Ruin Me (41 page)

“I don’t care what people say about me.”

His eyebrows bounce. “Okay then.” He looks around the room, refusing to budge from his position.

I bite my tongue and eye him up and down. Kai regards me with expectation, as if I’m about ready to crack. “I really don’t,” I say.

“Uh-huh.”

I focus on my textbook, but I can still feel him lingering in the doorway. “Is there something else you needed, Kai?” I spit.

“I’m headed to the football game,” he begins, his voice stiff. “My mother wanted me to ask if you’d like to come along.”

I scoff. “She did, did she?”

“Yep.”

“Well, you can tell Ava thanks, but no thanks. I have other plans.”

He chuckles. “Oh, yeah. A late night in with Algebra 2.”

“How I spend my nights is none of your concern.”

“I don’t think anyone can muster up any concern for how you spend your nights, Pipes,” he cracks. “You’re not exactly a rebel.”

I tighten my lips, but I can’t stop myself. “I’m more than you think.”

“What?” he asks with a furrowed brow.

I toss the textbook away and hop off my bed. “Just go away, Kai.”

“Relax, Piper,” he smirks and pushes himself off the door frame. “Just a little joke.”

“Yeah,” I nod and grab the door. “Just a little joke.”

I slam it closed in his face.

***

I stare at myself in the cramped airplane bathroom. Kai was right. I do look more pale than usual, like a fucking petrified ghost. I turn on the faucet and let the dull, lukewarm water fill my palms before splashing it on my face. We’ve been in the air for almost ten hours now, but I haven’t been able to relax for a minute of it. Most of the other passengers are fast asleep, but I’m stuck inside my head with my thoughts.

I dry my wet skin and slowly slide the door open. I jump back when Kai’s face fills my vision. “Kai—” I gasp.

“Shh…” He slips into the bathroom with a smile on his face and quickly closes the door behind him.

“What are you doing?”

“Oh, there’s no way I’m missing an opportunity like this…” He reaches out to cup my face. His warm fingers send charges through my skin, awakening my senses, as he pulls me in for a deep kiss.

I can feel his desire for me already pressing against my thigh. My worries melt away more and more with each kiss he gives me. “You dirty son-of-a…” I moan quietly as my body revs with life. My pulse shoots sky high as he pins me against the wall.

“Don’t tell me you’ve never wanted to do this on a plane, Pipes…” he whispers as he unzips my jeans.

“No comment,” I joke as I slip my fingers inside his zipper. I feel his hardness in my hand and give him a light squeeze before pushing his jeans down just below his ass. I let my pants slide down with them.

Kai teases me with a flurry of kisses before reaching down to pull my knee up, giving him access to my everything. I take hold of his cock and guide it straight between my wet nether lips. His thick crown splits the sensitive tissue and I can’t help but moan his name. He presses his mouth against mine to silence me. Fear grips my insides as I count down the seconds before we get caught. My heart races, my nerves boil, my sex pulsates with intense desire. Kai pumps me against the wall with quick, silent thrusts, taking me in just the right way. I lose myself in him. I never want him to stop.

My climax tears through me. I can’t stay quiet. Moans tumble off my lips. Kai looks at me with wide eyes and clamps his hand over my mouth to dull the sound. I bite into the flesh of his palm. He winces with pain and it sends him over the edge. I feel his warm desire pumping away inside of me while he bites his lips to keep himself from groaning.

His hand slips out of my teeth and he holds me by the neck until he catches his breath again. “Holy shit, Pipes…” he whispers with a slight moan in his voice.

I chuckle. “And here I thought we’d done everything already…”

Kai laughs with me and kisses me again.

***

“Oh, my god…” I glance around the hotel suite and I can’t help but fall in love with London all over again. A king-sized bed. Absolutely gorgeous furniture. A jacuzzi tub in the bathroom. There’s even a bottle of champagne waiting for us near the bed. “I can’t believe you did this.”

Kai grins as he sets our suitcases down and kicks the door closed behind him. “Only the best for you, Pipes,” he says.

“This is
way
more than the best, Kai.” I open the curtain to check on the view. My jaw drops as I stare out at the beautiful London skyline.

He slips in behind me and wraps his arms around my waist. “And it’s just the beginning,” he whispers in my ear. His lips fall to my neck and I swoon to feel his kisses traveling down my skin.

Heat rushes to my cheeks. I feel like I’m eighteen years old again, staring out the window of a small inn on the outskirts of the city — the only thing I could afford with the small amount of cash I took with me. I didn’t want to use my credit card and leave a map of my whereabouts to anyone that wanted to track me down. It was just me and Kai, alone together, waiting for each other to make the first move. It was awkward, to say the least. We’d only been together once. That night on my mother’s couch was still so fresh in my mind. I could almost still feel him moving inside of me. We both knew it would happen again.

In the end, it was him that broke the tension first.

He cupped my face and kissed me. It felt just like our first kiss on the train to Rome, but so much more intense. We tore into each other that night, years of repressed passion for one another spilling out all over us.

Now, as his hands travel down my body, I feel myself getting just as lost as we did before.

“Kai…” I whisper his name as a warm sweat heats up my brow.

He reaches around to grip my chin. His lips envelope mine as he pulls me back to look at him. I crane my neck as far as possible, holding him against me as our tongues dance together.

“Anywhere in London you’d like to explore tonight?” he asks, his lips never leaving my own.

“Absolutely not.”

“Good answer.”

