Page 15 of Sweetest Revenge

I let out a groan and gripped his shirt to pull him closer.

“Fine,” I whispered in his ear. “I need you, Mr. King. Now do what you’re supposed to and fuck me.”

He let out a satisfied sigh before pulling his hand away and moving to grip my throat with the other.

Fear clawed at my insides, especially as fury lit his eyes once more.

“You came for me. Don’t think I don’t know that. I still have to figure out why, but I’m sure I will during the next month.”

“Good luck,” I spat out and pushed him away.

“Oh, Addi,” he said with a laugh and bent to pick his jacket up from the floor. “Don’t give me the attitude. We both know I’m going to fucking destroy you. And you’re going to like it.”

He said it so casually, but there was no mistaking it.

It was the same tone he used in his business deals. The same one he used when he was betrayed. The same one he used when he was about to ruin your life.

He may destroy me. But I won’t be going down alone.

6

WARREN

I wanted to destroy her.

I wanted to weave my way under her skin.

I wanted her to want me in a way that made her sick.

I wanted to star in her dreams just like she’d starred in mine all those years.

Dante had been right when he said I’d never bid on anyone else. But what he didn’t tell her was that I'd been practically celibate. I’d tried to erase the image of her face from my mind for years, fucking every woman I could.

But none of them ever did, or ever even stopped my body from craving her, so I ended up settling for my hand and my fantasies of Addi.

I wanted her to crumble under me. Beg me for mercy.

It’s the least she deserved after ruining my reputation the way she did.

Billions of dollars in money were lost before I could stop the hemorrhaging. And for what? Because of her own father’s mistakes?

I had half a mind to tell her about the man her father truly had been, but that was not how I wanted to destroy her.

I want her destroyed because of me and me alone.

I watched in barely concealed amusement as Addi uncomfortably walked through my house, still wearing nothing but her lingerie.

“Cold, Addi?” I asked as we reached the dining room. “I would offer my jacket again, but we both know what happened last time.”

“As long as you’re okay with your staff seeing me half naked, I don’t mind.”

I turned on my heels to look at her. I didn’t have staff besides the security guards and driver, but I didn’t tell her that. I was too enraged by the idea of one of them actually seeing her.

It had been dark in the car ride over, and I insisted on driving Addi here myself, but security did their rounds often and there was no telling what they would see.

With a huff, I tore my jacket off and placed it over her shoulders. The teasing smile she gave me was enough to make my cock twitch.

Fuck, I want her.

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