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

snap, trying to

eyes clouded with something I can't

fine," he says, his voice slurred, the

him. "In fact, we're so perfect I

words knock the air from

him off

locked around me, holding

against him, trapping me.

I protest but he only

have been in my bed,

Sweetheart.

One word.

enough to make me explode as my

that," I hiss, glaring at him, though I can feel

bare skin

like he's testing my limits. "Why not?" he muses,

you decided to turn

jaw tightens, the playful smirk slipping for a fraction of a second, replaced by something

almost vulnerable-but it's gone

the one in my bed," he growls. "What does that

the

come here

you that you don't

grip loosens just

before I can stand, his hand catches my chin,

sure about that? Because

seep. What? We're you hoping I'd wake you with my head between your legs?"

between

my own heartbeat

ears, and I hate it. I hate him. I hate the way

voice, his

unravels me.

a

finally manage,

headboard, his head tilting, a wicked glimmer

Sweetheart. You're

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