Page 113 of Cherry Auction

Then she stayed pure and innocent.

And I just stay soaked in the putrid muck of the monster’s depravity and perversion. The nameless daughter of darkness, rightly shunned by the world. Even by the girl. She hates me, even if lately she claims not to.

I’m a thing no one could love, and I’d cut myself out of her if I could. She deserves better.

So nothing could astonish me more in the world than when Domhnall steps forwards and flings his arms around me, pulling me close to his chest.

“It’s gonna be alrigh’, love. I swear, it’s gonna be alrigh’.”

I inhale his scent and absolutely crumple into him. I’ll just steal this moment. This one moment with him.

“I’m so fucking sorry,” I whisper again.

“It’s alrigh’. I mean, fuck. No, some t’ings will never be alrigh’, but at least we’re toget’er now, love.”

He squeezes me harder, and the heart I didn’t think I had left shatters into pieces.

It’sthe girlhe’s calling love, notyou, you dumb bitch.

But I don’t fucking care. Because I’m at the helm right now. And I’m the one feeling the arms of the boy I’ve loved since forever around me. So I don’t fucking care if he’s confusing me with her or just the body I’m in.

I lift up and kiss him on the lips. Just a peck. Just to see how he’ll receive it.

Because I’ve been waiting for this man my whole goddamned life and I can’t not take the chance.

He definitely looks surprised. That’s for damn sure. And his chest does that heaving up and down thing again.

But he’s hugging me so I can feel his erection suddenly spring to life. I grin and lift my face close again, giving him the choice.

“I want you,” I whisper low, shifting slightly against his hard-on.

He frowns, still breathing hard. “Is that alrigh’ with—? I mean, have you and Anna discussed?—?”

I grin at him. “Oh we’ve discussed.”

It only took about a month in therapy arguing for us to get on the same page. There were mixed feelings, but in the end, the girl decided fair was fair, and we could share. “Why do you think she pulled the hide and seek trick? She was hoping this could happen sooner rather than later.”

I drop a hand to slide up his thigh slowly towards his cock.

He immediately snatches my hand away with a firm grip around my wrist, yanking it up towards his chest. He doesn’t let go, and I can see his jaw is clenched.

“Oh you discussed, did you?”

He steps into me, forcing me to back up several steps against the wall. I inhale sharply as he cages me in, grabbing my other wrist and forcing them both up to the wall on either side of my head.

I grin. It’s the same position he had the girl in. A thrill runs up and down my body at feeling it in the flesh instead of just in a fleeting memory.

“We did. She knows I’m the one who likes it a little rough. She knew you and I would have fun together.”

I peek my tongue out through my teeth. Fuck, this is so freeing. I’ve only dreamed of letting myself play this way. Of letting the darkness run free in a way that doesn’t feel bad. I want to be depraved but not evil.

“I want to play in the dark with you,” I beg. “I want you to degrade me. I want you to do every perverted thing you can think of to me, and I want you to make it hurt.”

His hand drops from my left wrist and comes to my throat, eyes lighting with dark fire. “Let’s not run before we can walk, love.”

“Why not?” I hiss. “I’ve been waiting for this my whole goddamn life.”

His eyes narrow, hand squeezing a little at my throat in a way that thrills me down to my toes. It’s Domhnall. Oh god, it’s Domhnall here in front of me. It’s his strong, firm hand at my throat. I swear I’m about to come on the spot from the tiniest contact and the command in his hold.

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