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CHAPTER8
ALL THE DAYS LEFT
LEN
Killing my brother felt more freeing than I thought it would. There was a part of me that felt like a noose that’d been wrapped around my throat for all my life was finally pulled away and I was able to take a deep breath for the first time.
Like I was stepping into a new act in my life.
As we arrive at my apartment and I reach the elevator, I turn to Kade and dangle my keys in front of him.
“Whoever gets upstairs first calls the shots,” I say.
His eyes are on those keys, watching them dangle. “Shots as in… I get to demand what sexy thing you do if I get there first?” he asks, eyebrows arching.
I lean into him and press my lips against his ear. “You get to callall of it,” I whisper. “You can tell me all about what you’re going to do to me.”
He starts jabbing his finger repeatedly against the elevator call button, knowing it’d be the only way he’d get to the top first. We both know his legs can’t outmaneuver mine.
“And if you win?”
“You have to beat me atMario Kartbefore we have sex.”
“Fucking hell,” Kade growls, hitting that button with renewed vigor. It’s not coming any quicker than it was as I leisurely head off for the stairs. “Why’s it so slow? Len! Len! NO! This is too slow.”
“So muchMario Kart.”
“Fucking hell,” he grumbles as he dashes for the stairs. Seeing him coming, I rush through the door into the stairwell and start running up the steps.
He’s hot on my trail, and I realize he can actually move when there’s something he really wants.
“Don’t do this to me, Len. I’d like to assume you’re joking, but I know you. You’re not joking. You will tantalize me and tease me, and we’ll never have sex, and we’ll die old and celibate because I’ll never beat you at one of your weird games,” he says.
“And you think you’ll beat me at this game?” I ask as I body block him from getting past me. He tries to squeeze past, so I use his own momentum to gently guide him to the ground.
“No! Len! Please!” he cries as I scurry off ahead of him, giving him a taunting grin the whole way.
“Oh, so sad, this ass was gonna be yours.”
“Hold on,” he says, getting an enlightened look on his face. “I have the keys. Rule’s first one inside.”
“Keys? Fuuuuck. I forgot I gave them to you… oh wait… these keys?” I ask as I dangle them in front of me. I’d snatched them when he’d tried squeezing past me, and seeing thelookon his face makes it oh so worth it.
“No! Len! Dammit,” he complains as he scrambles up to his feet before I hear a thud and look down at where he’s fallen. “Fuck.”
I hesitate before turning around. “Are you okay?”
“Ah hell,” he grumbles as I hurry back down to him and take his hand.
“Are you hurt?”
“Len… you’re too sweet for this world,” Kade says as he snatches the keys out of my hand and pushes past me.
“You…pretended to be hurt?” I growl as I chase after him.
“I sure as fuck did because I know you’re a sucker,” he says as he shoves through the door into the hallway. I rush after him but he’s already at the apartment door trying to figure out which key opens it. I try grabbing it but he presses his body in tight so I can’t.
