sexy ass.
“Stop playing games, Parker. Take her home.” Travis glares at me. Not an easy thing to do when you’re getting a blowjob.
I slide my hands into my pockets and stare at the door she just ran through. Relief softening my shoulders and chest now that I’ve broken her fake confidence.
Chloe, on the other hand, is bent over a chunky armchair, being pummeled by Killian. While I watch, Zayne walks over, takes her chin and slides his dick in her mouth.
Oh yeah, she’s in her element.
I glance angrily back at Trav, who is wiping his cock. “You almost crossed the line.”
“No.” He tosses the tissues away. “You did.”
“How so?”
“That girl is falling in love with you and you’re fucking using her. We don’t do that to people. Not innocent people.” He has the audacity to look pissed at me.
“We don’t know—”
I stop.
For years, I thought Aurora was guilty in some way. I used it as an excuse, I think, because she was the only lead I had. The only place to direct my anger once I learned Dad was dead.
Now I don’t know what I feel. I want to hate her for all the reasons I have for so long, but hate is the furthest thing from what I feel.
Yet I still need someone to punish.
What I need is more time in her mother’s penthouse to see if there is anything else that could be used as evidence.
“Aurora doesn’t love me.” I snort. “She thinks she’s snagged a billionaire.”
The words feel like a lie as they leave my lips, but I’m not going to have this conversation with him right now.
He plunges his tongue into Tina's mouth, pats her bottom, and she darts away.
“Last I heard, she has money of her own.”
Fucking Maddox. He’s such a gossip. We chatted a few days ago, and I updated him on what I was doing. For a kidnapper, he’s suddenly very highly concerned about the welfare of a lot of women.
One.
“Whatever.” I grunt, irritated that Travis is calling my bluff. He stands and looks me in the eye. “Like all women, she wants money and sex. Probably a diamond or two.”
“Really, because I offered to fuck her three times tonight and each time she declined. I even went into a lot of detail about how I’d lick her pussy and suck on her clit in my trademarked way.”
Fury blasts through me as my fist meets his jaw a millisecond after the last syllable leaves his lips.
I shake my hand.
Goddamn, his jaw has hardened since Fight Club days.
“Shit!” I hear behind me as Travis stumbles back and I stand, ready for his response.
And here it comes.
“That all you got, asshole?” He shoves me with one hand, while holding his jaw. “Fuck that hurt.”
I almost laugh, but after what he said to me, I need to make sure he never speaks about Aurora like that again.
Ever.
“Talk about her cunt again and you’ll see what hurt really feels like!” I roar.
“You mean her sweet, juicy cunt?” Travis lifts his brows, taunting me.
“Jesus, stop.” Killian grabs the two of us as we fly at each other. I glance down and his hard dick is wobbling between us.
“Put it away.” I hiss, disgusted.
“Well, I’m sorry but I was in the middle of fucking Chloe. Instead, you two idiots decide to start punching one another.”
“Because he—”
I stop talking when I see Aurora standing in the doorway.
“Let me finish that for you. Because I was talking about Aurora’s sweet pussy and how I want to lick it.” Travis winks at her.
I fly past Killian, pummeling Travis down on the sofa and let loose.
One.
Two.
Three.
I’m ripped off him, then tossed across the room.
“Parker!” Aurora runs to me, falling to the floor beside me. “What are you doing? Are you crazy? I thought he was your friend?”
“He was, until... Never mind.” With my heart thundering, I glare back at the guys and sit up on my elbow. Then slide my hand through her long auburn locks, holding the back of her neck tightly. “We’re going home. Grab your things.”
Travis wipes the blood from his nose and sits on the sofa, gathering himself.
“Why did you hit him? Because I was sitting on his knee?”
No .
Because he crossed a line when it came to you, sweetheart, and I can never tell you why that matters to me. I can’t even acknowledge it myself.
Or it will fuck up everything.
Her big green eyes hold mine, waiting for my answer.
I know why he’s been riling me up. Travis wants me to see if I could hurt her. That I might actually feel something for her.
It won’t work.
I know I’m falling in love with the one woman on earth whose eyes remind me every second of the pain and cruelty done to me.
Eyes that I cannot wake to every morning.
Eyes I cannot make love to at night.
I was meant to break Aurora Whitlock, not find myself ready to fight all the lions and tigers who even glance in her direction. Yet here we fucking are.
Apparently, I’m the stupid fly in this web.