Page 94 of The Villain We Tempt

This run wasn’t just to clear my head. This was a lobotomy.

In the pool area at the back of Kingsward Hall, I peel off my sweat-soaked shirt and eye the gleaming water, glowing from the underwater lights. My shorts are next, but just as I’m about to lose the boxers and jump in for a dipau naturel, my phone dings with a message on my group chat with the guys.

Drago

No

Achilles

??

Drago

That was for Loch.

My brow puzzles.

Me

Huh?

Drago

Weren’t you giving your cousin shit about skinny dipping in the hot tub with Kirill?

I scowl at the screen.

It's true. At the very same party where I crossed paths with Galina filming her Velvet Villainess content in the library, my cousin Selene was apparently in our patio hot tub with Kirill Tsarenko.

Now, Selene is a grownup, obviously, and can do what she wants. But Kirill is a Bratva heir dirtbag, in my humble opinion. He also fucks anything with a pulse. On top of that, Selene was in her goddamn underwear, andKirillwas allegedly naked and waving his newly pierced dick all over the place.

Call me old-fashioned, but it makes me want to rearrange his fucking teeth.

Me

Why do I suddenly feel watched.

Ronan

LMAO. Look up, bro.

I cock a brow when my eyes lift to the top floor of Kingsward Hall and the windows of the third-floor bedrooms overlookingthe pool. My brother is grinning like an asshole in one of them, jerking his thumb to the side. My gaze slides over, and suddenly, it all makes sense.

Ro’s room is next to Drago’s. And there, pressed against one of Drago’s windows, is a blonde I don’t recognize, her face twisted in ecstasy, her tits smooshed against the panes, her fingers clawing at the glass as she gets legitrailedfrom behind.

Drago

Keep your shorts on, Loch. No one wants to see that.

Achilles

I’m not home. What the actual fuck is going on over there?

Me

Drago’s worried about his date seeing me naked and realizing she may have drawn the short straw.

Drago