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“I agree,” she says, looking
confused.

“Then why are you going back to him?”
I demand.

“Have you been watching the
coverage on Alex?”

“I couldn’t turn away from it this
time. Not after all that’s happened. Not when there’s a kid who I adore
involved.”

“Tris.” She moves in and the air
crackles. “We are not going anywhere.”

“You’re not?” I have to grab the
counter to keep my balance.

“No.” She bands her arms around my
waist now. “In fact, I’ve hired an attorney to finish off the damn divorce.”

I try to grasp exactly what she’s
saying and what it means, but all I want to do is haul her into bed and
celebrate the best fucking news I’ve ever heard. I want to live in this moment
for the next month.

“What if he fights you?”

“I’m ready,” she says, more
confident than I’ve ever seen her. “Plus, I’ve got the best people in my
corner.”

I don’t wait to ask if I’m one of
those people. Instead, I kiss her. Slow and deep in a way that makes you feel
it in your bones.

It’s one of those kisses we never
allowed ourselves for fear of getting too close, as if that didn’t happen the
first time we touched each other. It’s possessive and consuming. And it feels
like it lasts for hours.

***

“Stay for dinner,” Aria says after
our make-out session is over.

I was hoping for make-up sex, but
we were interrupted by Cade. And Amelia. And Serena. I have a feeling they are
going to be a huge cock blockers, but I’m okay with it.

We’ll just have to get a little
creative.

“I’d love to,” I say, knowing it’s
time to address one final thing. “But could I have a minute first?”

We go to Aria’s bedroom and I
prepare tell her everything about Serena. If this is going to work, we can’t
have secrets or insecurities. No more hiding.

Yet I’m scared as hell this will be
the final straw.

So I get through it as fast as I
can with an enormous lump in my throat. I tell Aria the story of that night.
And I admit to being a little too friendly with Serena at the bar, before I
knew who she was. I tell her about the boredom and the loneliness and why I was
there in the first place. I explain the situation with Lissa, something Aria
definitely doesn’t want to hear.

But she listens.

And finally, I tell her how Serena
wouldn’t take no for an answer. And how she’s been threatening me ever since.

Aria doesn’t say a word and the
silence is thick in the room.

All I can think is that I’ve messed
it all up again.

I let him suffer
for a little while because I’m a bit of a masochist myself. And then I burst
out laughing.

“Am I missing something here?” he
asks.

“Serena’s just fucking with you,
Tris,” I tell him.

“What?”

“Don’t you remember this from high
school? Anytime I was into someone or they showed me some attention, Serena
would get all competitive? She’s always wanted what I had. But really, she
needed to know she was worthy of it.”

“Are you trying to tell me, Serena
was just after my junk because of some weird sister competition bullshit?”

“Yes. Oh my God, she’s gone after
ever boy I ever smiled at. I can’t believe you don’t know this.”

“Are you sure? Because I really
think she wanted me.”

“Sorry, stud. Not in this case.”

“Did you know she was fucking with
me?” I can’t believe this is happening; I feel like such a dumbass.

“When I saw you two at the ice cream
shop, I had an idea.”

“And you didn’t feel like letting
me off the hook then? I was a wreck for no reason?”

“There was a reason,” she says “You
weren’t being honest with me.”

“So why would she go after me,
after all that time? You and I weren’t even talking then.”

“She knew, you idiot,” Aria says. “I
was in love with you our entire senior year, so landing
you
would be a
huge conquest.”

“Let me get this straight. She knew
that you were in love with me senior year when I had no clue?”

“Oh, Tris.” Aria rests her head on
my chest. “Everyone knew.”

TRISTAN

I shift Aria
around, so she’s in front of me and I’m sitting on the bed.

“Take off your clothes for me,” I
say. “Slow.”

“You’re going to take this one
sitting down?” she asks. “Okay, I can deal with that, it worked so nicely in
the library.”

“And no talking.”

“Such a bossy ass,” she whispers.

That’s when I reach out, lightning
fast, and pull down her panties. Anything to shut her up.

But when I do, I reveal her newly
shaven cunt and I’m the one rendered speechless. Aria would kill me if I said
that word aloud, but I can’t help but think it. With her, my depravity has hit
an all-time new high. And her cunt is fucking gorgeous.

“You like?” she asks.

I answer with a growl and pull her
up on my lap as I lie down, continuing to move her up my body until she’s even
with my face so I can have a better look.

Aria’s legs shake as I trace my
tongue down her center, inhaling her sweet musky scent.

Christ, she is so ready for me.