Kai spins me about and cups my rear to raise me up. I wrap my legs about his waist and embrace him as he walks us slowly across the room to the big bed. Happiness overwhelms my senses, pulling me back in time to that first moment he slipped inside of me. The old bed creaked beneath us with each thrust. I was sure someone would pound on the door and complain about the noise, not that either of us would care, but just like the airport bathroom, the thrill of getting caught was half of what turned us on. The other half was the delicious taboo. I don’t think about it much anymore, but back then, this was a dangerous affair. Kai wasn’t just an old friend. He was my stepbrother and if the wrong people found out about it, there would surely be hell to pay.

Kai lays me down and I see that smug smirk on his lips as he pulls his shirt up and over his head. It pushes his thick, brown hair to the side, giving him a fun, disheveled look. He’s always been one to look clean cut and while I’m thankful for it, I always feel a twinge down under when I see him a little roughed up. He towers above me, balanced on his strong arms. His thick muscles flex with ease as he lowers himself down to kiss me again.

Our tryst in the airplane bathroom left me with an eternally throbbing nether. I’ve been begging for another piece of him for hours ever since. He doesn’t hold back his moans as I reach inside his jeans to stroke him. His hands move quick to unzip me and he forces his fingers into my panties. I sigh as he starts the gentle rub against my clit, each one sending a powerful shock wave up my spine to my brain. I quake beneath him, moaning between his lips, as he pushes two fingers deep inside of me.

A knock strikes the door and we freeze in place.

“Ignore it,” Kai breathes, sending his tongue between my teeth again.

He pulls me back in. I grip his cock a little tighter and jerk him with quick, clean strokes while he plays with me.

The knocking continues, this time with a few loud pounds against the door. “Piper, come on!”

I sigh and look at the door. “It’s Mandy.”

“She’ll go away…” Kai grunts.

“Open up!” Mandy shouts again, slamming her palm against the door.

I let go of his hard rod and push myself out from beneath him. “I’ll get rid of her…” I mutter. I pull my jeans up and gesture for Kai to do the same. He adjusts himself, but keeps his shirt off.

“I’m coming,” I say to the door.

“I wish…”
Kai mutters.

I shoot him a wink before pulling it open. Mandy stands in the hallway with her suitcase at her feet.

“There are no rooms left,” she says.

“Oh…” I say, peeking over my shoulder at Kai.

“There’s apparently some big tourist festival happening,” she continues. “There was only one room left and Shawn got to it before me.”

I take a step back into the room to find my phone. “I’ll do a quick search for another hotel nearby—”

“I already have,” she interrupts. “They’re all completely booked up.”

I exchange a glance with Kai. We know where this is going and we both want very badly to avoid it. I bite my lip and turn back to Mandy. “Well, I’m sure there’s a room somewhere...”

“Can I just stay in this one?” she asks, lingering in the doorway. “I’m super damn tired.”

“Umm…”

“There’s only one bed,” Kai adds, his voice full of desperation.

“You can stay with Shawn,” Mandy suggests. “He has two beds.”

“Or
you
can,” he fires back.

“Guys…” I sigh.

“This would never have happened if you didn’t bring him with you,” Mandy says.

Kai stares at her from the bed. “I never would have brought him with me if you had answered his damn text messages.”

Mandy’s eyes go a little more narrow. “Fine.” She presses her lips together and tilts her head. “I’ll stay with him. Maybe he and I will reconnect and start
talking
again. I’d just
love
to tell him all about the other guys I’ve been with since we broke up—”

“Mandy!” I say. “Come on…”

Kai stands up from the bed and throws his shirt back on.
“Fine.”
He bends over to grab his suitcase. “Ladies, the room is yours.”

I reach out to him. “Kai, wait—”

“It’s okay,” he whispers as he passes by me. He stops to land a kiss on my cheek. “It’s just one night.
Right, Mandy?
” His eyes flick in her direction.

“Just one night…” she repeats. She spins around and tosses her suitcase onto the bed. “Ooo, champagne!”

“I’m sorry,”
I mouth the words at him. He winks once before turning around and walking out the door. I look at Mandy and I don’t even try to hide my disappointment.

“What?” she spits.

“You know what.”

“Oh, come on,” she says. “I wouldn’t have told Shawn and you know it.”

“You still shouldn’t hold it over him like that.” I reach for my suitcase on the floor. “Kai doesn’t exactly mark it as an accomplishment.”

“For
now
,” she says. “But you know that eventually, that night will become the ultimate feather in his cap.”

“Maybe someday,” I agree, “but right now, he feels pretty shitty about it and you should cut him some slack.”

“Fine. Consider the slack officially cut — but I’m still staying here tonight.”

I sigh. “One night only,” I say. “Tomorrow, you can sleep on the street.”

She lets out a high-pitched cackle. “Me-ow, lady.”

“I’m serious,” I say. “Kai put a lot of thought into this week. He wants it to be perfect and—”

“Jeez, I get it. Cool your jets.
You’re
the one that asked me to come along in the first place.
Remember?
”

I force myself to sit down on the sofa and take a few deep breaths. “Yes, I remember.”

“I have half the mind to suspect you and Kai did this on purpose to get Shawn and me back together.”

“That’s ridiculous.”

“Looks like,” she says. “You would have fought way harder to get me to stay with him tonight if you had.”

“Exactly.”

“Sorry I ruined your night,” she offers.

“Sorry for snapping,” I say. “Just feeling like crap. That plane ride was a little bumpier than necessary.”

“Haven’t told him yet, huh?”

“Nope.”

She sighs and grabs a glass off the drink cart. “Well, there’s always tomorrow.” She pours herself a glass of champagne. “Want one?”

“No, thanks.”

She shrugs. “More for me then.”