CHAPTER NINE

BENJAMIN’S POV

I stayed by the poolside for what felt like forever, sprawled out on one of the lounge beds, staring at the stars but not really seeing them, my head spinning with flashes of everything that had happened, every moan, every touch, the way April’s lips tasted, her arousal, the way Anna’s eyes burned into mine, the way I wanted all of it at once and still wanted more, and, I didn’t even realize how much time had gone by until I checked my phone.

As I dragged myself back inside the mansion, the house had fallen into a hush, every laugh and clink of glasses were long gone, swallowed by the quiet of bedrooms and soft snores drifting through the walls. Everyone had retired to their rooms, and I turned off the lights downstairs, lifting my legs up the stairs one at a time, feeling my own body heavy and restless, until I pushed into the room.

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The house was dead quiet when I opened my eyes. The kind that makes you think twice about breathing too loud. I reached for my phone,