Page 19 of Tempting Venom

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“My offer still stands,” he mouths.

Something in my chest pulls tight. Not pain, exactly. More like the slow burn before realizing I’m bleeding.

What offer?

The…gay sex?

I could swear he’s not gay. Right?

I’ve only ever seen, well,heardof him with girls. He’s known to change girlfriends faster than his dad changes mistresses.

Not to mention that time he stole my fuck buddy.

Yes, I’m still salty about that.

He definitely made those distasteful remarks just to provoke me.

But how did he know it’d work? How could he have figured out that those exact fucking words would get so far beneath my skin, I’d need some real purging to expel them?

Because he seems to know more than he should.

But how?

Why the fuck…?

I remove my helmet, narrowing my eyes at him as my teammates slide past me.

And even though every one of the Wolves seems to be vying for the rat’s attention, Osborn’s gaze rests on me, a subtle smile unfurling as if meant only for me.

It’s not a smirk, but more of an intense appraisal and…what?

A promise? A threat?

Is that walking corpsethreateningme right now?

My own lips curl in a wide grin as I make an “I’m watching you” gesture.

Oh, you’re so fucked, Mr. Nobody.

You’ll soon be cooked and served to my dogs.

Kane said that Osborn might be taken into the main family now that Lance died. He might be illegitimate, but he’s the only male heir they have left. From what Kane mentioned, this is definitely something the Osborn elders want to make happen.

Our fathers don’t—or at least Kane’s dad doesn’t, because he told him to get rid of the pest.

I’ll take care of the nuisance myself.

Consider it a selfless humanitarian effort to rid the world of the vermin.

I’m basically a saint at this point.

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PRESTON

So I lied. I’m nowhere near a saint, because what the fuck is this?

Torture. That’s what it is.

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