Page 9 of The Cabin-A Reverse Harem Romance
“Well, let me tell him,” I said.
She looked at me for only a split second. “No, I don’t want trouble, Trevor.”
“He’d be the one causing trouble, not me,” I said.
She sighed and rolled her eyes. “Trouble seems to follow you wherever you go.”
She headed toward the stairwell, and as much as I didn’t want her to go alone, the look on her face told me I would be unwelcomed up there with her. I turned to Chase.
“Go with her, man,” I said.
Chase nodded and followed along. She didn’t fight his presence like she would have fought mine. As much as it killed me, I knew I had to let it go. She was still hurt after our little falling out, I couldn’t blame her for not being happy around me.
I wasn’t the only one picking up on the tension between us though. Sean leaned against the wall beside me, and Nolan came up on the other side.
Sean spoke first. “What’s going on between you and Elise, man?”
“Nothing,” I said.
“Bullshit,” Sean said.
“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
“Alright, lie to us, brother. That’s cool,” Sean chuckled, running a hand over the stubble on his face. “But if it causes any problems here tonight –”
“Ain’t no one but Brad going to be the problem tonight,” I muttered, shoving my hands in my pockets, my mood rapidly darkening. “I’m just going to keep to myself.”
Nolan smirked, side-eyeing me as Sean rolled his eyes. Neither guy believed I could do it, that I could keep from causing drama, but I’d show them. Once I knew where we were sleeping, I’d head in there, and keep to myself. If I took myself out of the equation, there should be no drama, right? Simple.
Chase came down first, Elise at his heels.
“How’d he take it?” I asked.
“About as well as you’d expect,” Chase answered. “But I think I made it clear to him that we’re not going anywhere.”
“I’ll grab some blankets for the couch,” Elise said quietly, scurrying past us.
I couldn’t help but check out her ass as she walked by. So tight and firm. She was a small girl, but with just enough curves to leave a man thirsty for more. Her yoga pants hugged that tight little ass perfectly.
Nolan punched me in the arm.
“What?” I asked.
“Keep your eyes to yourself too,” he said, but there was a smile in his eyes.
Hell, we’d all checked her out. She was a gorgeous woman, how could we not? Yet, she was off-limits, that was the rule. That had always been the rule. It was supposed to be at least. I licked my lips, remembering the way she tasted. It hadn’t been that long ago, but God, it felt like forever, and I was hungry for more. I was always hungry for more.
* * *
The guest room was nice. Hell, it was a lot nicer than my apartment back in Greenville, or anything I’d ever stayed in before. This Brad guy was loaded, clearly. Or at least his family was.
The bedroom itself was large and furnished with expensive looking furniture. It had a shared bathroom with a shower big enough for three people, maybe four. It was a shame it was going to waste. I cleaned myself up, and as I’d promised the guys, I kept to myself. They put me in the guest room at the far end of the house to keep me from getting into trouble.
Chase and Nolan took the couches. Sean said he’d take the floor of the living room, leaving me in the guest room all by myself. Elise, surprisingly, took the other guest room – just one door down from me. We shared the bathroom, but she kept her door shut. Probably locked too, for all I knew. She went in and closed herself off once everyone got settled.
It was a bit too early to sleep, at least for me. I showered, then plopped down on the Queen-sized bed, naked since that’s how I always slept. A thick down comforter and hunter green duvet covered the bed and matched the wood walls and rustic decor perfectly. Modern rustic was more like it. I had a hard time believing this was a vacation house. If this is where they went to get away from it all, I couldn’t imagine what Brad’s regular house looked like. Probably over-the-top and garish, more than likely. Like all rich people, I imagine they had to show off that wealth.
No wonder Elise liked him.
Nah, scratch that, I gave myself a swift mental kick. She was smarter than that. She wasn’t superficial or shallow like that. Elle wasn’t a woman lured in by wealth. Her family was well-off enough on their own, and she had a good career. Money didn’t interest Elise, not like it might others. So what was it about this asshole that appealed to her?
