Riley's body shifted a half step sideways and I surged forward to stop her. There was no way out of this for her this time around.

I stood over her and wrapped my hands around her arms near her shoulders. I dug my fingers into her soft skin and tightened my hold as I cornered her between my body and the wall. 

Riley closed her eyes and lowered her head to the ground to avoid seeing the anguish in mine. She was going to look at me whether she liked it or not. She had to see how much what she did was killing me. It was the only way to get her to understand.

"What the fuck, Riley?" I bent down in front of her face.

She flinched and turned her head away.  Riley kept refusing to look at me. 

I grabbed the first thing I could lay my hands on, which was a fistful of her messy curls.  Her head jarred to the side under the force, sending her scent whirling all around me, teasing all my senses into confusion.  I lowered my head to her neck and lurched forward to press my body against hers.

It was equal parts unbridled lust and torturous agony feeling her against me, yet having her so far away.

There was nothing in this world I wanted more than the girl standing in front of me to want me the way I craved her.

But she didn't want to be with me.

And I hated her for it.

My whole life I went without this feeling until she decided to clothesline me and knock me on my ass. I never wanted it and still didn't, but I wasn't sure I could live without it now either.

My eyes traced the curves of Riley's breasts and settled down at the spot where we were connected.  My cock grew harder against the base of her bare stomach, right where the beginning of a slight swell had begun to form in her lower belly. My dick twitched against the center of her bare stomach, excited to feel the resistance of the little newly-formed, hard knot just under her belly button.  

Riley's hips bucked forward, searching for more pressure. Her skin flushed in little pink patches and her breathing quickened its pace while I buried myself into her. 

Thoughts of Riley letting Aiden touch her this way consumed me. Did he feel my baby inside her when he was on top of her? The possibility spun me full circle again until him touching her was all I could see.

I was angry—so fucking angry.

"Aiden...Riley...bent over...."

"You have to stop them."

"Aiden...Riley...Aiden...Riley..."

"I can't believe you brought Aiden up here in front of me so you can fuck him." I screamed into her and gripped her hair even tighter.

"Ezra, you're hurting me." Tears rolled down Riley's cheek and landed on my arm.

Riley didn't deserve to be the one crying right now after what she did. She was the one who let him in instead of me.

The only part I played was the fool.

"Do you love him?" I asked desperately as I wrestled with my control to hold the darkness back. 

"Ezra, please. It's not like that. You know I only wanted to be with you." She begged me to let her go, trying to tell me anything that she thought I wanted to hear.

"I don't fucking believe you." My body vibrated with her lies.

"I would never do that to you." She argued back.

"I fucking found you in here with your shirt off!"

"Ezra." She mouthed my name slowly, with a soft and sweet drawl.

The way she said my name fogged my brain further.  I was falling down the rabbit hole and the walls were caving in around me—and she was dangling a fucking carrot.

"I bet you let him come inside you just like you let me." She winced and seized up tightly against the wall.

I knew it was true and Riley wasn't going to deny it.

I had to erase Aiden from her memory.

I rubbed against the spot on Riley's stomach to remind her what being with me felt like.  This was the only way to never let her forget the things I could do to her body that he couldn't—the things she wanted me to do.

"Aiden will never be able to make you feel the way I do and you know it. You are mine. You will always belong to me." I moaned pitifully and trembled.

Riley let out a silent purr and began moving in sync with me.  She was just as hungry for it as I was.  Having sex with Aiden hadn't done enough to give her the release she yearned for.

Riley would never be satisfied, she always needed more.

I moved my hand from her arm and lowered it to unfasten her jeans to gain access to her panties.  My fingers knew right where to go without even having to look.  I dipped my hand inside, easily finding her favorite spot.  I pulled my head up and stared her directly the eye as she fought to keep locked on me. 

I couldn't help but smile at the mess she was leaving behind on my fingers. 

I bent down to capture her pouty bottom lip and sunk my teeth into it.  Riley rubbed harder on my fingers and I barely had to do anything but watch her.  The emerald-eyed blond was so beautiful when she lost control for me. 

"Riley, be a good girl for me. Beg me to let you fuck me." I cooed in her ear as I lowered my hand and pushed the tips of two fingers inside her. She was still extremely tight around my fingers--her body was trying to force me out.

Aiden must not be working with a lot if just my fingers were too much for her.

I went into the first knuckle and pulled my fingers forward, massaging her spot with a rapid tapping pattern.  Her legs shook and she whimpered when I pulled my fingers free. 

