Sweet Addiction

13

Lexi's POV:

Paxton is onto us.

He's getting ready for the vampire party tonight and I'm watching him put on his suit, and he keeps giving me these side-eye looks and I'm sure he's suspicious. Even though I haven't revealed anything, I can understand that it's a little strange that Amari and I were conveniently overcome with the desire to visit them.

"So... what are your plans for tonight?" I ask as Paxton ties his tie. "Besides going to be hate-crimed by a group of our enemies?"

Paxton rolls his eyes. "There's policies in place, Lex. They're not allowed to harm any of the guests or their plus-ones," he says, grabbing his shiny black shoes and sitting beside me to put them on. "What are your plans for tonight?"

I shrug, way more dramatically than I usually do, so that was kind of a mistake. "I'm not sure, Pax. I'll probably bully your kids and let Amari fuck me on your bed," I say, and Paxton shakes his head with a smile on his lips.

"Please change the sheets if you do," he says, hugging me from the side. "And I know you're planning to do something tonight, Lexi. I took care of you for years and I can read you just as well as I can read any of my children. Please stay away from the meeting."

I manage to keep my face from heating up and just furrow my eyebrows in mock-confusion. "I'm not going to crash your meeting, Pax," I lie, squirming out of his hug. "Where are your new sex toys? I'll get you other ones but I want to borrow some tonight."

"Lexi..."

"Pax, I honestly have no clue what you're talking about. Why would I want to go meet a bunch of vampires? I'd probably try to kill them all, which would be a little hard because of that thing called immortality that we all have," I say, getting off of his bed. "I'm going to find my soulmate and try to convince yours to have a threesome with us, so bye!"

"Lexi!"

•••

"You look hot," I tell Amari, nearly drooling over how fucking hot he is in the suit we rented for the evening.

Italian lines are just so much hotter than American lines.

Maybe we should visit here more often.

"Thanks, Lex," Amari says, tying his tie. "I don't think I have to say that you look hot because you already know it."

I grin, looking down at my own suit. "It's still nice to hear."

Amari approaches me, licking his lips as he lifts me up, careful not to rip or wrinkle my suit. "You look hot, sugar," he says, connecting our lips. "Gorgeous."

"If all goes well tonight, we'll definitely have to celebrate," I respond as Amari sets me down. "Maybe some of Renato's overly expensive wine and then we can have sex until the sun comes up?"

Amari smiles fondly. "Sounds like a good plan, Lex."

Willow opens the door to our room. "My dads just left. Here's your fake invite note," she whispers, handing it to Amari. "There's so many vampires that they shouldn't even be able to tell you're there."

"Great, let's go!" I say, but then I catch the look on Amari and Willow's faces. "Why do you two look so suspicious?"

"Well... very few vampires have pink hair, Lexi," Willow says, and I feel myself backing away. "You'll stick out like a sore thumb."

Amari nods in agreement with her. "I've done my research, Lexi... it's just for tonight!"

"You are not dying my hair!" I exclaim, because aside from Amari, my hair is my pride and joy!