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 had
this?" I snap, trying to twist the
eyes clouded
are just fine," he says, his voice
to him. "In fact, we're so perfect I can't wait to marry
words knock the air
away, to shove him off me, and
around
against him, trapping me.
I protest but he only holds
in my bed,
Sweetheart.
One word.
me explode as my
glaring at him, though
bare skin
he's testing my limits. "Why not?" he muses, voice a rough whisper.
you decided to turn into
smirk slipping for a fraction of a
gone before
the one in my bed," he growls.
at his chest, ignoring the
come here for
to remind you
just enough
hand catches my
about that?
you
stretches between us-thick, suffocating,
my own
and I hate it. I
voice, his
unravels me.
hate that, for a
to hell," I finally manage, yanking free from his
his head tilting, a wicked glimmer in his
Sweetheart. You're
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