Page 59 of Shattered

It was Sara.

“Hello.”My greeting was more curt than I’d planned.

“Alek…I’m sorry.I know I should’ve listened to you when you warned me about your cousin.You were right.”She exhaled loudly on the other end.I was sure it wasn’t easy for her to do, being the first to reach out.“I don’t want to fight anymore.”

There was a long pause before I responded.I was making her sweat a little.A dick move, I knew.Little did she know I was two minutes away from calling and apologizing toher.

“I’ll pick you up at your apartment at six.”

“I’ll be ready.”

“Oh, and Sara?Be ready to make this up to me…all night.”

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Alek

The next three weeks flew by.Our relationship was fully back on track and I couldn’t have been happier.My days were spent in the boardroom while my nights were spent with Sara underneath me.

Everything was going great until one day, I received the phone call I’d always dreaded.

Ever since I’d promised to watch out for her, I knew one day it would come.I’d just hoped it would have been years down the road.

I wasn’t ready to deal with it right then.

But I had no choice.

I had to tell her and make sure everything turned out exactly as I wanted.

Sara and I had plans that evening to spend some time with each other.Too bad I was going to ruin it with bad news.But I’d rather it be me than someone else.

The police.

A stranger.

No, I think she’ll take it better coming from me, knowing full well I’ll do everything in my power to keep her safe and unharmed.

Arriving at her place, I took a quick look around before coming to the hasty realization there was no way she could stay there any longer. Since Alexa spent the majority of her time with her new boyfriend, Sara was home alone—when she wasn’t with me, of course.

Somehow, I had to convince her it was in her best interest to stay with me.

We’d been getting along great, minus a couple small incidents here and there, mostly due to my incessant overbearing ways.

“Sara, why don’t you grab an overnight bag.”

“What for?” she asked, pulling on a pair of dark jeans.“Are we going somewhere?”

“Well, you are.Sort of.”As she buttoned her pants, I snuck up behind her and kissed her neck.In a surprise move, she turned around, caught me off-balance and shoved me so I fell on top of the bed.

Straddling my hips, she ground herself into me, instantly making me hard.Not that it took much where she was concerned.

“So,” she said, placing her hands on my chest to steady herself.“Are you taking me somewhere?”

“I thought you could take some time off work and spend it with me at my house.”

“Oh.Um…can I take a raincheck?Work’s really busy right now.Maybe when things calm down a bit, I can.But right now—”

I cut her off because her argument, or reasoning, or whatever the hell she was trying to do was useless.Pointless, really.

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