Page 96 of The Villain We Tempt

Drago

Yeah? Where’re you at with Yelena? I’ll come fuck that up and see how much you appreciate the blue balls.

Achilles

With all the love in my heart, D, you go anywhere near her and I’ll wear your fucking skin.

Ronan

Awww, was that you officially coming out as taken, cuz?

Achilles

You all need professional help. I’m turning my phone off now.

Me

Daily reminder that Yelena’s father Nero is a psychopath and is 100% going to cut off your balls when he finds out you’re obsessed with his daughter.

The message stays unread, which makes me chuckle.

With Drago’s date gone from the window, I do end up kicking my boxers off and settling into the hot tub. Steam curls around me as I let my head fall back, lift my gaze to the starry sky above, and allow my mind to clear.

…But of course it instantly fills with thoughts of a certain redhead.

So much for that lobotomy run…

Okay, so I may have pushed things too far earlier today in class. And by “may have” I mean “totally did”. The problem is, watching Galina’s eyes turn the color of an angry ocean when she gets pissed off is so fuckinghot.

But the bigger problem isn'tjustthat my dick gets hard when I tease her.

With a slow exhale, I reach for my phone and tap on my Ghost Prince profile. The thirsty, borderline problematic comments haven’t really let up since my last video where I upped the ante with the whole “hope you'll change your mind and still want to play, baby” line.

I didn’t have to say her name for literally everyone who saw that video, Galina included, to know I was talking about her.

But while it feels that literallyallher followers…and mine…have commented on that video, I’ve yet to get a single word from the only person whose reply I give a shit about.

Yeah. Like I said: it’s more than just that I get a hard on while teasing Galina.

The bigger problem is that I actuallylikeher. Not just in a sexual, temporary way, like Drago’s window-tit girl earlier.

I like the way Galina's brain works. I like her capacity for duality and her ability to keep a huge part of herself a secret from all those around her.

Like me.

But I guess thebiggestproblem is that I'm not used to wanting someone's attention this specifically. The only word I can use to describe how I feel that she hasn’t clapped back in response to my last video is “disappointed”.

And that’s new.

My phone dings in my hand, and I blink as I sit up quickly in the hot tub.

Speak of the devil…

Someone just tagged me in a video. And this someone has my pulse jumping and a stupid-ass grin creeping over my face as I tap on it.

In addition to her blonde Villainess wig and trademark black masquerade mask, Galina is dressed to fuckingkill. She’s in a tiny, tight, short black club dress that looks like it’s made from shiny vinyl or rubber. The thing barely covers her ass, doesnotcover her back, andhardlycovers her tits. There's just twotriangles over them, the tops curving up to clasp behind her neck.

AaaaandI’m hard.