Page 130 of Oblivion

“I’ve missed this,” she whispered, looking down and watching her hand work up and down my erection. When she cut her eyes back to mine, I felt the shift. “I’ve missedyou,Dante.”

Warning bells went off, screaming at me to pump the fucking brakes before this train derailed and caused major carnage.

“That’s completely your own doing, Sadie. You’re the one who fucked us up.”

“Let me make it up to you.” She dropped to her knees and licked the end of my dick.

“Impossible,” I spat, grabbing her hair to still her head. “This means nothing.”

Mouth wrapped around my cock, she refused to break eye contact as she worked her way further down my shaft.

I wanted to shake her. Break her. Strangle her for taking advantage of me during my weakest hour.

Justified anger climbed to the surface as memories of her cheating came crashing back with force.

I roughly tugged her hair. “Get off your knees.”

She hummed and swirled her tongue around the tip of my dick, sending a wave of pleasure through my lower abdomen. It made me hesitate. Pause just long enough to soak in the gathering pleasure that freed me from the heartache.

A guttural groan tangled at the base of my throat as she took me deep, and my grip on her hair tightened. I teetered on the edge of control, torn between fucking her mouth until she suffocated, and tearing myself away.

“Fuck me, Dante,” she begged, before sealing her lips around me again.

“Not a chance in hell. Get the fuck up, Sadie. You need to leave.”

Despite my words, I lacked the action to follow up the demand. In fact, I thrusted in deep—one last time—until she gagged.

Movement in my peripheral vision caught my attention. I froze the instant Jenny’s tall form filled the open-door space between the living room and hallway. He stood to full attention, arms crossed, sharp eyes locked and glaring directly at me. All the while, Sadie continued to suck me off, completely unaware of his presence.

I gulped hard as immediate, crippling guilt hit. My gut bottomed out further when Jenny’s gaze dropped pointedly to Sadie on her knees before me. Having made his silent point, he cut his eyes back to mine, pursed his lips, and subtly shook his head.

The air charged with his warning: I was making a huge fucking mistake.

Battlefield or at home, Chen had my back. No matter the situation, he called me on my shit, and the disappointment on his face packed a punched that rivaled his phone call yesterday.

Another beat passed where neither of us blinked, and when he turned his back, he left reality hanging heavily in his wake.

With an angered growl, I tore Sadie off my cock and shoved her away.

She gasped with the unexpected, and somewhat violent, action. “What are you doing?”

“Get out,” I snarled, tucking my erection back into my sweats.

Her eyes pinged wide.“What?But you—”

“Get the fuck out, Sadie.I told you this meant nothing. I told you we’re fucking done. And I told you toget the fuck out,”I roared, so damn pissed at myself for falling into her trap. An eerie silence filled the room as I gestured to the door. “You’ve got ten seconds before Imakeyou.”

Ignoring the string of curses and every damning name she called me, I stayed rooted to the spot until the front door slammed shut with enough force to shake the nearby windows.

Halle-fucking-lujah.

As if it couldn’t get any worse, my thoughts immediately turned to Penny.

Remorse pulled my lungs into the pit of my stomach. Breathing was not an option. My entire body seized with grief and desolation knowing I’d just fucked up so bad.

So, fucking bad.

It should have been Penny’s body I sought solace in. As if the anguish wasn’t enough, I now feared I wouldn’t be able to cope in the darkness without Penny lighting the way out.

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