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.
so bad with Leah that
trying to twist the
just chuckles, his green eyes
fine," he says,
fact, we're so perfect I can't wait to
words knock the
off me, and storm out
stays locked around
against him, trapping me.
I protest but he only holds me
been in my
Sweetheart.
One word.
me explode
that," I hiss, glaring at him, though I can feel the heat rising
thumb grazes the bare
too slow like he's testing my limits. "Why not?" he
turn into an asshole?" I
for a
vulnerable-but it's gone
my bed," he growls. "What does that make
his chest, ignoring the way my fingers tingle
didn't come here for
to remind you that you don't
loosens just
catches my
sure about that?
What? We're you hoping I'd wake you with my head
between us-thick,
can hear my own
ears, and I hate it. I hate him. I
voice,
unravels me.
I hate that, for a split second, I don't pull
hell," I finally manage,
his head tilting, a wicked glimmer
there, Sweetheart.
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