Total pages in book: 91
Estimated words: 92368 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 462(@200wpm)___ 369(@250wpm)___ 308(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 92368 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 462(@200wpm)___ 369(@250wpm)___ 308(@300wpm)
“That’s it,” I moan. “Please, don’t stop.”
His teeth sink into my neck. “Never.”
His mouth comes back to mine, and I kiss him, desperately sucking on his tongue. His thrusts come quicker, and I know he’s as close as I am.
“Tell me you’re mine,” he growls against my lips.
The urgency in his voice loosens mine. “I’m yours.”
He groans a sound of sweet relief. I feel it in every orifice of my body.
“I love you,” he says between kisses. “So fucking much. I missed you so much.”
And that’s what tips me over the edge. Muscles tightening, body spasming, mind numbing, I come around Zeus’s cock, triggering his orgasm.
Hips jerking against mine, muffled curses moaned against my mouth. He comes long and hard inside me.
Then, we’re just chasing breaths, slowly making our return to reality.
The reality where we’re just two people who used to be together.
And who just had sex against his hallway wall.
Christ.
We had sex.
And it was amazing, and I enjoyed it. More than enjoyed it. I loved it.
And…I want to do it again.
Nope. No way, Cam. This guy hurt you like no one ever has before.
And Gigi—you have to think of her.
The mere thought of her name brings every reason I had not to do this with him, all of which I chose to ignore, screaming back at me. And finally slapping the sense into me that I so needed ten minutes ago.
“Shit,” I whisper.
He must hear it in the tone of my voice because worried blue eyes lift to mine. “Cam?”
“This was a mistake.” I drop my legs from around him and shove at him to let me go.
He slips out of me. And I hate the emptiness he leaves behind.
Tears start to burn my eyes from out of nowhere. Not wanting him to see, I quickly sidestep him and start righting my clothes. Covering my breasts up and yanking my skirt back down into place.
I hear the rustle of his clothes as he covers himself behind me.
I catch sight of my torn panties on the floor.
Seeing them there, discarded and used, reminds me of how Zeus once made me feel like that.
And that makes me feel weak and incredibly angry with myself. And him.
I feel a warm trickle on my inner thigh.
It takes my underused brain a good few seconds to register what it is.
Then…
Fuck.
“We didn’t use a condom,” I fire out, whirling around on him.
Surprise flickers in his eyes. Either he didn’t realize it either or he wasn’t expecting me to say that.
“If you’re worried about getting pregnant—”
“I’m not,” I snap. “I’m on the pill. Actually, I was on the pill the last time I got pregnant with you, and we weren’t using condoms then either, so maybe I should be worried.”
Fuck. Fuck. Fuck!
“I’m not worried.”
That makes me pause.
He steps forward, closer to me. His expression softening. Eyes warm on me. But all I feel is a chill.
“I can’t think of anything I want more than to have another kid with you. Except for maybe you and Gigi to come live with me, so we can finally be a family.”
“Nope.” I step back, bumping into the wall. “No fucking way, Zeus.” I’m shaking my head as my back slides along the wall, one hand creeping toward the door. “Don’t you dare do this.”
“What?” He’s following me with his eyes and body. “Tell you that I love you? That I want my girls living with me? That I want my family? Is that so fucking bad, Dove?”
“It’s not happening.” I curl my fingers around the door handle, gripping it. “This was a mistake. It shouldn’t have happened. It won’t happen again.”
I’m trembling inside. Weak and running scared, and he knows it.
If there’s one thing Zeus is good at, it’s sniffing out weakness in his opponent.
And I stink of it.
He takes a step closer. “I want you in my bed every night, Dove. My cock buried deep inside you, making love to you.” Another step. And another until he’s up close against me. “I want more kids with you. I want to see you carrying my baby inside you. I want my ring on your finger.”
I squeeze my eyes shut against all the words he’s saying. The words I wanted to hear from him five years ago.
But it’s too late now. Too much has happened. I’m not that girl anymore. And I have Gigi to think about.
If Zeus and I got back together and it didn’t work out, it wouldn’t only hurt me. It’d hurt Gigi, too.
And, if he disappeared on me again, like last time…
I can’t do that to her. I can’t risk it.
I might still love him. I clearly still want him.
But I don’t trust him.
And, without that, we have nothing.
I open my eyes and glare up at him. “No.”
“No?” he echoes.
“We’re not getting back together. Yes, we had sex. But that was because we had unfinished business. We never theoretically got to say good-bye, and now, we’ve done that. So…our business is concluded.”