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good TV either
way, doesn’t it?”
    I thought of the noises in the living room
when I was trying to sleep. “Can I borrow some of this stuff
sometime?”
    “You bet. I owe you one,” Jendan said with a
grin at me, and Marla nodded. “Take your pick.”
    I hesitated and then reached into the basket
and pulled out the little tape recorder. This would be useful in a
lot of ways. “Thanks.”
    “Can I talk to you for a second?” Brodie was
at my side, his hand tugging at my arm.
    I gave Jendan and Marla a smile and walked
away with Brodie, pocketing the mini-recorder before anyone else
noticed I had it. “Sure. What’s up?”
    Brodie kept a smile on his face as he walked
me to the far end of the yard. When we were under the magnolia
tree—the only real greenery in our little compound—he leaned in.
“Did you tell Jendan and Marla about what Katy and Liam were
planning?”
    Busted. I crossed my arms over my chest and
went for the non-answer. “What makes you think that?”
    “Because they were cheering like they’d just
gotten the Power Play, not like they’d won a basket of dippy
ghost-hunting shit. It looked suspicious.” Anger flashed in his
eyes, quickly masked again. “You did, didn’t you? You went and
blabbed about this to your boyfriend.”
    “First of all, he’s not my boyfriend,” I
whispered at Brodie, getting furious myself. “Second of all, do you
really think this is the best time to have this conversation? In
front of everyone? They’re all staring at us, and they’re going to
know something’s up.” I forced a flirty smile to my face and put a
hand on his chest, just to make it seem like we were having a
personal moment.
    “You’re still not answering the question,”
Brodie said, and his hands went to my waist, pulling me against
him.
    I wanted to shove him away in irritation, but
I forced myself to put my arms around his neck. “You’re a
suspicious dick.”
    “I’m suspicious because I know I’m right.
Just answer yes or no, Kandis, so I know how to play my game.” And
to my surprise, he leaned in and brushed his mouth ever so lightly
against my own. Then, he whispered, “Because if you screw me over,
I’m going to ruin your game, too.”
    That light, meaningless kiss held me frozen.
I’d been expecting the flirty embrace to mask our words, but Brodie
took things one step further, always. It was like he had no
boundaries. Nothing he did meant anything to him.
    So why did it send a weird little thrill
through my body?
    Because he’s good
looking , I chided myself. No more, no
less.
    “I warned him,” I admitted, my breath
fluttering against Brodie’s skin. Our mouths were still super close
together, and it sent electric little jolts through my body.
“Jendan’s playing with me, though. He’s safe. All I told him was
that he needed to not come in last. That was all.”
    “Okay. Thanks for telling me,” Brodie
said.
    And then he slapped my ass and walked
away.
    Outrage blasted through me, and I held
stock-still for a long moment. He’d done that on purpose, just
because he knew I couldn’t get mad. If I did, the others would
think we were doing something other than canoodling under the tree,
and they’d get suspicious. My mouth twisted into a reluctant smile
of admiration.
    Brodie wanted to play, did he? Game on.
     
    ~~ * ~~
     
    “Tonight,” Liam said as he
stood in front of the eleven people seated on the couches in the
living room. He held a cue card in front of him, provided by
the House Guests staff, and read from it. “The nomination ceremony will be
different. For the rest of the season, you will be nominated on the
same night you will be evicted. However, in honor of this first
week in the house, tonight a team will be nominated and then voted
off a few days from now.” Liam tossed aside the card, and glanced
at his partner. “We ready to do this?”
    She blew him a kiss. They were so adorable I
wanted to puke. If they got to the end? No one else