Page 113 of Betrayal (Corrupt Empire 1)

Fuck. She was right. I’d been fucking terrible to her. Fuck. I was such a dick. This whole thing fucking broke me. Hurting her only made me feel worse. My fingers traced lines over the back of her neck.

“Would you believe me if I told you I’m sorry about those things?”

“Yes.”

“Fuck. I really don’t deserve you.”

She kissed me again. I’d never fucking get over how amazing her mouth felt against mine. I rarely ever kissed women. Too intimate. Too easy to fall into fantasies of happiness and love. Things I didn’t believe in. With her, it was fucking everything.

She leant her forehead against mine.

“It’s not a question of who deserves who. I’m yours no matter what you do.”

She really had no fucking clue what I planned. I wasn’t sure if I could even go through with it at this point. The thought of it killed me.

We were getting off track here.

“Your dream, Avery.”

“Nightmare more like. My whole family were there, taunting me. Telling me I’d betrayed them.”

She pulled away from me, her hands falling to her sides. Her eyes filled with tears.

“And you… they had you. I couldn’t fucking stand it. They put a knife in my hand and told me to end it. When I wouldn’t, hands grabbed me and then they forced me. Over and over. So much blood. It went everywhere. I fought against them, but it was useless. When it was over, they let go of me. The knife dropped and I screamed when I saw what they’d made me do.”

I tugged her against my chest, stroking her hair.

“I would never do that to you. Never. I can’t. I care about you, Aiden, so much.”

My heart. My fucking heart. That she even had to suffer through a dream like that made me feel sick. And I’d fucked her after that. How the hell could I do that to her when she’d just witnessed her family forcing her to kill me? Fuck. I should’ve fucking asked her first before I slept with her for the first time.

“You should’ve said something last night. You should’ve, Avery. I would’ve never—”

Her hand over my mouth silenced me.

“If you’re going to say you wouldn’t have had sex with me, then save it.”

She raised her head from my chest. The look in her eye made my head spin.

“I waited. I tried to be patient. I gave you time to come to terms with our attraction to each other. So don’t fucking take it back, Aiden. Don’t you fucking dare. I wanted it. I needed it. After what I saw, it was the best fucking thing to happen. Do not tell me you would change it. Don’t ruin it.”

That told me. Hell. I’d never seen her look so determined. And it was fucking hot. My cock throbbed. If she wanted me that much, then I’d show her just what it meant to be mine. I would go easy on her, but it’s time she learnt just how deep my need to make her obey ran.

I pointed at her hand over my mouth. She moved it away slowly. I reached up, running my thumb over her bottom lip.

“I want you to go into the bedroom, take your clothes off and lie on the bed for me.”

“What?”

“You heard me.”

Her eyes betrayed her confusion.

“I’m… not in trouble for what I said, am I?”

“No, but I suggest you do as I say if you want me to fuck you again.”

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