So Bad (Bad Boy Next Door #1) by Kelley Harvey Read Free Book Online Page A

beyond me. What’s wrong with him? Isn’t abandoning one kid
enough?
    I come up after my last lap, chest heaving.
    I prop my elbows on the side of the pool and wipe my eyes.
    Feet.
    His feet.
    He stares down on me.
    I swipe the water away from my mouth. “Well, there goes my
lovely swim.”
    Danny’s one eyebrow quirks. “I told you not to use the
pool.”
    “Because you’re an A-hole.”
    His chuckle tightens my gut and my fists.
    I frown. “What are you laughing at?”
    “You.”
    “What’s so funny now?”
    “You can get yourself off in the backyard, but you can’t say ass ? Can you say damn or hell? Oh, and I bet fuck is definitely not
in your vocabulary, is it?”
    I straighten my back and move to the steps, climbing from the
water with as much dignity as I can muster.
    “Out of respect for everything your family has done for me,
I try to conduct myself in a manner that won’t embarrass your parents. I choose
not to use those words.”
    He wraps my shoulders with my towel. “Well, it’s silly. No one
cares what words you use. You need to loosen up. Live a little. You need to do
something wild every day. Though I admit, you lived it up last Sunday.”
    I expel an exasperated sigh. “I knew you wouldn’t let
me live that down. I’m going to hear about the other day for the rest of my
life, aren’t I? You can’t be a gentleman and not say anything, can you?”
    His arms come around me as he looks into my eyes. “ Fuck no I’m not going to let you forget it. I sure as hell won’t forget.”
    “Of course, you won’t. I’ll be shamed forever because of one
stupid mistake.”
    He tightens his hold when I try to escape. “What’s to be
ashamed of? And why would you want to forget? That was one of the hottest experiences
of my life, outside of actual sex. Come to think of it, it was hotter than some
of the sex I’ve had.”
    What I wouldn’t give to melt into oblivion right now. I drop
my chin to my chest, unable to even look at him.
    Danny sits on the lounger, pulling me into his lap. He
kisses my temple. “Mo, you have nothing to be ashamed of. I’m not. We had a
mutual moment of pleasure. Big deal. It was good. It was hot . It makes me
want you more every time I think about it—and I’ve thought about it a lot.”
    His cock stirs beneath me. I jump to my feet, burying my
face in my hands. “Good gracious, Danny. Don’t. Don’t think about it—ever. Please.
Let’s just both forget it.”
    He leans back, hands behind his head.
    “Fuck no, Sweets. That one? It’s now proudly lodged at the
top of my spank bank. It’s probably going to forever be my go-to for jacking
off. If it was a real picture, within a year it’d be dog-eared, stained,
and frayed at the edges.”
    That smile. I want to scratch it off his freaking face.
Instead, I groan.
    “How did you get so uptight? What happened to you?”
    “Nothing. Nothing happened. Please—I told you, I
won’t sleep with you; you’re disgusting. Now, let me be, Danny. Stay. Away.”

    Mo’s shoulders slump and she walks away.
    Seems like she’s always walking away.
    And I always let her.
    Because I have to—if I don’t, Dad yanks everything.
    If it was only me, fine. Money doesn’t mean shit to me. I’ll
make my own fucking money. But I can’t do that to Rachel. Or Mo. I can’t
deprive them of something because I want to sink my dick so deep into Mo she’ll
never get me out of her head. But—it’s just sex. I can fuck any girl.
    Hell, haven’t I been screwing every girl who’ll spread her legs
for me since Dad first forbade me to see Mo? Fuck yeah I have. Can’t have Mo?
Fine, I’ll have all the other girls and make sure as shit the world knows
that I do.
    So what if I have a reputation? Good. So what if it pisses dear
old Dad off? Even better.
    So what if Mo thinks I’m disgusting? My chest hardens and rage
floods through me like a tidal wave. I grab her lounge chair and throw it into the
pool. The splash is less than