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.
with Leah
drunk like this?" I snap, trying to twist
his green eyes clouded with
fine," he says, his voice
we're so perfect I
knock the
want to push him away, to shove him off me, and storm
around me, holding
against him, trapping me.
go!" I protest but he only holds me
been in my bed,
Sweetheart.
One word.
enough to make me explode as
that," I hiss, glaring at him, though I can feel the
grazes the bare skin of my
not?" he muses, voice a rough whisper. "Seemed
decided to turn into an asshole?"
smirk slipping for a
gone before I can
in my bed," he growls. "What
shove at his chest, ignoring the way my fingers tingle against
didn't come here
to remind you that you don't control
grip loosens just enough for me
stand, his hand catches my chin, forcing
about that? Because
in your seep. What? We're you hoping
between us-thick,
hear my own heartbeat
I hate it. I
his voice,
unravels me.
that, for a split second, I don't pull
finally manage, yanking
leans back against the headboard, his head tilting, a wicked glimmer
Sweetheart.
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