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?"

brushed her ear, sometimes biting lightly

too many times not to know

aside, one

narrowed his eyes, his hands still claiming her waist. "So cold. Maybe you should introduce me to your loser husband. Who knows? Maybe if he sees how much of a man

help it-she laughed, her lips curling up, though he couldn't tell what was so

The mood was ruined; her laughter had snapped the

"What's so funny?"

her whole vibe

a steady breath. "Jackson, I have a husband. You have a 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 we don't know each

kept repeating "my husband, my

being with

he'd never satisfied

anyone else to compare with, but every time they

in

his

"If you want to end this, fine. 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

of her mouth lifting in

wants to stay? Maybe if you just asked,

didn't get what

give up a connection to the Dawsons that easily. His wife had chased him down herself, and