Chapter 20
GRAYSON
I don’t just want to kiss Jessica Wilkinson.
I want to ruin her. Slowly. Thoroughly.
God, the things I’d do to her… she’d beg me to stop, then beg me not to.
And that’s before I even get her naked.
My cock’s been throbbing since the second she walked in.
Sitting in my office like sin wrapped in silk-
If Aria wasn’t in the next room, I’d already have her pinned to the damn desk, swallowing her moans between my teeth.
“Is she jealous?” Aria asks, eyes locked on the office door like she’s trying to see through it.
Tch.
My jaw twitches.
Fucking wish she was.
At least jealousy would mean she felt something.
Anything. Even hate would be easier than this silence.
Honestly? I’m just glad Jess showed up.
Rogues hit, and I got delayed. Couldn’t get to her. Whole time, my chest stayed tight like my lungs forgot how to work.
If something had happened to her mom that day…
I wouldn’t have forgiven myself.
“Grayson?”
My head snaps.
Aria’s bluffing. I see it in her posture. That little smirk. That fake confidence.
We ran into each other once last week and now she thinks she can toss out “babe” in front of Jess like she has a claim.
“Don’t do that again,” I say, voice low, even.
Her brows lift. “Do what?”
“Use that name again in front of Jess and I’ll make sure your tongue forgets how to shape it.”
GE.
She crosses her arms. Posturing. “It’s not like you corrected me.”
Pathetic that I
another woman touch me, Jess might feel something again. But if it were her? If I saw Jess in someone else’s arms, laughing like
for a year. But the moment I felt the bond with
walked. Didn’t ask for permission. Didn’t wait to be understood. I don’t give a fuck how it made Aria feel. Because once you know
Or it’s no one.
asked me to be,” she says, like that name still holds
were looking for
I stop mid–stride.
Shoulders square. Jaw locked.
like I’m
He said what?
fists curl at my sides, knuckles popping one by
course he fucking
bastard never
strings behind my back like I’m some broken thing he can
“Looking for a Luna?”
sitting in
Grayson,” Aria purrs, tilting her head, letting her damn fingers
convinces herself I’m still the guy
“Oh, feisty.”
I blink.
to you?” she chuckles. “You used to be such
who aren’t Jess. It crawls under my skin. Makes me want to rip my own
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just… angry.” Her free hand presses into my stomach, fingers moving in
touch me like that again,” I
drifting to my mouth. “There’s a storage
That’s it.
I shave her back.
Hard.
wall with a thud that echoes
“Not now. Not ever. You don’t get to put your hands on me and pretend it means something. You don’t get to pretend I
breathy sound
from her face like I didn’t just slam her into a wall.
My whole body stills.
Her smile widens–too proud.
“She’s your mate.”
snap to
Fuck.
she breathes. “I was guessing. But
She laughs–low, satisfied, victorious.
you always were terrible at hiding anything real. That’s why I
take a step back without meaning
It’s enough.
her head,
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