Page 333 of The Life of Anna-Tenth Anniversary Edition: Act 2

“Katrina, you don’t have to tell me if you don’t want to.”

How could she explain without confusing him? “The day you and I broke up... I... had a dream about Alex. He pleaded with me to not give up on him returning, which is why I called Wilhelm and found out the truth of my future. Or, at least, kind of the truth.”

Hugo’s brow raised. “Okay . . .”

Anna chewed her lip for a moment. “It... it wasn’t a dream. He... really came to talk to me, though I didn’t know it was real at the time.”

Hugo had looked confused before, and even more so now. But still supportive. As always.

“In order to . . . do that, he had to . . . do something. That something involved him having sex with . . . someone I don’t really . . . get along with.”

“He used sex to visit you?”

Anna sighed. “It’s hard to explain without going into a lot of details, but in a roundabout way, yes. He did it to manipulate me into breaking up with you.” She took a sip of water and stared at the table in front of her.

“Ah.” Hugo rubbed his head. “That seems... not nice.”

Anna smiled at his diplomacy. “Then I found out that he got someone pregnant when he was in Russia, and he threw in my face that his dad got me pregnant.”

“His . . . dad?”

Anna inhaled sharply. She realized how that sounded. To someone outside The Brotherhood, that sounded really bad. Her shoulders slumped and she closed her eyes. “In the world that I live in, he has a right to do that...”

“You’ve slept with your husband’s... dad and brother?”

Her face burned. She shouldn’t have gone to Hugo. She should have gone to Aaron instead. He understood the strangeness that was The Brotherhood. “I haven’t slept with Kurt in a really long time.”

“You were engaged.”

“He wouldn’t sleep with me.”

“Oh.”

The room was quiet and Anna felt awkward. Trying to explain the things that went on in The Brotherhood without sounding demented was nearly impossible. She stood. “I’m sorry, Hugo. I shouldn’t have come to you about this...”

He grabbed her hand. “Why did you come to me?” he asked in a hoarse whisper.

Anna turned to look at him, her heart aching. Their relationship had been doomed from the beginning. “We never had a chance...” she whispered, heart full of grief. “I’m so sorry, Hugo. If I’d known?—‍”

“I don’t regret a moment of time I spent with you, Kittycat.”

Tears burned her eyes at his use of his pet name for her. “If Alex hadn’t come—‍” They gazed into each other’s eyes. Damn Alex! Damn him for coming back. Why couldn’t he have stayed in Germany? Why did he have to come back and ruin things? She’d made a new life for herself. She’d been happy. And he had come back and ruined it all.

Anna slowly sat back down. “I miss you,” she whispered. Oh, she was treading in dangerous waters, but she didn’t care.

Hugo reached out and caressed her cheek. “I miss you, too.”

She leaned forward, brushing her lips against his. He jumped at her touch, but didn’t back away. “I didn’t want to break up with you.” She ran her hand over his shoulder and around his neck. “I didn’t want to leave you.”

Suddenly, Hugo’s arms wrapped around her and held her tightly against him. He cupped the back of her head and crushed his lips against hers. She opened her mouth, letting him thrust his tongue in and out, slowly, sensually. She moaned softly and clung tighter to his shoulders.

He pulled her onto his lap, her legs straddling his, and she pressed her hips against him. His cock strained in his sweatpants, and he groaned when she pressed against him.

His hands slid under her t-shirt as he kissed her, and she shivered as he caressed her back. She slid her hands down his torso and brushed his cock, making him jump.

“Katrina . . .”

She sat up and pulled her shirt off. His eyes widened as he gazed at her breasts. She took his hand and placed it on her right breast, and he inhaled slowly. He squeezed gently and she closed her eyes and sighed. “Yes...” Desire coursed through her body.

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