Total pages in book: 94
Estimated words: 88936 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 445(@200wpm)___ 356(@250wpm)___ 296(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 88936 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 445(@200wpm)___ 356(@250wpm)___ 296(@300wpm)
I shook my head. “See, that’s where we are different. Because I stood in the mafia boss’s office. A man who could have me killed and no one would do a damn thing about it. And I watched you get in that fucker’s car. And although my chest was being cracked the fuck open as you betrayed me, all I could do was defend you. To survive it, I had to believe there was a reason and that you …” I paused, not sure if I could give her this power. To know how I felt. How deeply it went for me.
“I had a rea—”
“That you loved me! I thought you loved me, Royal. You fooled me. I fell for the hustle. I was the fool who saw a pair of pretty blue eyes and lost his goddamn head.”
“I did—I DO love you! And it was me who was the fool that got played. You made sure to send word that I was a fool with that stupid quote from The Great Gatsby! I got it. It shattered me!” she shouted as tears streamed down her face.
I watched as she gasped for air and wrapped her arms around her chest. Then, she spun around and began to hurry toward the exit.
I broke into a run after her, grabbing her arms and pushing her back against the wall. She couldn’t scream those words at me, then fucking walk away. My chest rose and fell hard as I stared down at her. Hating how that face of hers haunted me. How just the thought of her was a daily torment.
“That quote was about me,” I said, my voice thick with emotion. “I said to tell you, It should have said that the worst thing a girl could do in this world was to use her beauty to make a man her little fool.”
She closed her eyes and inhaled through her nose. Her bottom lip quivered.
I wanted to believe her. I didn’t give a fuck what test she’d failed. I’d forgive her anything if she loved me.
“They tested you,” I told her. “I didn’t know about it. But it’s what they do. Your father did as instructed, and you failed.”
Her long, wet, spiky lashes outlined her eyes, as she stared up at me. I’d give anything to live the rest of my life in that cabin with her. No one else. Just us.
“Sebastian,” Fall’s voice called, and I tensed.
That was not what I needed right now. When I turned to look back at her, she placed a hand on her hip.
“When are you going to come back and finish getting me off? You left me with a wet pussy.”
Fucking hell.
“I need to go,” Royal said as her hands shoved at my chest to get me to move.
I stepped closer, holding her so that she couldn’t slip free. My cock found life the moment it touched her body.
“Change of plans. Go find Wells or Teller,” I called out, turning my gaze back to Royal.
“You sure you want to do that? The sight of her has your cock so hard; it might bruise my stomach.” Royal’s tone was icy.
She was jealous. That was good.
“The only time my cock has gotten hard in three weeks is the moment I set eyes on you,” I told her.
She licked her lips, and her breathing quickened. “I find that difficult to believe, considering she was straddling you like a cowgirl with her tits in your face when I walked in.”
The corner of my lips quirked. “Careful, Ace. You sound jealous.”
Her eyebrows shot up. “I told you I love you. Did you think I wouldn’t mind watching you with another woman?”
There was a fucking disaster between us. One we had barely started to work through. But I didn’t care about any of it. Not if she loved me. I’d accept it all. I’d forgive her for stabbing me in the back if that was the case.
“You love me?” I asked, brushing my thumb over her lips.
“Yes.”
“You left me, Ace. You shredded me. Tore my heart out of my chest.”
“I didn’t know,” she said, her hand sliding over my right pec.
Her touch was like the sweetest balm in the world. I closed my eyes and let out a hum of pleasure before looking at her again.
“I thought you were using me.”
I bent my head until my lips hovered over hers. “I was. I was using your perfect cunt to reach fucking nirvana every chance I got.”
A breathy giggle bubbled out of her, and I slid a hand down to cup her ass, pulling her tighter against me.
“My orders were to use you for information. Make you trust me. Feel something for me. Whatever it took,” I admitted to her. “But I don’t think I ever got the chance. You became my obsession long before you trusted me.”