Chapter 17 ~ In his arms
Chapter 17 In his arms
Athena
The plan was supposed to be simple revenge.
But now that he's here, so close to me, I'm starting to regret what I did.
I scramble to sit up, the fog of sleep clinging to me as I stammer, "I-
I'm sorry. I was just—"
I don't get to finish. His hand
snakes around my wrist as I try to move away, and in one
swift motion, I stumble forward-right
into his chest as he falls with his back on his bed and me on top of him.
Damn it!
He's warm. Solid. His arm tightens around me like a steel band.
"Let me go," I mutter, but my voice
cracks, betraying the warring emotions raging inside me.
He doesn't.
Instead, he smirks-a broken, bitter curve of his lips. "Being in a man's bed isn't exactly good manners, is it?"
I clench my jaw, my pride flaring. "It's not just any
man," I fire back. "It's my husband's.'
His laugh is deep, low, mocking, and it cuts through me.
"Husband," he repeats, rolling the word off his tongue like it's a joke.
The sound of it-the venom in his voice-stings more than I want it to.
bad with Leah that you had
like this?" I snap, trying
green eyes clouded with something I can't
are just fine," he says, his voice
"In fact, we're so perfect I can't wait to marry
words knock the air from my
to push him away, to shove him off me, and storm
stays locked around
against him, trapping me.
me go!" I protest but he
in my
Sweetheart.
One word.
powerful enough to make me explode as my insides
glaring at him, though I can feel
thumb grazes the bare skin
too slow like he's testing my limits. "Why not?" he muses, voice a rough whisper. "Seemed to like
to turn into an
the playful smirk slipping for a fraction of a second, replaced by
gone before I can
he growls. "What does
at his chest, ignoring the way my
come
came to remind you
just
hand catches my chin,
sure about that? Because
cute in your seep. What? We're you hoping I'd wake you
between us-thick,
my own
and I hate it. I hate him. I hate the
voice, his
unravels me.
hate that, for a split second, I don't pull
manage,
the headboard, his head tilting, a wicked
Sweetheart. You're the
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