South Row by Ghiselle St. James Read Free Book Online

doesn’t.
    “ If you think I’m leaving you here with this guy,” he sticks a thumb in Collin’s angry direction. “You’ve got another guess coming.”
    Collin narrows a glare at my boss and I quickly jump in before Collin bites his head off as well.
    “He won’t hurt me, Trace.” I walk over to my boss, my heart pumping with uncertainty. Collin is super pissed right now; I’d never seen him like this.
    I tell Trace once more that I’m safe with Connor here, to which he grunts his disbelief; saying that I’ve kicked his ass twice already, so he’s actually safer with me . I agree and Connor snorts his dissent, while I glare at him to butt his ass out. After toying with Trace a little more, me being all sultry and sexy, he finally relents and leaves the three of us alone. Hey, you have your ways and I have mine. Don’t judge me.
    “ So, that’s how you do things, right? You seduce your way out of things. I wonder how many men have been burned by your siren’s charm,” Collin sneers.
    Okay, I deserved that. I did seduce him ten years ago. But then, where was his self-control?
    “Some people can resist and some people can’t. I guess some people are just weak.” A low blow, but hey, he started it.
    Collin ’s face hardens at my comment. He knows I just took a jab at him for fucking me all those years ago; for succumbing to my seduction.
    “Fuck you!” he seethes, stepping closer to me.
    “No, fuck you!” I step further into him and we’re so close now, I can feel his warmth pulling me closer.
    “I already did,” he voices, low and smug, the bastard. He even has a smug-assed smile on his face.
    His proximity, that damn smile, just makes me hot in all the right places, but also pissed as hell. I don’t know if I should knee him in the balls or hump his leg like a bitch in heat.
    “What?” I hear Connor say, reminding us that we aren’t alone. Shit!
    “Goddamn it!” Collin runs a hand through his hair and walks away from me. I can’t say I’m not disappointed that he is no longer close to me.
    “You did what?” Connor mutters, not believing what he just heard.
    How do I tell my best friend that I slept with his brother ten years ago without it sounding bad?
    “So, um,” I begin nervously.
    “Tell me you guys didn’t,” he begs.
    I can’t even look at him right now. No matter how I put it, the whole thing looks bad. Had we gotten caught all those years ago, Collin would have gone to jail for sure. I wasn’t even thinking about that then. All I could think about was having Collin’s hands all over me and having him inside me. I’m a terrible person.
    “Connor…” Collin steps toward him, but Connor steps back, disappointment rolling off him in waves.
    “It was that time she went missing, wasn’t it?”
    Neither of us answers ; the truth pouring off of our guilty consciences.
    “That was ten years ago, Collin,” he says in disgust and disappointment. Then, like a light goes off in his head, his eyes brighten. “That’s why,” he whispers.
    Connor looks at his brother and I see a frisson of guilt pass over Collin’s features.
    I’m lost.
    “Fuck,” Connor mumbles, shoving his hair out of his eyes.
    He stares at his brother again in disbelief and with…I dunno, sympathy?
    “All those years …that’s why,” Connor murmurs with a thoughtful look on his face. I’m still lost.
    Collin gives a quick rueful nod, so quick that I almost miss it. I would have if I wasn’t staring at him and wondering how his lips would feel on mine. Firm, sensual, I bet. Focus, South!
    Connor’s face morphs into a shit-eating grin. He looks over at me and his smile widens in a Cheshire cat grin and I am momentarily freaked out. Weird…
    “Dude,” Connor speaks. “You are so fucked.”
    And, once again…I’m lost.
     

CHAPTER SIX
     
    “Girl, you sure know how to give a performance!” Lulu exclaims as I wipe the makeup off my face.
    I ’m back in the dressing room getting my things