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.
going so bad with Leah that
this?" I snap, trying
eyes clouded with something I
he
clinging to him. "In fact, we're so
the
him away, to shove him off me,
around
against him, trapping me.
protest but
have been in my
Sweetheart.
One word.
to make me explode as
him, though I can feel the heat rising to my
thumb grazes the bare skin of my
like he's testing my limits. "Why not?" he muses, voice a rough
to turn
tightens, the playful smirk slipping for a fraction of a second, replaced
vulnerable-but it's gone before
bed," he
ignoring the way my fingers tingle
didn't come here
remind you that you don't
grip loosens just enough for
away, but before I can stand, his hand catches my chin, forcing
about that? Because it
to be cute in your seep. What? We're you hoping
between
hear my own heartbeat
I hate him. I hate the
his voice,
unravels me.
a
manage, yanking free from his
the headboard, his head tilting, a wicked glimmer in his
Sweetheart.
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