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
like this?" I snap, trying
just chuckles, his green eyes
fine," he
him. "In fact, we're so perfect I
the air
push him away, to shove him off me, and storm out of his room. But
around me, holding
against him, trapping me.
go!" I protest but he only holds
have been in my bed,
Sweetheart.
One word.
powerful enough to make me explode as my
I hiss, glaring at him, though I can feel the heat rising to my
grazes the bare
limits. "Why not?" he muses, voice a rough whisper. "Seemed to like it
turn into
a fraction of
vulnerable-but it's gone
one in my bed," he
shove at his chest, ignoring the way my fingers tingle against his
come here for
you that you
loosens just
I can stand, his hand catches my chin, forcing me
sure about that? Because
cute in your seep. What? We're you hoping I'd wake you
between us-thick, suffocating,
hear my
it. I
his voice, his
unravels me.
for a split second, I don't
finally manage, yanking free from
against the headboard, his head tilting, a wicked
there, Sweetheart. You're the
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