Page 10 of Better than Revenge

Chapter Nine

Levi

I finish the thought for her.

“Thought about him trying to hurt one or both of us.” She’s gone white and I can tell she’s overthinking every fucking thing. “That’s because you’re sweet and innocent. You would never think like a douchebag and use and hurt others. It never occurs to you to treat people like you’re a raging cunt. Or hurt someone for real.”

She lets us in, and I follow her to the kitchen, setting the bags on the island. I keep my eyes on her the entire time.

“Is that a compliment or are you just being really nice about calling me stupid? Sweet and innocent kind of seems like synonyms for stupid here.”

“Not stupid, kitten. Being sweet and innocent doesn’t make you stupid.” It makes her fucking adorable.

“It kind of feels like it is when you’ve been run over by those types of people.”

And I want to kick that fucker in the balls again.

“It’s not stupid. It’s the thing that makes you so kind and good. Come on. Sit down and eat with me before we do anything else.”

She nods for me, and we talk over the food she’s brought for us. I take her apartment in while we talk. Her walls are mainly covered in books of every shape and size with pictures of family and friends sitting everywhere. It’s cute and comfortable and speaks of who she really is. She’s not trying to hide from anyone. A book on the shelf catches my attention so much that when we finish and stand up, I head straight for it.

She’s behind me when I reach for it. “What are you…? Oh goodness, don’t…give that back to me.”

I hold the book up high so there is no hope of her reaching it. The added bonus of feeling her up against me is just icing on the cake. She’s not even subconscious because all she cares about is getting the book back from me. I look up at the title.

“’How to Make Anal Sex Fun’. And here I thought you were a good girl.”

“Levi, please.”

“You want this? Here.”

I hand the book to her and watch as she clasps it to her while simultaneously bending down to snag another book.

“Oh, no! NO! Levi!”

“’The Woman’s Guide to Better Sex’, ‘How to Give the Perfect Blowjob’.” I release the newest book so I can take her in my arms. “You get all these books for him, kitten?”

“No, I…I had them before. I started collecting them,” a blush hits her face, “in high school.”

“High school? You were learning how to rock a guy’s world in fucking high school?”

“I just…wanted to be prepared when the time came.”

“And then…you what, baby, got cold feet?”

“I…I don’t know. It never felt right. It never seemed right.”

“And he didn’t notice these babies hanging out in your bookshelves.”

“I’m not even sure he can read, Levi.”

I laugh loud and long as I pick her up and twirl her around in a tight circle. She drops books left and right so she can grab for my shoulders to hold on to.

“Those books, they’re going to come in handy for us one day. But for right now…” I walk to the couch with her still grasped in my arms before I sit us both down on her couch, her straddling my lap.

She starts getting antsy, shying away from me when she realizes exactly where she is.

“Sweetheart, we’re gonna have to make you a little more comfortable with me if this thing has any chance of working.”

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