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Tryst Six Venom by Penelope Douglas

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His gaze sharpens on her, and I watch them, ready to mobilize if he

moves.

She fixes her eyes back on him. “I’m even willing to bet you don’t get her

hot. Or any woman, for that matter. That’s why you’re sexually abusive, isn’t

it?”

Abusive…what?

“They don’t get hot,” Liv says again. “They smile. And they fawn. And

they fake.” And then she sits up, rolling her hips a little, and moaning. “Oh,

oh, you’re the best, Cal. The best.” She follows with more whimpers and

groans.

I bite back my smile.

“Maybe she is hooking up with one of my brothers.” Liv shrugs. “Maybe

more than one. I have five, after all. Sometimes they work as a team. I mean,

how could you compete?”

I narrow my eyes, kicking her under the table. She laughs under her

breath.

Callum cuts into the pie. “Your words hurt,” he says, “but not as much as

I will, and you know it. We could carry you and Clay out of here right now

and get away with it.”

“Could you?” she retorts.

His eyes gleam. “Five against two, Liv.”

“Is it?”

Just then, howls fill the air. “Ow, ow, ow!” And goosebumps spread over

my skin, knowing who just entered Mariette’s.

That’s who she was texting. Her brothers.

Callum straightens in his chair, his blue eyes alert as four out of the five

Jaeger boys fill the entrance, looking for their sister. I do a double take,

seeing Krisjen holding Trace’s hand.

And Milo’s here. Awesome.

In a moment, everyone surrounds the table where Liv and I sit, the other

diners in the courtyard casting glances and noticing something is up, but no

one moves.

I speak low to Krisjen. “What are you doing with Trace?”

“We hooked up the night of the brawl,” she whispers over her hand.

I knew it.

I look left to right, the tension thick as the two groups stare at each other.

“So I hear there was a break-in at Fox Hill last night,” Callum says,

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