“Tristan.” Her voice is low and
rough.

“Mmm-hmm?” I answer with a
vibration to her pussy. Her body shivers, and before she can recover, I flatten
my tongue and take a long, slow lick.

“Oh, God,” she cries.

Unable to resist, I do it again.
Just to fill my ego with her admission of pleasure. Holding her in place with
my hands on her hip bones, I pull her closer, lapping her up.

She grinds onto my tongue without
shame and it is such a turn on.

I slow down because I don’t want
her to come this way. I want to be deep inside her when she loses her fucking
mind. When all those tight folds go soft.

Flipping her onto her back, I make
quick work of my pants.

“This too.” Aria fists her hand in
my T-shirt.

Once I’m sans clothes, I grab the
only other thing I need. The foil packet. Kneeling between her legs, I sheath
my aching cock. Aria bends her legs, slightly, and lets them fall wide.

Jesus Christ.

In the very next moment, I’m at her
entrance.  

“I said I wanted
this
off,”
I pull at her bra.

“And I was on my way until you
pulled my panties off,” she says, innocently.

I glare at her and she slides her
hands behind her back, undoes the clasp, and whips her bra across the room.

“Now will you just fuck me?” she
asks.

Oh, now she’s done it.

With one punishing thrust, I fill
her completely.

“God,” she cries and then says something
else, but I can’t make it out.

“I love you, baby,” I say low in
her ear and that has her grinding into
me
, threatening to end this far
too quickly.

We join together, moving hard and
fast toward our climax. But I need more. I need her mouth. I take and plunder,
then sooth and stroke the inside of her upper lip, while I roll her nipples
between my thumb and fingers. It’s an overload of pleasure and senses and soon
I’m gasping for air.

Pressure low in my gut builds,
causing a heavy ache in my balls and a lump in my throat. I move faster, and
Aria keeps in time, as I pound into her with so much force I’m afraid we’re
going to break the bed.

All it takes is one final push, and
we fall over the edge.

ARIA

Mom still insists
on Wild Wednesdays, even if Tris is over every night. We don’t argue. Plus, I
hope to return the favor just as soon as Jimmy asks Mom out. It should be any
day now.  

Tris and I have become quite
resourceful when it comes to satisfying our urges with so many people around us
all the time, but it’s a dream to have an entire night to enjoy each other
without interruptions.

“Do you think it’s always going to
be this way?” Tris asks. “Will I ever get enough of you?”

“God, I hope not,” I tell him.
Never have I felt more beautiful, more alive, than when we’re together like
this.

I thought our last time, after
Alex’s visit, was it for us. I thought our sex life had run its course. I
couldn’t even fathom that we’d start a completely different one. And this time
around, I’m taking more and more control.

 “You know,” I say. “There still
are so many things we haven’t done.”

“Mmm, I like the sound of that,” he
purrs.

Tris won’t admit it, but I can tell
he’s growing to like the new aggressive Aria. He needs to be taken care of too,
and I want to be the person to do that for him.

I worry about the things that still
threaten to tear us apart. Like Tris’s new opportunity for another start-up in
California. Or my looming divorce and custody battle with Alex. But I know
we’ll find a way.

In medicine, there’s a rating
system for the state of health. I think of my relationship with Tris in the
same way. We’ve finally moved beyond a critical state to stable condition. It
doesn’t mean things are perfect. There’s always the unknown – things we can’t
expect and can’t explain. And that’s where we’re at right now.

We’re out of the woods – and I plan
to enjoy every second.

The End

DIRTY LITTLE TRICKS

Release Date: October 27, 2014

Available for Pre-Order Now

In this second book
in the
Quick and Dirty Series,
beloved characters Stevie Sinclair and
Gabe Shannon navigate through the ups and downs of their grown-up—albeit
kinky—relationship.

And while Stevie’s thoroughly
enjoyed every mind-blowing s
experience
with Gabe, she worries she’s not
enough to keep him satisfied for the long term.

So it’s back to the drawing board
for Stevie …

First stop?

Club Venus for the annual Halloween
masquerade party.

What follows is one insanely hot
and filthy night of mayhem where nobody is who they appear to be … ah, you get
the idea.

Dirty Little Tricks
is the
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couple at Club Venus.

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I hope you enjoyed reading
Wednesday
as much as I did writing it!

This book is my love letter to
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you guys! 

Thanks also to the ladies who made
this book shine: my lovely and generous beta readers; Sara Biren for her
amazing editing skills; and Sarah Hansen for the awesome cover.

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If you like this book, you might
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