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sister.”
    All I can do is gape. None of my research of the Blake family mentioned a third son. My thoughts must’ve scrolled across my face, because the look in his eyes is both amused and mocking.
    “I really am a bastard. The dark skeleton in Adam Blake’s family closet, with no official claim to the Blake fortune. To society I don’t exist, a black sheep who only inherits if he keeps his mouth shut. I might not be blood out there,” he jerks his head toward the window, “But I don’t mind yanking on familial strings when the mood suits me.”
    Hooking his finger on my chin, he slides his thumb sensually across my lips, then continues in an ironic tone, “I’m a fucking walking cliché, Scarlett.”
    “Why—why are you telling me this? You don’t know me. How can you trust me with something like that?” He has to know this information would shove Mina’s to the back page, not just for our school paper but news across the country. Everyone knows who the Blakes are. Their massive wealth is well known, but apparently Sebastian has been a very well kept dirty secret. Had his father had an affair? And where does he fall in the birth order, between Damien and Gavin? My guess is older.
    “But somehow you know me.” Raking his hand through his hair, he lets out a hoarse laugh. “You gained Mina’s trust, which is no small feat. I told you my secret because I want you to trust me with yours.”
    I quickly shake my head. “I—I don’t have any secrets.”
    Bending close, he whispers in my ear, “Liar. You get one more chance to tell me something about you.”
    “Or what? You’ll punish me?” I laugh. When he presses a warm kiss along my neck, murmuring his assent, my insides quiver. I set my hands against his hard chest, savoring the rock hard muscle flexing under my hands. “I’m too old to spank.”
    Sebastian grasps my waist and tugs me flush against his hard body. “I’m fully aware you’re all woman.” His voice is a rasping symphony of deep, seductive tones playing against every nerve ending in my body as he slides his hands down the curve of my hips to palm my ass. Clasping me closer, he presses his erection against my center, his voice dropping to an even deeper baritone. “But you’re never too old to spank.”
    Loving his aggressiveness, I flex my fingers against the soft leather fabric covering his chest. “Well then, it’s a good thing I haven’t done anything worth punishing.”
    “That’s a matter of perspective.” Lifting his mesmerizing dual gaze to mine, he holds our aroused bodies together like critical game pieces waiting to be played. My body clenches in anticipation as he slowly slides his thumb along the curve of my ass. “Since I’m in a sharing mood, there’s one more thing you should know about me. I’m a man of my word.”
    “I don’t doubt it.” I’m not exactly sure where he’s going with this, but with each leisurely stroke of his thumb along my skin, my body temperature rises. I’m getting wetter by the second.
    “Give me a word that means safety to you. Just one word,” he says.
    That’s an odd request. Without thinking, I blurt out the first word that comes to mind. “Rainbow.”
    His thumb stops moving and his eyebrows shoot up behind the mask. “Interesting choice.”
    That was stupid, Talia! I immediately tense and hope he doesn’t make the connection.
    He palms my ass once more, his expression serious. “Use it if you need it. Got it?”
    Need it for what? I’m so relieved he doesn’t make the connection, I start to nod, then gasp in outrage when he moves with lightning speed, landing a resounding smack against my butt cheek.
    “What the hell! My thin dress and underwear did nothing to soften the sting. I try to jerk free, but he’s immovable.
    “That’s for ditching me earlier,” he grates, then says in a quieter tone, “Say your safe word, Scarlett, and I’ll end this now.”
    “Let go!” I grit out, shocked that my bolting