Denying The Bad Boy (Tattooed and Pierced #2) Read Free Page B

stuffy,
aristocratic vibe to them and the way they had lived. But then again Mary was
adopted, had been with the Trellis family since she was two years old, but had
never felt like she really fit in. Her parents, Stephen and Marsha Trellis, had
showed her affection when the situation called for it, but Mary never felt the
love a daughter felt when around her parents. Her mother and father had always
treated her like she was part of their family, but there was no denying Mary
was nothing like them. She had felt that way ever since she could remember.
Then there was her older sister, Margo, who was the most self-centered person
Mary had ever come across.
    When they were younger Margo liked to snub Mary,
making her feel more like a thorn in her side than her sister. Maybe it was
also the fact Mary looked nothing like her family. Where she had dark hair and
blue eyes, all of the Trellises had blond hair and green eyes. If looking in
the mirror every day hadn’t solidified the fact she was so out of place,
hearing Margo’s twelve year old voice tell her she was clearly not a “Golden
Trellis” had made it abundantly clear that she would never fit in. Of course,
her mother had told her every night that she loved her, and that she was part
of their family whenever Mary brought it up. Maybe it was just the years of her
questioning her self-worth, Margo’s hurtful words, of the murmurs behind cupped
hands whenever she went to a social function that had her feeling that way? The
years had gone by though. Margo no longer said those things to her, but there
would always be a part of Mary that never felt like she belonged.
    She took a left, and then a right until the small
single story house she shared with her roommate came into view. She pulled into
the driveway right beside Darcy’s faded blue Corolla. Turning off the car and
sitting there for a moment. Mary let the sound of the engine cooling fill the
interior. The BMW had been a high school graduation gift from her parents, and
although she hadn’t really wanted it, and knew them giving it to her had been
more due to the fact they wanted to look good, Mary also knew she needed
transportation. So, she had smiled and thanked them, but hated every minute
driving around in the thing. It made her feel like a fake and fraud, and she
wasn’t quite sure why that was. So, Mary made sure to send them payments for
the car and insurance, and ignored their complaints when they received her
check. It made her feel better knowing she could stand on her own two feet,
because there would be a time when her parents wouldn’t be here, and if she was
dependent on them where would she be then? Margo took everything their parents
gave her, and Mary knew when the time came when her sister was alone, she would
drown.
    Mary grabbed her purse off the passenger seat, got
out of the car, and headed toward the front door. There weren’t any lights on,
but then again it was midnight. She normally didn’t tutor this late, but Adam
was having a difficult time understanding the dynamics of economics. Mary had a
feeling he hadn’t been paying attention either, not when his eyes had been
trained on her breasts instead of the textbook.
    Oh well, if he didn’t want to focus on what he was
paying her for that wasn’t her problem. She unlocked the door and pushed it
open, and immediately was assaulted by the loud, sexually explicit sounds of
Darcy having sex. Mary rolled her eyes and went into the kitchen for water.
Leaning against the counter and bringing the glass to her lips, she turned her
head to the side and listened with astonishment as the sound of a headboard
banging against the wall resounded in the silence. After only a few seconds of that
racket all was quiet again. Mary finished her water, and just as she was about
to head to her room a very naked Darcy and her current guest for the evening,
Dane she thought his name was, came walking into the kitchen. The lights were
still off, but there was