Tempted Trapped and Too Late to Run

Chapter 558

She looked up at him, her eyes steady and unreadable, her voice cool and even.

"Jackson, this isn't fun anymore."

Jackson clenched his jaw, irritation simmering beneath his collected front. "Kaitlyn, you never mentioned you were married when we started sleeping together. Now you're using that as an excuse to push me away? Or is it suddenly too much for you, being with someone else's wife?"

Kaitlyn frowned, her tone flat. "I heard you're married too, Jackson."

His hand slid down to her waist, fingertips pressing lower, a flicker of heat sparking in his eyes.

"I'll get a divorce. The woman at home means nothing-she's just for show. But if you care this much, does that mean you want to marry me? Sorry, that's not happening."

He said it just to provoke her, to see if he could get a reaction.

But she just took his hand, pulled it away, slow and calm. "I have things to do. I won't keep you."

She'd only walked a few steps when he grabbed her and pulled her back.

"Your husband's basically just decoration too. We're good together-are you really

ready to throw that away? What, am I not good enough for you?"

his lips brushed her ear, sometimes

too many times

her head aside, one palm pressed to his

to your loser husband.

curling up, though he couldn't tell what

The mood was ruined; her laughter had snapped

"What's so funny?"

crinkled, her whole

wife. We really should end this. We were just in it for the fun-no need to make it messy. Like you said, you're not lacking in options, so don't make things hard for a married woman like me. If we ever run into each other again, let's just pretend

repeating "my husband, my husband" lit

it. After being with

never

didn't have anyone else to compare

totally lost in

his thoughts, she

But can you help me with one last thing? I want to divorce my wife, but I need her to really believe I've moved on-play along with me, just for a bit, so she'll finally

the corners of her mouth lifting in a

you sure your wife even wants to stay? Maybe if you

gave a sharp laugh. She clearly didn't get what it meant to

down herself, and even after years of being ignored, she still clung to the Dawson