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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