Once again, she wasn’t wrong. No argument could be made because I was able to just come and go with no real feeling of responsibility. Sure, I loved my son, but I knew he was taken care of no matter what I was doing and that was thanks to his mom being a far better person than I was.

~*~

By the time we got back to the house, I walked Lily in and kicked the door open with my foot as she tried to slam it shut on me.

“Nuh-uh, we’re going to talk about all the shit you spewed out of your mouth tonight.”

“Why? Most of it was true, and the rest, you deserved anyway. The whole point in not going to a clubhouse party was so that I wouldn’t be in a room full of women you’d fucked!”

“I’m sorry. I honestly didn’t think it would be like that,” I tried to explain.

Lily scoffed as she bent and yanked one of her shoes off her feet. I was not expecting to have to duck so she ended up nailing me in the shoulder with that one. Before I could get over the shock, the other clipped my ear.

“You can fuck off now!” She yelled at me.

“You think you’re cute?” I asked while stalking toward her. The way her eyes widened, and her mouth popped open into a shocked little “O” almost made me laugh. Instead, I kept a straight face as I advanced on her. Then, my beautiful wife turned tail and ran toward the bedroom. She was quick, I’ll give her that, but I was faster.

“You’re going to pay for that,” I warned.

“Fuck you!” She sassed while backing up across the room.

“Nah, it’s the other way around, sweetheart.”

“What?” It took a minute before her brain caught up to my words. “Oh, hell no! I meant what I said tonight. I’m not going to be one of those stupid twats who catches your diseases. I had my own close call once and caught pregnancy instead, but I just got lucky that you didn’t give me anything else along with Declan.”

“We’re not talking about our son right now, and I’ve never had any fucking diseases.”

“Says you, but you lie!”

That stopped me in my tracks for a minute. “I haven’t lied to you.”

She laughed then. “You lied when you stood up in front of God, your club brothers, and me and said your vows.”

I growled out my frustration and lunged for her. Once I had her in my arms, I leaned in and took in her scent. She smelled fruity tonight. Lately, she had been using a coconut shampoo or body wash that always made me think of the beach when she breezed by me, but now there was an undercurrent of something else and it made me wonder if it was something she drank, the shots she did, or if she had put on some new perfume she’d never worn before. No matter what, it was intoxicating when mixed with everything that was Lily.

My nose slid up her neck, and then I took the time to nibble at her earlobe before whispering in her ear. “I’m going to fuck the hate out of you tonight.”

“That’s impossible,” she breathed into my chest.

“Challenge accepted.”

Our clothes came off in a blur of motion and I had her on the bed, underneath me, as I ripped a condom open and pulled it on. Her eyes tracked my every movement before I leaned forward and sank myself into her with one quick thrust. My mistake was in forgetting she wasn’t one of the whores I was used to. Lily hadn’t been ready. Not at all. She cried out beneath me as tears sprang to her eyes and I drew back for a minute while one of my hands trailed down to meet up with her clit and give a few gentle rubs, tugs, pats, and pulls.

“We’ll make it better,” I assured her. What I didn’t do was apologize, because my explanation for why I didn’t check to make sure she was ready for me, would have sent her running again.

When she finally started writhing beneath me, and I could feel her wetness lubricating my way, I slammed into her again and then continued to do that as she just lie there, refusing to make eye contact. Like hell I would be able to get off on the dead fish routine, so I turned her face until our eyes locked.

“Move those hips!” It was an order that she complied with, though, eventually I was the one who couldn’t stomach the eye contact and all the questions I saw swimming there. Then there was the look on my own face that was reflected back at me through her eyes.

“Turn over.” I pulled out, smacked her hip, and then when she didn’t move quickly enough, I flipped her so that she was face down. Then I gripped her hips and pulled them up far enough so I could sink right back inside her body. I took her hard and fast until I blew my load and then I tapped out. Literally. I patted her ass and got up to go dispose of the condom.

When I came back out with a washcloth for her to use to clean up, Lily was curled up in a ball and crying. “Should have never happened,” she was mumbling to herself.

Holy fucking shit. Seeing her like that stopped me cold and had me replaying the night over in my head.

“I didn’t force you,” I blurted out, startling her out of her crying jag.

“Never said you did. Isn’t it time for you to leave?”