Page 13 of Blood & Honey
“You don’t own me.And you want to end this union, remember?”I push him closer to the edge.I’ve witnessed him being jealous before, and it’s way hot.
He grumbles something under his breath about me being a pain in his ass.I roll my eyes at him and respond to Jackson, so he doesn’t try to file a missing person report or something drastic.
Can’t talk right now.Family drama with my sister.
It isn’t a lie exactly.
My phone buzzes with a new text notification, but it is only Melissa asking if I’m coming to brunch and wondering what happened to me last night.
“Melissa,” I tell Blood and wonder what I should share with her.“Do I have your permission to meet her for brunch?”I bat my eyelashes at him.
“Is Jackson going to be there?”
“Why?You jealous?”
“Don’t be a brat.”
“If I’m bad, are you going to spank me again?”I pout, and he scrubs a palm over his face.“I really liked that thing you did with your tongue while your fingers were inside me.”
I watch as he takes a deep breath and moves his lips like he’s counting to himself.
“Just don’t tell anyone we’re married, all right?”
“Okay.I promise not to tell anyone that you married me and took my virginity.”
He stares at me.“It was your first time?”
“Were you really that drunk?”
“I’m sorry, Ashley.”
“For which part?Using me?Fucking me?Marrying me?”
“All of it.I’m just…I’m not a good guy.”
“You keep saying that.”
“I’m hoping you’ll start to believe it.”
“You’re better than you give yourself credit.I’ve been living with you for a year, and you never made a pass at me and shot me down when I tried to hint that I was interested.You tried to turn me down last night, but I seduced you.”
“Don’t try to defend what I’ve done.I’m going to make this right.”
“I love you, Blood.”
“No, you don’t.You just think you do.”
“I won’t tell anyone if that’s what you’re worried about.No one has to know about us but you and me.”
He shakes his head while staring at his feet.“Just go to lunch with your friend.”
“And what do I say when they ask where I went and why I have your name tattooed on my finger?”
He wipes Ash’s mouth and turns some cartoons on the big screen before putting him down in his fenced-in play area with some toys.“Tell them I needed you to watch the kid.”
“And if Jackson shows up, should I break up with him because I have a husband?”
He grabs me by the throat, giving me a possessive squeeze.“Stop pushing my buttons.”
