Page 48 of Villainous
“Anything you need, Ronnie is here to assist you,” I say.
“Can I have a chocolate fudge sundae with sprinkles?” AJ asks with excitement on his face.
“Not without eating dinner first,” Maya says, folding her arms across her chest.
It’s sexy seeing her go into mommy mode, and it makes my dick hard as a rock.
“Aw, man. Okay, well, can we have pizza for dinner? Please, Ma,” AJ whines.
“Yeah, sure,” she answers back with a grin on her face.
“What about you, Da?”
Him calling me Da sounds so foreign to my ears, but I like it. “I don’t eat pizza.”
“Who doesn’t eat pizza?” Wyatt says, eyeing me up and down.
“People who like to eat healthy,” I shoot back.
“More for us,” AJ says. “Do you want to watchBen 10with me later on, Da?”
I don’t know what that show is. “Yeah, sure.”
Once they leave the room, I focus my attention on Maya. We’re quiet for several minutes, staring at each other. My heart beats rapidly as I take a step toward her, closing the gap between us. Tension builds, and I want to draw her in with a hug and kiss and fuck her so hard that she won’t be able to walk anymore, but instead, I stare at her.
“You’re no longer my captive. You’re free to go.”
Happiness lights up in her eyes, and she nods slightly. “Can I have my phone back?”
“Of course.”
I move closer to her, and her breasts move up and down as she breathes rapidly. “I’m sorry for how I treated you. You didn’t deserve the abuse I inflicted on you. I’m sorry I broke your heart.”
Tears stream down her cheeks, and I hold out my arms in an attempt to hold her, but she shakes her head and wraps her arms around her tiny frame. Her beautiful eyes move back and forth. “You were cruel to me.” Her tone is barely above a whisper.
Guilt eats at me like a disease as my chest aches. “I know. And I feel bad for it.”
“As you should,” she snaps.
Yanking her into my arms, I lean down so close our mouths are inches away from each other’s. She swallows loudly, and her gaze veers to my lips.
“We’re getting back together. We’ve been broken up for far too long.”
She laughs hysterically and breaks away from my embrace as anger eclipses her face. “You think I want to be with you after how you treated me? What was the last thing you said to me? I need to forget about being with you because it will never happen. You can’t do that to me, Villainous.” She shakes her head as she blinks back her tears. “You can’t keep breaking my heart and forget like anything didn’t happen.” She pauses. “You were going to kill me because I wouldn’t tell you why I left. You didn’t even trust me enough to believe it was for a good reason. Just because you’re so used to getting your way doesn’t mean you’re going to get me back, and it’ll be a cold day in hell before I’ll be with you again. Before I allow you to shit on me again.”
My heart breaks into pieces, and it feels like someone has ripped my insides out.
“We need to figure out how I’m going to get our rights back from my ma with AJ, but we’re over.” Her voice breaks.
Despair rises in my chest, and my anxiety beats the hell out of my stomach. I don’t want to believe she doesn’t want me. I need her. If I force her to be with me, then it’s only going to drive a wedge between us. “I’m going to do whatever it takes to get you back. If you think I’m going to let you walk away from me, then you’re wrong.”
I stroke her cheek, and she flinches and slaps my hand away. “Read my lips. I don’t want to be with you. We were a mistake. We should never have been together in the first place. The only good that came from our relationship was AJ.”
Her words cut me deep. I swallow deeply as if I’m trying to swallow the pain. “Don’t say that. Don’t say shit you don’t mean.”
“I mean it, Villainous. I’m not going back to you.”
She doesn’t mean it—she’s acting out of anger. I need to change the subject, so I say, “Don’t worry about your mother. I’ll handle it.”
