It all started with a game

Chapter 24

But Beatrice didn't let me stay mad for long, not having heard the conversation, deciding to sentence me to a slow and painful death. "Harder, Ryder, that feels so good," she feigned a pornstar's moan. She cupped her hand over her mouth to stop herself from giggling.

My eyes widened. She's trying to kill me.

"What the h—" the gorilla shouted through the phone.

I am a dead man. It is official. I am dead.

Beatrice opened her mouth again, her eyes glittering with mischief. "Don't stop, please!"

I jumped onto the bed, muffling her mouth with a pillow before she could make my death more painful. I could only imagine the ways her brother is thinking of skinning me alive right now. "She's joking! I am not touching her."

Beatrice started rocking her hips back and forth on the bed, trying to make it squeak. It's official, she wants me dead.

"Ryder, are your hands on my sister?" The gorilla's voice was cold and dead, nearly giving me a heart attack.

"No!" I squeaked.

I covered the microphone so Godzilla couldn't hear. "Are you trying to get me killed?" I whisper-yelled at Beatrice, taking the pillow off of her mouth.

She smirked. "Yes." She took the second of freedom to send me six feet under. "Yes, right there. Don't stop!"

I shoved the pillow back over her mouth, pulling the phone back up to my ear. "I am not touching her, I swear."

And believe it or not, the gorilla was laughing. What is happening? "Relax, I know you're not. She would tell me if you guys did anything."

"What?" I stared at Beatrice for answers.

She gave me a sheepish grin. "What? We don't have any secrets."

Oh, great. So I'm still going to be skinned alive. Perfect. At least this time I'll deserve it.

"Does Beatrice have her phone on her?" Klaus asked.

I handed the phone to Beatrice, too scared to finish the conversation with the man who was about to get away with my murder the second he found out about all the things I'd done with Beatrice. I had a good life. Sorta...okay I had a good week, for the most part.

She answered her brother's million questions before telling him she loved him and hanging up the phone. "See, he had no idea I didn't have clothes on, paranoid baby."

"Paranoid baby?" Can she blame me? That guy could crush my head with his thumb and forefinger.

I tried to crawl back into bed with her but Beatrice was quick to stop me. "Absolutely not, clothes off."

I chuckled. "What?"

She was dead serious. "If you want back in this bed, clothes off."

I mean, I wasn't going to complain. I could work with those terms. I set my phone back on the bed, flipping it onto do not disturb before stripping so she would actually let me back into bed. And unlike me, Beatrice did not try to hide the fact that she was completely ogling me the entire time.

I rolled into bed, grabbing her waist to pull her on top of me. She smiled, resting her chin on my chest. "Hi," she whispered.

"Hi." I ran my hands along her back.

"Hi."

The two of us just sat there, touching each other at all times like we had been the entire night even if it was just in the simplest way, her hand on my chest, her leg dropped across me, my arm around her. "What was your first time like?" I asked.

Beatrice played with my fingers, following the lines on my palm. "Hm, not great. He finished in three minutes and proceeded to mansplain the female orgasm."

Definitely not what I was expecting. "Sounds like he was a douche."

"He was. What about you? What was yours like?"

I shook my head. "It wasn't great." I'm sure one day I'd tell her the whole story, but right now I just wanted to enjoy this moment. So it could wait.

Beatrice seemed to sense this, not pushing the subject any further. She leaned in, kissing me softly and gently, with no rush at all like we had all the time in the world and for a moment, it felt like life was more than just an hourglass glued to the table. When she was finished, she rolled off of me, cuddling into my chest and draped her leg across me. "Goodnight," she mumbled.

I rested my hand on the cusp of her knee, pulling her closer. "Goodnight."

"I've got to pin you down, you know, just in case," she teased.

I laughed. She had me pinned down whether her leg was draped across me or not.

A/N
Hi lovies!
What did we think?

Okay, be honest, do we still ship Beatrice and Ryder? Or no?

The next few chapters will either come out super quick or really slow, they're all pretty short till the big one but I don't know how it'll play out.

For those of you who have read the entire It All Started with series (or even just two books), which book is your favorite so far?

Random question of the chapter: if you could travel to any place in the world, where would it be?

Lots of love,
Rachelle <3