Tryst Six Venom by Penelope Douglas

that look like they’ll hurt if hit with them, but we don’t stick around to worry
if this escalates. Grabbing my bag at the table, we run, leaving the mess for
tomorrow, which is, I hope, how long it takes Macon to realize we just
destroyed the place.
Leaving my car behind, we run down the dark, dirt road, Liv removing
her heels to keep up in her bare feet.
We stop, so she can unlock her front door.
“I need a bath, baby,” I whisper in her ear from behind.
The tequila has kicked in, and my body stirs. She opens the door, and I
head straight up the stairs ahead of her, seeing the house dark.
“Macon!” she calls out.
There’s no answer.
The others are at Mariette’s, and I know she has a nephew around here
somewhere. Must be with a babysitter.
She tails me as I head to the bathroom, and we both step in, locking the
door behind us.
I drop my bag to the chair next to the tub and kick off my sandals. “Good
first date?” I ask.
“Not bad.”
She starts the water, turning on the shower, and the room soon fills with
steam. I sit on the edge, watching her bend over and check the water’s
temperature.
It hurts to look at her. The perpetual red tint of her lips that makes them
look like she was born that way. The glow of her olive skin, the ever-sosubtle
blush of her cheeks. Her long legs and long hair and the sweat on her
body and my mouth on her tits that would make Father McNealty rain down
fire and brimstone during Sunday Mass, if he knew what we were doing.
Am I really letting Callum escort me to the ball? Am I really not taking
her to prom?
I lower my eyes. I want everyone to know she’s mine. She has my heart,
and it scares me that she may not want it as much as I want her to have it.
She still hasn’t acknowledged that I told her I loved her.
“I wanted to tell them so badly that it was your bed I was in,” I say
quietly.
She looks over at me, and I rise, leading her into the shower, both of us
slowly peeling off each other’s clothes and my eyes never leaving hers.
I unzip her skirt, letting it fall into the tub. The shower douses my back as