I pushed my fingers in again, went as deep as possible, and repeated the motion. I used the pressure of my hand on both sides, assaulting her spot roughly from the inside while sliding my thumb roughly up and down her clit.

Riley tensed next to me in response.

Her stomach muscles clenched and she strangled my fingers even harder.

So close. My needy girl was already to combust.

"What the fuck?" A furious voice shook the whole room.

JD. Shit. 

I was so lost on Riley that I forgot about Aiden's threat. Part of me didn't expect him to actually go through with it since telling JD about Riley and me also meant tattling on himself too.

I leaned in and used Riley's body to hold me up as I slid my fingers from inside her and closed my eyes. Then, I took a deep breath, stepped away from her, and readied myself for another fight. 

At least this part was finally over. I didn't have to hide any longer.

I turned to face JD; he was already squared up with his jaw clenched.  Brynn and Aiden were right behind his shoulders, ready to place bets on how JD was going to end me. 

JD's eyes were full of anger as he looked between his sister and me. He lingered on her for too long and it didn't sit well with me.

I moved in front of Riley and pulled her behind my back to shield her from all the eyes gawking at her.  The insane girl attempted to squirm out and I wrapped her arms around me to pull her tight to me like I did the night of the Camo concert.

That night felt like a lifetime ago.

I had to fight for her that night too.

"Are you trying to sleep with my little sister?" JD's nostrils flared and twitched.  There was a sheen of sweat forming on his cherry-colored forehead.

I should have tried to diffuse the situation before it got out of hand, but my ego wouldn't let me.

"Trying?" I snorted with a smile and turned my head in amusement.  Riley clenched my arm and tried to pull me back to get me to stop.  Her nails dug in my elbow as she clutched tightly to me, warning me to back down.

I wasn't ever going to back down from anyone.

"Dude, your innocent baby sister has been riding my dick for weeks." I pushed out each word with a grin on my face.

JD was on the attack before I could even get the last word out.  Riley tried to get between us and I pushed her out of the way just in time before the fist meant for me landed on her instead.  She stumbled off her feet and backwards at the same time that JD's knuckles cracked against my lower chin. He only missed her head by a half-second.

The force upwards from JD's meaty hand caused me to bite down on my lip.  The taste of copper flooded my mouth and I couldn't even spit any of it out because JD lunged at me. He tackled me back to the floor and my head smacked against the tile. My vision cut out as it bounced up and down.

I felt dizzy and fuzzy when another blow landed to my eye, smashing me back again into the ground.  I couldn't raise my arms to stop the constant, damaging blows. I was senseless and on the edge of consciousness.  The only reason I had lasted through them was the drugs in my system, dulling the surge of pain.

JD could fucking throw a punch.  

"Stop it, dumbasses, you're going to hurt Riley and the baby." Brynn's whining voice echoed off the inside of my pounding skull.

The weight of my body dropped back when JD let go of my shirt and I caught myself before bashing my head into the tile again. In my blurry, black-lined vision, I saw Riley on the ground in a ball with Brynn holding onto her. 

"Baby?" JD questioned like he wasn't sure he heard correctly.

I pushed myself up to a seated position and started to try to move to Riley.  I could barely hold myself up and felt like my insides were going to come spilling out any second.

"Riley? What baby?" JD asked her when I didn't answer.

"She's pregnant." Aiden chimed in quietly. JD turned to give him the same dark look he gave me a few seconds ago. Aiden stood still like the dumbass he was. He should have taken off running out of the room as soon as he blurted the words out.

"You knew and you didn't tell me? You were supposed to protect her!" JD screamed at the guy who was supposed to be his best friend.

Riley sniffled on the floor, which caught JD's wrath next.  He lumbered over to her with his fists clamped into a ball and his teeth clenched tightly.

"I did everything I could to keep you safe and this is what I get in return. You sneak around behind my back and sleep with my friends. You manage to get my other friends to lie to me to keep your secrets. I almost went to jail for you when I thought that guy was hurting you. It turns out you have been throwing yourself at anyone who gives you a little attention. You are disgusting, Riley. I am done with you." Riley flinched in physical pain when he turned away from her. 

JD's eyes went around the room to every person in the room who had deceived him, except for me—he wouldn't even look at me. He was challenging someone to say something else.

"I'm fucking done with all of you." JD threw his hands up and rushed out of the room, shaking with anger.

"JD!" Riley's small voice cried after him as Brynn gripped her tighter and held her to the ground. 

The door to the house slammed shut and it was all over as quickly as it started—just like my friendship with JD was over the moment I fell in love with his little sister.