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understand that?”
    “Yes,” Trey said. “I’m sorry. I overreacted. If it takes a
few days, it’ll be fine.”
    Mason leaned back and smiled.
    “Just so long as we understand each other because if you ever
screw with me again, I will fucking eat you.”
    Trey swallowed hard and nodded. Mason motioned toward the
couch with a toss of his head.
    “Good. Now go sit the fuck down.”
    Trey backed away and obediently reclaimed his seat on the
couch.
    Mason returned to his seat and turned toward Laurie again.
As soon as he looked at her, a slow smile spread across his face. Her
excitement must have been obvious to him. Her cheeks become hotter as a tingling
sensation climbed up her spine. The man had an amazing smile and she couldn’t
deny it caused her to feel disturbing sensations.
    “Um, should I give you my number so you can call me when you
have it all?” Trey was talking again but this time he stayed seated across the
room.
    Mason seemed to think about it for a moment and a devilish
smile played at his lips.
    “No,” he said, retrieving his cup of coffee, “you can give
me her number.” He motioned toward Laurie.
    She looked up at him in alarm, coffee cup halfway to her
lips. He flashed her that stunning smile and she couldn’t organize her thoughts
enough to find the words to protest.
    “What? Her? Why?” Trey was on his feet again.
    Mason gave Trey a hard look and he sat back down.
    “I’m sick and fuckin’ tired of assholes parading through my
place. Having a bunch of snotty-ass college punks in and out of my ghetto
apartment looks pretty suspicious. I mean, why else would y’all come here? ‘Cause
we’re such good pals? If it’s just one hot chick coming and going, it’ll look
like she’s a girlfriend coming over to fuck me.”
    Laurie’s face went hot and her mouth dropped open. She had a
million thoughts going through her mind at once.
    I’d have to come here alone. Hell no. What if I get
caught with drugs? Wait…did he call me a hot chick? Heat flared up her neck
and settled in her cheeks. She realized her mouth was still open and clamped it
shut.
    “But…but why her ?” Trey demanded, sounding as if he
had a little backbone.
    Maybe he would save her. If he manned up and refused the deal,
her ability to resist temptation could remain untested. She could put this
little incident behind her, and life could carry on normally. The only time
this bad experience would come up in her life would be in the form of stories
about silly college exploits.
    Mason looked from Carol and Lisa to Laurie and then grinned
at Trey in a way that only a guy who intends to screw your girlfriend could.
    “Because out of your three girls here, she’s the one I’d
like to fuck.”
    Carol and Lisa gasped and released a round of affronted
hisses. Laurie bit her lip and hoped nobody would look at her. She was sure
they would know how hard she was fighting the urge to climb onto Mason’s lap
and start tasting his lips and then work her way down.
    She wondered what the hell was wrong with her and where
those thoughts and urges were coming from. He was a damn drug dealer and no
matter how sexy he was or how nice he was to her, that one glaring fact
remained. It wasn’t right for someone like her to have the hots for someone
like him. Nothing could ever come from it.
    Part of her hoped Trey would be firm and refuse the
agreement, and the other part of her—the part that wasn’t so hot at making good
choices—was tempted by the idea of being alone with Mason without Trey’s
interruptions. She began to sweat and her heart was pounding so loudly she
thought everyone in the room could hear it. This was a feeling she definitely
would not call lukewarm.
    Trey looked angry but didn’t put up a fight. After a moment,
he nodded and then turned toward the door, stopping to put on his jacket.
    “Let’s go, Laurie,” he snapped.
    She was so lost in thought that his voice made her jump. She
turned to slide off the stool