Page 58 of Betrayal (Corrupt Empire 1)

“What?”

“I want you so fucking much, but you and I can’t have each other.”

His words tore at me. Can’t we? Why did something so wrong feel so right?

His fingers danced over my stomach.

“What happened to me being yours?” I whispered.

“You are, but that changes nothing. There’s still so much you don’t know. Still so much you don’t understand. I won’t have all of you until you know and you can’t make a choice until then. So you and I can’t have each other.”

He placed delicate kisses to my neck. I shuddered against him. Fucking hell.

“You won’t like what I want you to do for me. You’ll hate me even more than you do now.”

“Aiden…”

“You’ll have to choose when you know. Me or them. There is no in between.”

My heart broke. There was more to what he’d shown me today. So much more. My loyalty to my family would be eroded piece by piece until it scattered like dust in the wind. Would it be enough for me to throw away everything for the man pressed to my back?

Instead of answering, I let Aiden hold me. He didn’t try to touch me further and I didn’t encourage him. I was too wrapped up in my own indecision.

No matter what I felt for Aiden.

I wasn’t sure if he and I would be enough.

I wasn’t sure if I could go against everything I knew.

I wasn’t sure of anything at all.

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