Hurts to Love You by Alisha Rai
Author:Alisha Rai
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00
Chapter 15
Someone needed to give Gabe a fucking medal for not blatantly staring at the bra draped over the fireplace screen.
He’d only glanced at it once, but it was seared in his retinas. It was a large bra, capable of holding her heavy breasts, plain and no frills, but it was a hot pink he hadn’t expected. What had he expected? He wasn’t sure. Beige, maybe, or white. Not satin and pink, with a little charm at the gore. Though he probably should have readjusted his expectations after he saw those cherries.
“You owe nine hundred dollars.”
He snapped back to attention. Eve had freed her hair from its complicated knot and the strands had dried in waves around her face. He wanted to stroke them away from her flushed cheeks.
He clenched his fists. That was a ridiculous urge, one he had to control. Along with all his other urges.
He could write off that kiss yesterday as an anomaly, born of frustration and buried desire, but he wouldn’t be able to write off making out with her or sex with her. That was a level of complication their situation did not need. Even if he had tabled discussion of his parentage, it still loomed over them like a relentless thundercloud. “Uh, what?”
“Nine hundred dollars.” She held out her hand, and the blanket she’d blessedly draped over her rounded shoulders parted to reveal her naked forearm.
She was dressed more conservatively than most women in a bar or a beach. He saw flesh all day long at work. He would not get all caught up in her lush bare arms again. Gabe averted his gaze and carefully counted out his money.
“Are you sure you aren’t cheating?” he teased, trying to distract himself. The board game was set out on the chest that doubled as a coffee table. He’d grabbed the ratty armchair and dragged it over. They’d dined on the granola bars and water bottles Alistair had shoved into a waterproof bag and handed to him before he’d left. The remnants of their dinner were in a neat pile next to the game.
“I don’t need to cheat at Monopoly.” She carefully tucked the money he gave her into her fat stacks of fake bills. She’d had a few setbacks here and there, but she’d only increased her wealth. “I know the secret.”
“There’s a secret?”
She rolled and moved her piece, sitting pretty and safe as a jail visitor. They’d bought up all the land over an hour ago, and were now building property and trading cards. He controlled most of the board. She had two monopolies and a single utility she was stubbornly refusing to trade him.
“There are a few. I researched this a long time ago.”
“You researched the secret to cracking Monopoly?” That distracted him from the bra. “What is it?”
“If I told you, it wouldn’t be a secret.”
“Let’s trade. You can ask me something.” He paused. “Unless it’s about my parents or birth. Any of my parents,” he tacked on hastily.
Her eyes were deep, dark pools of melted chocolate.
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