“Go where?” I frowned. “Where are we going?”
“We’re not going anywhere.” She shook her head. “You haven’t played the game yet.”
“What game?” I breathed out and she shook her head quickly.
“This is just the beginning for you, Evie. This is just the beginning.” And then she pushed me out of the closet and closed the door shut behind her.
***
I stood in the bedroom awkwardly, not wanting to be seen, but knowing it was unavoidable. Tyler looked at me with dark and impenetrable eyes as I walked towards the door. He stared at me for a few seconds and then turned back to Grant.
“Leave.” His tone changed, the anger gone and replaced by a superiority I hadn’t heard before.
“What?” Grant frowned, looking taken aback. I could only see his side profile, but I could tell that he was annoyed. I scratched my arm and he turned towards me. “You.” His lips curled up. “Been looking for me?”
I shook my head wordlessly and tried to avoid his gaze. I wanted to ask them if they knew that Eugenie was still alive and hiding in their house, but something told me to keep my mouth shut. She’d said one was good and one was bad and I wasn’t sure which was which.
“Leave.” Tyler’s voice rose and his eyes narrowed as he stared at Grant. “Now.”
“She was mine first.” Grant muttered bitterly. “We haven’t finished with the—”
“Enough.” Tyler’s voice was loud and he gestured to me. “Come.”
I walked over to him slowly, worried about what was going to happen next. My mind felt fuzzy and slightly heavy. All of a sudden my body felt extremely tired and weary. There was a slight buzz of electricity in the air as I stood next to the two men, my body on high alert.
“Why did you lie to me?” I stared at Tyler, my eyes blazing. “If you’re a billionaire, why do you pretend to be a driver? And why won’t you let me leave? What’s going on here?” My voice rose, and even though it was shaking slightly, it was strong and forceful. The two men looked at each other for a second before turning back to me. The air suddenly changed and it felt a good ten degrees cooler within seconds.
“Evie, Evie, Evie,” Grant’s blue eyes pierced into mine intently, warm and teasing and I was taken back to the night in the club where he had been my savior. “What have you done?”
“I didn’t do—”
“Stop.” Tyler’s voice was dark and distant, his blue eyes surveyed me coldly. “You’ve said and done enough, Evie.”
“I didn’t say anything. I just want some answers.” I snapped at him, all of a sudden regaining my energy and strength again. I wasn’t a little pussycat. I wasn’t just going to sit here and wait for something to happen to me. Not now. That wasn’t who I was. “I want to know what’s going on here. Are you a billionaire?” I looked at Tyler and waited for him to respond.
“Does money matter to you?” He co**cked his head and stared at me, his eyes never leaving my face.
“She slept with me for five grand, what do you think?” Grant laughed, but the sound wasn’t humorous. He sounded dark and bitter and mean. My stomach flared at his comment, but I couldn’t even say anything. What could I say in response to that? I had slept with him, though technically it hadn’t been for money. It had been for lust, it had been for fun. It had been for the feeling of being alive and wanted. It had been to prolong that feeling of electricity that had come when Grant had touched me. But now that I’d slept with Tyler as well, it was all confusing. The sparks between Tyler and I held a hint of danger that I couldn’t stop myself from being intrigued by. Something that my brain was trying to chase me away from, but I just didn’t know how to distance myself from him now that his forces were drawing me in to him.
“You think you’re hot stuff?” I turned to face Grant. “You think pretending to have money is cool?”
“You have no idea who I am.” Grant grabbed my wrist and pulled me to him. “You need to trust me, Evie.” He whispered in my ear so softly that I thought I imagined it.
“Step back.” Tyler’s voice was quiet and I felt the hairs on the back of my neck standing up. I knew what deathly quiet meant now. I looked over at him, my heart beating and his eyes were narrowed.
Grant seemed to understand that Tyler meant business because he dropped my arm and retreated down the corridor. I stood there watching Grant walking away for a few seconds before Tyler grabbed my arm and pulled me into a room.
“Close the door.” He commanded me as we entered.
“Why?”
“There’s something you don’t know.”
“What don’t I know? That you’re a liar?”
“Evie, why do you play these games?”
“What games am I playing? You’re the one playing the games.”
“I’m here Evie. I’m ready and waiting.”
“Waiting for what?”
“What do you think?” He pushed me back into the wall, his arm above my shoulder, and his hardness pressed into my stomach.
“I don’t know.” I swallowed hard as his lips came dangerously close to mine. “I don’t know anymore.”
“Then you’re a fool.”
I stared up at him searching his eyes to find out what he was thinking. I wanted some answers. I needed to know what was going on, but all I could think about was what Eugenie had told me. I was about to ask him a question about how Eugenie had died when I stopped myself. I didn’t want him to know that I knew too much. My body froze as he kissed me, his tongue sliding into my mouth easily and roughly taking possession of me. My head was pounding and my heart felt like I’d just run a marathon, as I kissed him back. Suddenly, I heard a loud noise and jumped.
“What’s wrong?” He pulled away from me, his eyes gazing into mine intently.
“What’s that?” I pointed to the corner of the room where I’d heard the noise coming from and blinked as I realized that there was nothing there. It was completely empty and there was nothing that could have made a noise.
“What’s what?” He frowned and followed my arm.
“I thought I heard someone or something hitting the floor.” I bit my lower lip. I had been absolutely positive that I’d heard something loud.
“Maybe it was foreshadowing.”
“Foreshadowing?”
“Yeah, maybe you were imagining the sound we would make as we fell to the floor together, you pulling my pants off furiously so that you could get my hard co**ck inside of you.”
“That’s not the noise I heard.” I shook my head and attempted to take a step back, but his grip on me was too tight.
“Well then maybe it was you imagining us falling to the ground and me ripping your panties off before I took over your body.” He smirked, as his fingers ran down my neck. “I like the sound of both of those ideas.”
“You didn’t answer my question earlier.” I asserted myself, not wanting to succumb to him without getting any answers.
“So?” He smirked again, his fingers running to my right breast.
“I want answers.”
“I want you.”
“Tell me what’s going on?” I whispered. “Why did you guys bring me here?”
“Do you really want to know the answer, Evie?” He leaned forward and sucked on my lower lip, his eyes never leaving mine as his teeth nibbled and claimed me.