Page 19 of A Promise For Tomorrow

Diego brushes past me, placing a possessive hand around Madison’s waist. My molars grind together seeing them interact. She doesn’t shy away either. If anything, she leans in closer to him. Madison retrieves her drink and takes a step back from Lainey, grateful for the reprieve.

Lainey retreats towards me instead of instigating things further to take a seat on my lap. Manicured fingers raise her glass to her lips as she joins me in watching their interaction.

“How’s your father?” The concern inThe Bone Breaker’seyes is palpable.

He lowers his head so that they are as close as humanly possible. Madison raises her chin to stare up at him. Her cognac eyes dart back and forth, ensnared in his penetrating gaze.

Once-a-fucking-gain,jealousy works its way into my system. I inhale deeply causing my nipple rings to brush against Lainey’s back through my shirt. Granting myself another sip of my drink helps simmer the fire blazing through me. The one that was once just ash and ember while Madison was gone, is now a full blown, raging inferno. Ya know how it goes… she’s a breath of fresh air.

That’s all my fire needed to reignite.

Oxygen.

She is the oxygen we all were lacking in our lives.

“He’s doing well. Surgery was successful—thank God,” she simpers before taking a healthy sip of her citrus drink. Flecksof sugar dust her lips and I suddenly want a taste of it. Bringing the rock glass to my lips I swallow another healthy portion, but my favorite whiskey dulls in comparison to my current craving.

The 23 year old bottle is sure as shit not tequila and Madison.

Diego’s hand comes up to caress Maddy’s pinkened cheeks and rubs his thumb along the delicate skin below her ear.

Wait a fucking second. Is that a butterfly tattoo?She got that for him?

“That’s amazing news. Stay with me tonight?” he asks enticingly, his thumb still stroking the ink.

She nods her head, her cheeks now a cherry red. “I already had Killian take me to your room when I arrived. That is, if you don’t mind bunking with me tonight. I would have stayed at the hotel, but the girls would have been super crowded and uncomfortable.”

Diego leans his head down further so his forehead touches hers. “Where you sleep, I sleep,Mariposita. Remember that.”

Madison inhales sharply as her pupils dilate.Fuck. I can’t sit here and watch this shit anymore.

I shift Lainey over to get up but the little vixen grinds down on my lap and wraps her arms around my neck, subjecting me to this torture.

“I’m getting tired, Liam. I have a big day of cooking ahead of me for Kian’s birthday. Come to bed?” Her intentions are clear as she continues to shift on my lap.

Her fingers curl under my chin and her lips meet mine. My lips part, inviting her to deepen the kiss—which she takes full advantage of. I need to lose myself in her tonight. I was doing fine. Just fine…Until a certain someone came crashing back into my life like a hurricane.

“Dance with me?” Diego asks at the same time as Selena.

Madison’s sweet laugh has me breaking the kiss and abruptly tugging Lainey back toward the house.

“Goodnight, everyone,” I growl, barely able to get the words out of my mouth.

Lainey complains about her heels and that she can’t walk that fast. My arms come down as fast as possible to scoop her up. I carry her the rest of the way through the house until we reach my bedroom.

On a bounce, she lands on the bed, giggling while stripping her dress off her in record time. I lower myself down onto the mattress, caging her body under my thighs.

Angry hands wrestle my tux off before tossing my black mask onto the carpet.

“Fuck me like you fucked her,” Lainey begs as she presses my head down to her core.

“Lain… I’m sorry I didn’t tell you. I didn’t want it to ruin your night.” I attempt to ease the anger rightfully coursing through her.

“Prove to me that it doesn’t bother you. That she no longer means what I mean to you now.”

She’s glaring down at me as I hover over her glistening pussy. French nails tug my hair with unleashed desire. When I don’t make a move to devour her, she releases her grip on my head and scrambles back until she’s able to pull the sheets down and slide beneath them.

“You can’t, can you?Shecomes back and you go right back to wanting her,” she whimpers while tucking her face into the pillow.

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