NovelEnglishChapter 8
Addison
“Are you sure?” | asked quietly as | stared up at Zane who nodded once, a confident grin on his face.
“A hundred percent.” He crooned, then he was suddenly stepping close to me, so | took a step away, but his
hand settled on my waist, pullinginto his chest in a way that hadsputtering.
“See? You should have gotten used tounexpectedly touching you at this point, and it's exactly why | said we
needed to practice.” He pointed out but | ended up shoving him away from him before ! shot him a glare.
“T- that's cause you caughtoff guard!” | bit out, feeling weirdly breathless as | spoke.
“Ill catch you off guard plenty of times when we’d be in public.” He pointed out as he arched a brow at me, but |
ignored him as | stepped around him to ruminate through the closet, while trying to slow. my ridiculous racing
heartbeat.
There's something dangerous about this man. | didn’t know what it was, but | could feel it in his eyes, and
whenever he stood very close to me. In all honesty, if | wasn’t so desperate to have Marco notice and yearn for
me, I'll never willingly be doing this with him right now. Someone as dangerous as him. was bad news, | mean,
it’s starking written across his face, from the dangerous smirk of his, down to the tattoos covering his entire skin.
Marco had said he was dangerous, and | would be lying if I claim to not be curious about that, whenever | have
the time, I'll try to ask Marco what he meant by that.
“What do we have here?” Zane suddenly spoke from behind me, makingstiffen, right before his body heat
melted into my body through my clothes from behind. He was standing right behindright now, staring across
my head into the cloths | was ruminating through, and somehow, | felt weak kneed as | tried to ignore his
presence behindand focus on what | was previously doing... but it was quite hard, seeing as | could feel his
hard chest against my back and head, and | could feel his chin slightly brush against the top of my head every
now and then-cause he was just that taller than | was, and that was makingfeel feverish.
His huge biceps caroundto ruminate through my clothes as well, makingfeel caged in, dizzy and
ridiculously breathless.
| wanted to shove him away, to demand for sspace, but that might reveal that he was affectingthis
much, and | didn’t want to reveal that to him.
“W-what are you doing?” | finally demanded after finding my voice, watching as he ruminated around
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“Where is your bikini? Ths one you'll wear today.” He demanded as he kept moving around.
Lexhaled solely, feeling my cheeks start to sting a little as | muttered. “I-I didn’t bring one.”
“Are you serious?” He demanded, his voice incredulously and | could feel his eyes staring down atwithout
“Everyone is spending the day at the beach here on the island, and it’s the perfect tfor us to put our A-game
on. Without a bikini, we can’t be able to achieve anything.” He pointed out; then he was stepping back and
whirlingaround so that | was staring up at him, but | refused to meet his gaze just as he continued.
“Why didn’t you bring one? What did you plan to wear instead?”
My cheeks were on fire as | responded. “Well, | planned to wear a pair of shorts and a crop top-" | was still
speaking when he began to shake his head.
“Nope, definitely not. That won’t do. We need a bikini. If you really want to drive Marco crazy, you need a very
daring bikini. He'll be unable to keep his eyes off you. This is the perfect opportunity, we can’t let it slip past our
fingers.” He spoke fast and I let out a sigh as | finally glanced up at him.
“Well, I didn’t bring one so | don’t know what to...”
He held a hand up. “I'll order you one right now. What's your size?”
“Absolutely not.” I announced after changing into the bikini and stepping out of the bathroom for him to access
the bikini. It was ridiculous, daring and unlike anything I've ever worn in my life. It couldn't even be called a half
cup, and the panties were even more ridiculous, with the material only really covering the crotch area.
“It’s perfect for what we plan to achieve. You think my brother would be able to keep his eyes off your in this?”
Zane said as he assessed me, his hands folded as he walked around me. His eyes boring into mine was making
shivers break out over my skin for sweird reasons, and | felt so shy and naked. right now, but | kept fighting
those feelings off, while reminding myself this was nothing but a normal bikini, and that someone as hot as Zane
has seen a lot of women in even hotter bikinis.
| still felt unsure about this, but | ended up deciding to listen to Zane, cause | really want Marco to notice me. It's
a really low point of mine, but | didn’t care anymore.
As Zane and | left the room, he leaned down and spoke with his lips against my ear.
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“By the end of our tat the beach today, he'll totally want to speak to you privately. Count on it and
remember that | said so.” His lips brushed against my ear as he spoke, and | didn’t know if that was why |
shivered, or if it was because of the anticipation of Marco approachingat the end of today because he found
When we arrived in the sitting room, everyone's eyes were on me, and | squirmed, totally not used to
I having this kind of attention. All the guys’ eyes bulged, and shock was starkly painted across their
faces.
“Don’t slouch, act natural and walk like you know you're hot as hell.” Zane whispered into my ear right before his
hand settled on my hips, then | was being pulled into his side, which made my body flush tight as | stood
straighter.
Marco and Aisha weren't here yet, but the rest of the guys and their girls were present. The shock in their eyes
stroked my ego, and it even boosted my confidence a little, although I still felt awkward as
hell.
“Yo, Addi? That's your man?” Nathan, one of the guys asked and | nodded while pushing my hair out of my face.
“Yup, he arrived last night and broughthfrom the club last night.”
“Wow.” Theo spoke this time, just as his eyes raked over me, then all the guys were coming over to shake hands
with Zane while they exchanged introductions.
After those introductions, Zane went off to geta drink, leavingalone with the guys who were definitely
checkingout and leering at me..
“You look smoking hot.” Pierce, one of the guys commented as his eyes raked over me, just as his girlfriend
elbowed him before glaring at me.
The rest of the guys commented about how good | looked, and | felt thankful for listening to Zane.
That was such a surprising concept tocause they've never checkedout before!
“See? | told you guys she was really over him, but you all kept claiming otherwise. This means you all owe me
ten thousand dollars. Zack, one of Marco's friends from back in school announced and the rest of the guys
snickered, while instantly stiffened.
“We really thought she wasn’t over him yet, | mean, you caught how she kept staring at him back at the club
when he was dancing with Aisha” Nathan pointed out while he and the rest of the guys snickered, while | flushed
all the way to the roots.
“You all betted over me?” | managed to ask after making sure my voice was steady.
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“Just a silly little bet, but we all ended up losing money anyway.” Theo sighed and rast of the guys snickered
again, while | felt embarrassed as hell.
“But Addi, isn’t that Marco's older brother?” Nathan spoke this time. “The one that participated in those deadly
races?”
My eyes widened, shock and surprise coursing throughjust as Zane arrived and handeda
drink.
“Yup, that’s me.” Zane drawled in response, an easy grin across his face.
“Damn, that’s sick man. Your race is always sick and I'm a huge fan of yours!” Nathan gushed, and | curiously
glanced at Zane, reminding myself to ask him about that later, cause doing that right now might reveal how little
I know about him.
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As the guys and Zane continued to speak like they've known themselves for years, | felt a piercing gaze digging
into my side from the left and | glanced over to see Marco staring atwith a shocked expression across his
face, his mouth hanging open as he raked his gaze over my entire body.
“Wow.” He whispered, and it felt like my entire world got lit up by that word..
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