Co-Ed(7)

“Finneas Arthur Titus.” His grin widened. “The third.”

I felt a bit weak in the stomach. The Titus family was known throughout the entire Pacific Northwest. If Seattle had royalty, they would be it.

“How nice for you, Finneas Arthur Titus, the third.” I tried not to look impressed.

He just threw his head back and laughed. “Knox was right. We really should stay away from you.”

My ears perked. Where was Alexa? How long did it take to pee? “Knox?”

“The hot one,” he said in a serious tone.

“What’s that make you? The ugly one?” I fired back.

“Oh, I’m the sexy one,” he said, completely deadpan. “Leo’s the sensitive one, and Knox? Well, he’s the one everyone just wants to fuck. But he doesn’t like playing with his food, so…”

“You’re a douchebag.” There. I’d said it.

“Thank you.” He put his hand on his heart just as Alexa approached.

“It’s like they don’t understand the concept of flushing! Just flush the damn tampon and be done with it— Oh, hello th-th-there.” She finally got it out on the third try and gave me a withering look.

“Alexa Hampton.” Did he know everyone’s name? Was he a child genius or something? “It’s a pleasure.”

My eye felt twitchy as he reached for her hand, kissed the back of it, and winked.

“Alrighty then.” I moved to grab my coffee and food. “We were just going, so if you’ll just return to the 1800s…” I had to physically help Alexa stand. Even then I was worried she was already under his spell as she stumbled with me out the door.

When I turned around, Finn was still staring.

He blew me a kiss.

It made my knees weak, while at the same time, forced me to wonder if the guys had found a new target, a new challenge, a plaything who would entertain their bored, rich minds.

Not this bitch!

“How do you know him?” Alexa finally found words ten minutes later.

“I don’t,” I said truthfully.

She stopped walking. “They don’t just approach people, not in public at least. One time a girl tried talking to Finn in line at the Apple store, and he straight-up ignored her for twenty minutes. She tried again a day later, and his eyes glazed over as he said, ‘Who are you?’”

Ouch, that had to have hurt. I winced. “That’s rough.”

“Rough?” Alexa repeated. “She was devastated.”

“How do they stay in business?” I wondered out loud.

“I’m telling you, drugs!” she hissed. “Okay, I need to go to class. I’ll see you tonight!”

I didn’t have the heart to tell her that I lived across the suite from them, or that we’d have to lock our door, just in case.

Yeah, I was so going to have to buy a rape horn or something irritating. It was the only way to keep my head sane.

And my heart safe.





Chapter Four


Knox

“What are you two dipshits doing?” I was bored as fuck, going through our schedule for the next two weeks. Same girl, same girl, same girl, same guy, same grandma — the hell? I thought she died? I shook my head; it didn’t help with the pulsing or the boredom. Four more months and I was out of this place; four more months and I could focus on my internship with Wingman, Inc.

They’d trusted me with this.

And I was going to see it through.

I busted my ass for that company, made an insane salary, and was being groomed all through college for a future job. I just had to suffer a little while longer.

A text came through.



Unknown: I’ll pay you five hundred dollars for a nude shot.

Me: Lose this number. That’s not what this business is about.

Unknown: A thousand.



I groaned and tossed my phone onto the desk; I pressed my palms against my head in an effort to get the ache to go away.

“Guys?” Did they leave?

They were taking turns spying on God knows what in the shared living room. I finally got up and shoved them out of the way, pulled the door open, and scowled.

There she was.

The girl from last night.

The one both guys wouldn’t shut up about.

Apparently, she was walking, talking sex with wild hair, olive skin, and a banging body. And according to Leo, breasts that he wanted to die between.

I wasn’t interested.

I was actually surprised they were.

They didn’t date. They did their damn jobs day in and day out, and when they wanted sex, they went off campus. We didn’t mix business with pleasure.

Ever.

Her light brown eyes locked with mine.

I grunted.

Then slammed the door not quite hard enough to bring it off the hinges.

“What the hell, man?” Finn laughed. “You trying to scare her away?”

“No,” I said through my gritted teeth. “I think that was all Leo this morning during shower time.”

Leo just laughed. “You should have seen her strip. So fast, I’m surprised she didn’t chip a tooth against the tile and end up ass backwards with her feet in the air. So damn cute.” His face fell. “Sometimes I miss it, the innocent ones.”