<b>Chapter </b>8
Addison
“Are you sure?” I asked quietly as I stared up at Zane who nodded once<b>, </b>a confident grin on his face.
“A hundred percent.” He crooned, then he was suddenly stepping close to <b>me</b><b>, </b>so I took a step away, but his hand settled on my waist, pulling me into his chest in a way that had me sputtering.
“See? You should have gotten used to me unexpectedly touching you at this point, and it’s exactly why I said we needed to practice.” He pointed out but I ended up shoving him away from him before ! shot him a re.
“T- that’s cause you caught me off guard!” I bit out, feeling weirdly breathless as I spoke.
“I’ll catch you off guard plenty of times when we’d be in public.” He pointed out as he arched a brow at me, but I ignored him as I stepped around him to ruminate through the closet, while trying to slow<i>. </i>my ridiculous racing heartbeat.
There’s something dangerous about this man. I didn’t know what it was, but I could feel it in his eyes, and whenever he stood very close to me. In all honesty, if I wasn’t so desperate to have Marco notice and yearn for me, I’ll never willingly be doing this with him right now. Someone as dangerous as him. was bad news, I mean, it’s starking written across his face, from the dangerous smirk of his, down to the tattoos covering his entire skin.
Marco had said he <b>was </b>dangerous, and I would be lying if I im to not be curious about that, whenever I have the time, I’ll try to ask Marco what he meant by that.
“What do we have here?” Zane suddenly spoke from behind me, making me stiffen, right before his body heat melted into my body through my clothes from behind. He was standing right behind me right now, staring across my head into the cloths I was ruminating through, and somehow, I felt weak kneed as I tried to ignore his <b>presence </b>behind me and focus on what I was previously doing… but it was quite hard, seeing as I could feel <b>his hard </b>chest against my back and head, and I could feel his chin slightly <b>brush </b>against the top of my head every now and then–cause he was just that taller than I was, and that was making me feel feverish.
His huge biceps came around me to ruminate through my clothes as well, making me feel caged in, dizzy and ridiculously breathless.
I wanted to shove him away, to <b>demand </b>for some space, but that might reveal that he was affecting me this much, and I didn’t <b>want </b>to reveal that to him.
“W–what are you doing?” I finally demanded after finding my voice, watching as he ruminated around
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“Where is your bikini? Ths one you’ll wear today.” He demanded as he kept moving around.
Lexhaled solely, feeling my cheeks start to sting a little as I muttered. “I–I didn’t bring <b>one</b>.”
“Are you serious?” He demanded, his voice incredulously and I could feel his eyes staring down at me without me even having to confirm.
“Everyone is spending the day at the beach here on the ind, and it’s the perfect time for us to put our A–game on. Without a bikini, we can’t be able to achieve anything.” He pointed out; then he was stepping back and whirling me around so that I was staring up at him, but I refused to meet his gaze just as he continued.
“Why didn’t you bring one? What did you n to wear instead?”
My cheeks were on fire as I responded. “Well, I nned to wear a pair of shorts and à crop top-” I was still speaking when he began to shake his head.
“Nope, definitely not. That won’t do. We need a bikini. If you really want to drive Marco crazy, you need a very daring bikini. He’ll be unable to keep his eyes off you. This is the perfect opportunity, we can’t let it slip past our fingers.” He spoke fast and I let out a sigh as I finally nced up at him.
“Well, I didn’t bring one so I don’t know what to…”
He held a hand up. “I’ll order you one right now. What’s your size?”
“Absolutely not.” I announced after changing into the bikini and stepping out of the bathroom for him to ess the bikini. It was ridiculous, daring and unlike anything I’ve ever worn in my life. It couldn’t even be called a half cup, and the panties were even more ridiculous, with the material only really covering the crotch area.
“It’s perfect for what we <b>n </b>to achieve. You think my brother would be able to keep his eyes off your in this?” Zane said as he assessed me, his hands folded as he walked around me. His eyes boring into mine was making shivers break out over my skin for some weird reasons, and I felt so shy and naked. right now, but I kept fighting those feelings off, while reminding myself this was nothing but a normal <b>bikini</b>, and that someone as hot as Zane has seen a lot of women in even hotter bikinis.
I still felt unsure about this, but I ended up deciding to listen to Zane, cause I really want Marco to notice me. It’s <b>a </b>really low point of mine, but I didn’t <b>care </b>anymore.
As Zane and I left the room, he leaned down and spoke with his lips against my <b>ear</b>.
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“By the end of our time at the beach today, he’ll totally want to speak to you privately. Count on it and remember that I said so.” His lips brushed against my ear as he spoke, and I didn’t know if that was why I shivered, or if it was because of the anticipation of Marco approaching me at the end of today because he found me too hot to resist.
When we arrived in the sitting room, everyone’s eyes were on me, and I squirmed, totally not used to
I having this kind of attention. All the guys‘ eyes bulged, and shock was starkly painted across their
faces.
“Don’t slouch, act natural and walk like you know you’re hot as hell.” Zane whispered into my ear right before his hand settled on my hips, then I was being pulled into his side, which made my body flush tight as I stood straighter.
Marco and Aisha weren’t here yet, but the rest of the guys and their girls were present. The shock in their eyes stroked my ego, and it even boosted my confidence a little, although I still felt awkward as
hell.
“Yo, Addi? That’s your man?” Nathan, one of the guys asked and I nodded while pushing my hair out of my face.
“Yup, he arrivedst night and brought me home from the clubst night.”
“Wow.” Theo spoke this time, just as his eyes raked over me, then all the guys wereing over to shake hands with Zane while they exchanged introductions.
After those introductions, Zane went off to get me a drink, leaving me alone with the guys who were definitely checking me out and leering at me..
“You look smoking hot.” Pierce, one of the guysmented as his eyes raked over me, just as his girlfriend elbowed him before ring at me.
The rest of the guysmented about how good I looked, <b>and </b>I felt thankful for listening to Zane.
That was such a surprising concept to me <b>cause </b>they’ve never checked me out before!
“See? I told you guys <b>she </b><b>was </b><b>really </b>over him, but you all kept iming otherwise. This means you all owe me ten thousand <b>dors</b>. Zack, one of <b>Marco’s </b>friends from back in school <b>announced </b>and the rest of the guys snickered, while instantly stiffened.
“We really thought she <b>wasn’t </b>over him yet, I mean, you caught how she kept staring at him back at the club when <b>he </b><b>was </b>dancing with Aisha” Nathan pointed out while he and the rest of the guys snickered, while I flushed all the way to the roots.
“You all betted over me?” I <b>managed </b>to ask after making sure my voice was steady.
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“Just a silly little bet, but we all ended up losing money anyway.” Theo sighed and rast of the guys snickered again, while I felt embarrassed as hell.
“But Addi, isn’t that Marco’s older brother?” Nathan spoke this time. “The one that participated in those deadly races?”
My eyes widened, shock and surprise coursing through me just as Zane arrived and handed me a
drink.
“Yup, that’s me.” Zane drawled in response, an easy grin across his face.
“Damn, that’s sick man. Your race is always sick and I’m a huge fan of yours!” Nathan gushed, and I curiously nced at Zane, reminding myself to ask him about thatter, cause doing that right now might reveal how little I know about him.
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As the guys and Zane continued to speak like they’ve known themselves for years, I felt a piercing gaze digging into my side from the left and I nced over to see Marco staring at me with a shocked expression across his face, his mouth hanging open as he raked his gaze over my entire body.
“Wow.” He whispered, and it felt like my entire world got lit up by that word..