Page 92 of Ashes of Sin

Blink.

He barked out a laugh. “I’ll take that as a yes.”

“I don’t want to get between you. Please. It’s none of my business,” I replied urgently.

Maybe if he knew I didn’t like his son, then he would stop this.

Unlikely.

All I knew was that this man was to be my husband, so I didn’t have the right to stop him.

Right?

Pierce’s fingers returned to my flesh as his eyes roamed up my body. “Unfortunately for you, Maddox has involved you. And now, things are going to have to be balanced out.”

I had no idea what he meant, but I was about to find out.

He yanked my legs, so I was lying down, and slammed his mouth down on my pussy. While I tried to get away, Pierce gripped my arms, holding them down while he bit and sucked at me.

When I wouldn’t be quiet, he shoved a pillow over my head and pushed down on it so I could barely breathe then resumed helping himself to my sex.

All I could do was lie there, fighting for oxygen while my aroused pussy was licked. He tore the toy from me, and I feared that he would fuck me.

But he didn’t.

Eventually, Pierce’s fingers and tongue brought my body to an involuntary orgasm, and he stopped.

Ripping the pillow from me, he leaned over my body and wiped his mouth over his arm. “Christ, that was good. You are a very wet little girl. I will save the rest for our wedding night.”

I sucked in all the air I could while my lungs burned, unable to respond.

He stopped at the door before opening it.

“Whatever he promised you, make sure you remember who holds the power here. You, your body, and your family belong to me. Oh, and if that toy belongs to Maddox, I want it destroyed.”

When the door closed behind him, I sobbed and curled up into a ball. Clearly, I didn’t obey. It’s all I have left of Maddox, so in an act of rebellion and with afuck you,I slid it back inside me the night he phoned.

Soon I will be Mrs. Sterling. Maddox’s stepmother. Pierce’s wife. And I’ll have to endure a lifetime of nights like that with him.

Make sure you remember who holds the power here.

If I’d told Maddox what his father had done—raped me—he’d kill him. I know that for certain.

So, I didn’t.

I couldn’t.

Enough pain and suffering have already taken place between them. The best thing I can do is marry Pierce, and Maddox can forget me.

What other choice do I have?

CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE

MADDOX

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“Mr. Sterling.” Connor answers my call. “Junior.”

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