Page 104 of War

When I realize that couples around us are slowing their movements, attention drifting to us and the drama unfolding, I refocus on the issue at hand. “You should go,” I tell Xander.

He shakes his head and takes a step closer, his words a whispered hiss barely audible over the music. “You’re embarrassing yourself. I know you always wanted to be Josie’s mom, but this is pathetic.”

“Watch yourself,” Tyler warns.

I place a hand on his chest, silently urging him to remain calm. The last thing we need is a scene in the middle of the dance floor at a charity event I planned. The silent auction hasn’t ended yet, and nothing brings an event down like a fight. “Xander, if you’d like to talk, we can go into the hall.”

“No you can’t,” Tyler growls, his hold almost painfully tight.

“Whatever,” Xander sneers. “You’re not worth it anyway. He’s going to leave you, ya know. The only reason he wanted you was because I had you first. The guy always wants my leftovers.”

As he shakes his head, I try to ignore the way his insults hit.

“You left your phone at the table. I was just trying to give it back to you earlier.” He tosses it in my direction.

Thankfully Tyler snatches it before it hits me in the chest.

I stare after my asshole of an ex as he storms off, feeling uneasy about the entire exchange. Confused too, because I’m certain I never even took my phone out of my purse. Yet somehow Xander ended up with it. Why? Was there something he wanted from it? And if so, then why did he give it back?

There’s only one thing on that phone that concerns me. But even Xander wouldn’t be interested in that. Doubt rushes through me as I tell myself that though. Because I’ve been wrong about so many things.

“Are you okay?” Tyler rasps, tucking me against his body. We didn’t stay much longer after Xander’s tantrum. I probably should have, but the entire thing left me uneasy, so I checked with Lennox to make sure she could take the lead, and we took off.

I lay my hand on his cheek. Tonight was many things, but the only thing I want to focus on is my husband. “He doesn’t get any more of our thoughts.”

Tyler’s blue eyes rove over me, like he’s not quite sure whether I’m hiding my true feelings.

“Tonight, I got closure. I’m glad we saw him. Now that part of my life is done with completely.”

A cocky smirk pulls at his lips. “That part of your life was over the moment you spent the night in my bed.”

“Not the moment we saidI do?” I bite down on my lip as excitement whirls in my stomach. This is us. The teasing and taunting. Now that we’re actually together and I’m not forcing myself to keep my distance from him, I know what it leads to—hot sex.

He scoffs. “Please, we both know you’ve wanted me since long before that day.”

“In your dreams,Tyler Warren.”

“You’re the one who proposed to me. I think that was your plan all along. You saw me as a dad and couldn’t get enough.”

Head lolling on my pillow, I roll my eyes. “You are so full of yourself.”

He squeezes my bare hip. We’re naked, and I know if he moved his leg even an inch, I’d be moaning at the friction. “You’re about to be full of me, wife. But first I’m going to suck on that needy cunt of yours. Clearly, you need it, with the way you’re soaking my leg.”

Shocked, though I shouldn’t be by now, by his words, I smack his chest. “Tyler.”

“Please, are you trying to deny how wet you are? How turned on you get when I taunt you?”

No.“Yes,” I grit out as desire pools in my belly and spills over.

Gripping my hips, he pulls me on top of him. “Sit on my face.”

I rock against his length, not the least bit embarrassed by how wet I am. “I am not sitting on your face. Have you forgotten that I hate you?”

He smirks up at me, knowing not a word out of my mouth is true. “Suffocate me, then, wife. We both know I’ll enjoy it.” With a hand tangled in my hair, he pulls me down so we’re chest to chest and kisses me.

Already, I’m panting and writhing against him, needy for everything he gives me.

Roughly, he clutches my thighs and guides me up to his face. “Grab the headboard, baby. I need to taste you.” Digging his fingers into the flesh of my ass, he helps me settle my knees just above his shoulders. Then he runs his teeth gently against my sensitive skin, sending shivers cascading down my body. When his lips suction around my clit, stars dance in my vision.

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