Page 30 of Charity's Redemption

“That smells delicious.”

“Where have you been?” I stood and walked over to her, gripping her arm hard. This angel gave me a second chance. It wasn’t a figment of my imagination.

“I needed to feed my cat.”

“It took you three hours to do that?” Nico said from behind me in an incredulous tone.

Max looked up from his plate. His gaze bounced back and forth from Nico to Charity.

Yeah, I caught that one too.But I’ll let it play out and see where this goes.

“Yep.”

Charity looked away from me. Whatever burdened her filled the room and pinned me to the floor with its unbearable weight.

She placed her hand on my firm grip and pushed down gently.

I released my hold on her and watched her sit between Nico and Max, her scent still swirling in the surrounding air. My cock swelled as I imagined her underneath me again, writhing with pain and lust.

“Hello,bella.”

“Hey, big guy.” She had a tinge of something in her voice I couldn’t quite place. Almost like sadness, or maybe it was because she’d not gotten enough sleep and the darkness under her eyes indicated as much.

“Want a bite?”

Charity nodded. “Cannoli ate my food. I’m famished.” She leaned in close, her lips parted as he put the fork between them, then closed around it, sliding the pasta off the utensil.

I stood stupefied, watching her take an everyday task such as eating and turn it into an aphrodisiac. She moaned, and I was done for.

My hardened cock pressed painfully against my slacks as I watched her chew the pasta, her eyes closed, savoring the flavors.

“Enjoy that?” Max said, breaking the spell surrounding us.

She smiled and nodded, then opened her eyes, noticing us staring. The smile slipped from her face as worry wrinkled her brows. “What?”

“I never knew I could get turned on just by watching you eat,” Max said.

Her smile returned, causing my chest to flutter. We were all done for. She was our future, our everything, and we’d do everything in our power to make sure we had a long while left with her. Which is why I decided the way I did.

“How is your little fur ball?”

Charity turned her gaze back to Max as he forked pasta into his mouth.

“He’s an asshole. I told you. He stole my food even after I fed him.”

“There’s more pasta on the stove, but you’ll have to heat it,” Nico said.

She jumped from her seat and raced into the kitchen, with Nico scraping his chair against the floor. He followed her into the kitchen, leaving a brooding Max and I to sit in silence, wondering what was so important.

My stomach growledas I spooned pasta onto my plate, then popped it into the microwave with Nico standing behind me watching intently. I tipped my gaze over my shoulder towards him as he placed his hand on the counter and leaned against it.

“Want to tell me where you really were?” he said, leaning towards me in a hushed voice.

I pressed start, and the microwave hummed to life, then turned towards him, my stomach churning. “I told you, feeding my cat.” My eyes darted towards the entryway where Luca and Max sat on the other side.

He nodded as a look of discontent dropped over his features. I’d had enough of that look for one day. Once from his father and now from him. What’s a girl gotta do to keep the men in her life happy?

He bounced a finger between us. “So we’re lying to each other now?”

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