Harper Reeves just wants to survive senior year at Yale without being the lonely loser on campus. But when her dad’s annoyingly hot best friend, Chris Collins, crashes her party, everything flips. Her plan? Operation Seduction – make him fall for her so Dad kicks him out. Problem is, the more Chris swoops in to save her, the more her heart gets in the way.
“What’s going on?” I scream, kicking my legs as a firm hand grips my thigh. “Shhh,” someone whispers just inches from my face. As my eyes adjust to the light, I stare at the palm pressed against my nose. He slowly draws his hand away until I’m staring at my own bloody initials carved into…
“What do you want to say, Chris?” Tell her! “I don’t see your mother,” I mumble. Harper frowns. “What?” Fuck! Why is this so fucking hard? “When I look at you,” I tell her, thankful my sunglasses are obscuring the heat moistening my eyes. “What do you mean?” she asks. I run a hand across…
“What?” I gasp. She shrugs. “You brought me to a quiet corner of the room. And you gave me a blindfold like you don’t want me to see anything?” “Are you mad?” I sigh. “I brought you over here to talk, that’s all. I need you, Harper. And Ineed to do things to you. Bad…
I don’t have the words. It was just so… “Perfect,” I say, noticing Maria’s demeanor change as she stares down at her screen. “What’s wrong?” “You need to see this,” she mutters. “Can it wait, Maria? I’m having some really inappropriate thoughts about my dad’s business partner.” With her cheeks turning white, Maria turns her…
“Ladies,” my calm professor says, “I can assure you Harper knewexactly what she was doing.” “What?” Becca and Christina gasp in unison. Maybe this is the part where I wake up? Now would be good. “Oh yes,” he says. “This piece has already been reserved. That’s why I was looking for Harper.” “W-what?” Maria and…
“Hell yeah!” Maria shouts. “Three!” “What are you doing?” Christina asks, backing herself into the wall. “Two,” Chris says, turning to my professor. “Sorry about the mess. I’ll pay for any cleanup costs.” “Want to see some live art?” Maria yells to the guests behind us. “It’s a piece we’re calling Screaming Skanks. One!” I…
“Sorry,” I giggle. “Proceed.” Chris chuckles, but his smile fades as fast as it appeared. “So the frog agreed, the scorpion climbed on his back and they jumped into the water together,” he says. “But the scorpion stung the frog, sentencing them both to certain death. As they both sank into the water, the frog…
“Just say whatever you’re thinking.” She shrugs. “Looking forward to having my house back, that’s all. And eating junk all day. See ya.” “Hey!” I shout, grabbing her wrist. Harper stares down at my hand, so I let her go. “Sorry. But can’t we at least talk about this like…” “Adults?” she huffs. “Go on,…
He knows this is the end. “This won’t hurt,” I say, stepping closer and aiming my gun at his forehead. “It’ll just be like going to sleep. Any last words?” Duncan glances at the photograph behind me. “Front bedroom upstairs,” he says. “There’s a bag under my bed. Twelve thousand dollars. It’s not much, but…
I shake my head. “No. I don’t think so. But heis a scorpion, so who knows?” “Is he coming tonight?” Maria asks. Shit. That thought never even crossed my mind. But I breathe a little easier when I figure he doesn’t even know about it. And since he dealt with Bryan, his goons haven’t been…