Chapter 285
WILLA
The deep aches in my back and thighs faded to a dull throb.
For a time I submerged myself in the water. When I came back up, gasping for air, Naomi had joined the girls on my side of the pool. She was talking loud enough to heard by everyone.
"Last night was wild," she said as she ran a loofah up and down her arm. "I don't think I got a wink of sleep." She turned to the girl on her left. "Did you hear us?"
The girl grinned. "I thought I heard... something," she said.
"That would be me." Naomi sighed dramatically. "I just can't seem to keep my mouth shut when Lucian's eating me out."
The girls fell against themselves, giggling like mad. I turned my back on them, started to wash my hair.
Naomi gave another exaggerated sigh. "Screwing Lucian last night felt so good. But then break up and make up sex always feels that way. It was exactly what I needed after the scare we had. We hadn't even broken up for up to a day and Lucian just couldn't get enough of me. Talk about being obsessed!"
The talk eventually drifted to the woods and how safe they were. I finished having my bath and was leaving when Naomi approached me.
Apparently crowing about how she and Lucian shagged each other's brains out wasn't good enough for her. She had to come rub it in my face.
"Hey you," she said.
I heaved a sigh.
"What do you want?" I said.
"Just to look you in the eye when you lie. You told me you were not interested in Lucian. He said you've been the one throwing yourself at him."
I started to say I didn't believe Lucian would say something like that. But then I realized with how he had behaved today, it was possible.
Maybe he had told Naomi this version to massage his fragile ego. The asshole obviously couldn't stand a girl saying no to him.
I looked Naomi right in the eye and said, "I never did that and I never will. I told you before, the kiss just happened. I have no intention of ever letting it happen again not because I'm afraid of you but I'm not interested in him."
"So Lucian, the Lycan Prince is lying? Tell me who am I supposed to believe now? A twerp from nowhere or my boyfriend?"
"I don't care. Believe whatever you want. But just for the record, I'm not that kind of girl."
Naomi snorted laughter. "Obviously. You are not his kind of girl. Oh and one more thing. In case you haven't noticed, Lucian and I are back together. This time, stay the hell away from him."
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I let the other girls go forward. I trailed behind them, wringing out my hair as I walked. I had just changed into new clothes when I spotted someone right outside my tent.
"Who is it?" I called out.
Lucian entered. He looked like a man so pissed he was barely holding on to his temper.
I waited for him to tell me why he had come. When he said nothing for almost a full minute, I went on arranging my things.
I told myself if he was still there by the time I had finished, I would leave him in the tent. Whatever reaction he was fishing for, I wouldn't give it to him.
"Why were you smiling earlier, Willa?" he asked quietly. .
"What are you going on about?" I said without looking around.
I knew he was referring to when I had been laughing at Theron's picture, but nothing was going to make me admit I had been aware of him too.
There was a snap in his voice as he said, "Earlier. You were laughing at something on your phone. Was it Theron texting you?"
"And how is that any of your business? Does being the supervisor of this project give you the authority to monitor who we call or text?"
Lucian's lips thinned. He had nothing to say to that.
"I thought so," I said.
Happy that I had managed to make him speechless, I resumed folding my clothes. Lucian still didn't go away.
It got harder and harder to ignore him standing there, looking over my shoulder. I was getting hyper aware of him again.
It was on the tip of my tongue to tell him to give me some privacy when he said in a low, musing voice, "I wonder what Theron will think when he finds out what's happened between us on this field trip."
Furious, I turned around, wanting to ask him what he meant by that. Wanting to ask him if he was blackmailing me but he was already gone.
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