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.
things going so bad with Leah that you
I snap, trying to twist the knife
just chuckles, his green eyes clouded with something I can't
Leah are just fine," he says, his voice
"In fact, we're so perfect I can't
words knock the air
him off me, and storm
stays locked around me,
against him, trapping me.
but he only holds
been in my
Sweetheart.
One word.
powerful enough to make me explode as
him, though I can feel the heat
the bare skin of my
not?" he muses, voice a rough whisper. "Seemed to like
to turn
for a fraction of a second, replaced by something
almost vulnerable-but it's gone before
bed," he growls. "What does
at his chest, ignoring the way my fingers tingle
"I didn't come
you that you don't
grip loosens just
but before I can stand, his hand catches my chin, forcing me to
sure about that? Because it
seep. What? We're you hoping I'd wake
stretches between us-thick,
my own heartbeat
my ears, and I hate it. I hate him.
voice, his
unravels me.
a split
to hell," I finally manage, yanking
the headboard, his head tilting, a wicked glimmer
Sweetheart.
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