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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