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She rolls her hips. “Is she a good fuck? I want to know what she’s like in bed.”

I almost lose it, imagining Talia and Didi together.

I don’t tell her I haven’t actually slept with Didi. I keep my mouth shut because I don’t want Talia to know that. I lean in and kiss her neck, and her fingers tighten on my thigh, pushing my cock deeper inside her. “All I want to think about right now is you in my bed,” I murmur.

She laughs and pulls off, standing and pulls her panties up. My balls clench at the sudden emptiness, and not in a good way. She stands over me, looking down. “Tommy, if you ever want me back in your bed, don’t you ever lock that door again.” Not bothering to look back, she walks inside the house, and I grimace in agony for the blue balls I’m about to have all day.

REMINGTON

Talia’s pissed.

She’s hiding it behind her sweet smile and demure attitude, but things didn’t progress the way she wanted them to for Diana last night. I distracted Talia long enough for Tommy to scoop her, and I did it because I owed him one and he begged me.

But now it’s my turn to be with her.

I take her hand in mine and we walk inside the house. I promptly take her upstairs, avoiding the dark kitchen, and into my bedroom, where she will be sleeping for the foreseeable future until I trust her to be alone.

Lucy can leave our lunch outside my door—I’ll deal with her later.

She curls up on my poster bed, staring up at the dusty bookshelves I have on either side of the large windows overlooking the forest.

I tell her to wait for me, which she does, staring wide-eyed at my bedroom.

I head into Talia’s room down the hall and grab her a few outfits and shove them in my dresser.

When I walk back in, Diana is standing with her back to me, perusing my bookshelf and extensive collection of books I have. Mainly law textbooks.

Not long after, Talia stomps by, and the sound of a slamming door ricochets the entire top floor. I’m assuming things didn’t go well with Tommy.

I’m still not used to Tommy and Talia together. And truthfully, knowing how quickly Tommy falls in and out of love, I never thought I’d be okay with it. However, he brings out a side of her I haven’t seen since we were kids.

I vowed to Talia that I’d always look after her. It was a childhood promise, made after the trauma that shattered us both. She’s everything to me, and I’ll never go back on that promise. Diana is the wrinkle I never expected. The fact she’s still breathing means Talia sees use in her.

Diana whips her head around at the sound, her eyes crinkle together and smiles when she catches me watching her. Her hair is much shorter than it was a few months ago, now coming down to her chin. But she’s still just as beautiful.

As I approach, she stumbles backward onto my bed, propping herself up on her elbows with her legs dangling over the edge. I stare down at my pretty little lamb on my bed. She’s like sin wrapped in white satin. Tommy’s heart might be split in two, but my obsession is laser focused.

“What happened to Talia?” she asks me.

“Talia’s having a tantrum.” She keeps her eyes on me as I take off my leather jacket and drop it off the edge of my chair. “You’ll get used to her.”

“Has she always been this dramatic?”

I lean over her, pressing my lips against Diana’s hairline, which smells like Tommy’s shampoo. Her body contorts into mine as she leans up to get closer to me like a starved pet.

She might smell like him, but I’ll steal her undivided attention.

“She’s not used to sharing male attention, brotherly or otherwise,” I tell her. “But it’s nothing you did specifically; she feels betrayed because we lied to her about you.”

She leans her head back on my pillow, and my eyes draw to her hard nipples protruding out of her shirt. “You were supposed to kill me and didn’t.”

I kick off my shoes as she continues to watch me, monitoring the doorway. I can’t stay away from her anymore. I walk over and crawl on top of her, her legs instinctively wrapping around my body.

“Maybe I still will,” I murmur.

She lets out a small smile. “You’re supposed to sacrifice the one you love, aren’t you?”

“That’s what the book says.”