Tempting The Graves Brothers

was curled up on the sofa, blanket up to my chin, st

sho

n the screen froze, gun shaking, eyes wild and broken. The ot

screamed.

kind that presses against

y!

apping as the screen went

dy forming-only to meet the las

aid it was too loud," Noah drawled, his voice low, gravely hum that seemed to vibrate in the

f the rotating door of girls he brought to his room. The fact that she was currently tucked away in his bedro

ing out before I could filter them. "I am down here. How the hell d

ved getting under my skin that fast. He stepped into the l

voice dropping in octave as he m

ing on my neck. "Turn it back on.

ll, use your imagination," he said,

dn't know "considerate" if it hit him like a freight train.

his hand. "You can't just barge in here and control wha

with the remote in his hand. "Go to bed,

hand, trying to drag the remote away. To him, I was probably a kitten going ham on a lion, but I'd had years of his crap-he'd been a pest since I was 10, bullying me

!" I hissed, tug

d I was falling. The world titled. Thud. My head hits the coffee table hard. Pain shot throu

his face etched with concern now. He dropp

ried to sit up. "Don't touch me!" I pushed my s

hoice. I grabbed my blanket and ran to the bathroom. Looking

ispered, my vo

k. K

h's voice was deep, and for o

led, grabbing a wad of toilet paper and pressing it hard agai

ten how easy the door was. Noah stepped into and everything felt suffoc

hite tiles. He didn't listen. He never did. He set the kit and turned me

d the cotton pad on the cut. His face inches away. His expens

cleaned the cut, my hands

brushed against my cheek, staying

him-the pest, the bully-but it hits me; I'd been crushing on him since I was 10. "I hate you," I whispered , but it sounded like the opposite. "I know," he said, his voice low. He tucked a strand of my hair between my ears, his touch

rk who made me bleed, but my body ignored it. He pulled me closer, hands sliding at my back, I melted. My fingers roll

pulled back for a second, his blue eyes dark

ice wrecked it didn't even sou

as just him. I closed the distance, my heart thundering like crazy. I shouldn't want

heart dropped-Noah didn't move. A

's voice. Too c

een panic and something worse- Because from where