Best Enemies Forever by Olivia Hayle

Author:Olivia Hayle [Hayle, Olivia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-09-28T16:00:00+00:00

Gabriel

Connie insists that I need to get patched up. I tell her twice that it’s not necessary, and that we need to get the barbecue going. But she doesn’t relent.

She gives me her most cutting look. It’s the one I used to provoke, time and time again, because it had been the only way we’d spoken over the years.

It makes me grin.

“You have like forty relatives here,” she says and motions for me to get inside. “One of them can flip the steaks.”

“There’s more to the ancient art of barbecuing than that,” I say.

“Sure. Marinating the meat first, which has already been done. Now come on.”

“Did that game get you riled up?”

“Of course, it did.” She leads the way into the house, and then stops in the entryway, hands on her hips. “Where do you guys keep a first aid kit?”

I shake my head at her, not that she can see me. This woman is so damnably intriguing and complicated. Stripping earlier in front of me, and now insisting on patching me up… Surely she knows I can do it on my own.

But I know better than to turn down her offer.

“In the guest bathroom,” I say. “There should be several.”

“Injuries are that common at Thompson family reunions?”

“You saw how we play.”

“Yes,” she says and sets off toward the bathroom. “Dirty.”

“Did you expect us to do it any other way?”

She looks at me over her shoulder, and there’s a smile on her lips. It makes my stomach tighten. “Honestly? No.”

Ten minutes later, we’re in the upstairs bathroom. She makes me sit down on the closed toilet seat and gently washes my right forearm in warm water. It stings, but it isn’t too bad.

I watch her face as she works. Her skin is smooth, no furrow between her brow. Eyes focused and mouth relaxed. The freckles across her cheeks and nose have intensified with the summer sun, and her auburn hair is a silky wave around her face.

God, she’s so fucking beautiful.

And now, I have an image of her in only her underwear seared into my brain. It’ll produce a far more prominent scar than the consequences of my cousin’s pent-up aggression, because I know I’ll never be able to get it out, no matter how much I try.

Her body in the bright light of day. The soft curves of her legs and waist, and the full tits barely contained in her bra, and the delectable, irresistible V between her legs covered in nothing but a pair of purple lace panties.

And her defiant expression.

Connie being annoyed at me has become an addiction I’ve nurtured steadily over the years. I crave the moments when her eyes flare and her skin flushes, and she looks at me—really looks at me.

Something sharp stings my forearm, and I flinch, looking down.

She’s applying antiseptic.

“Sorry,” she murmurs.

“It’s fine.” All of it, really, but if she wants to touch me… She can go right ahead. At this point, my body wants her so much that I’ll take even the pain as long as it’s from her.

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