Page 31 of Giving It to the Monster

“Girls’ night, you stay at the club.”

“We had a little business to take care of with Natasha’s ex.”

“Ah, the asshole husband. He still alive?” Melissa asked.

“Yeah, maybe got a few bruises.”

“Wow, a few bruises. Saint is losing his touch.”

“Or maybe he’s wanting a woman a lot more than he’s wanting another death on his mind.”

Melissa pulled back the covers and climbed into bed.

Pea removed his jacket, and made his way into the shower.

“I thought you’d go back to the club with Shannon,” Melissa said just as he was about to enter the bathroom. Pea turned to stare at his beautiful wife.

“I wouldn’t go home with anyone,” he said.

“You used to. You like Shannon, don’t you?”

Turning to face the bathroom, he closed his eyes. “I haven’t touched her in a long time, Mel. I’ve not been with a lot of women in a long time.”

“Oh.”

Silence fell for several seconds.

“I’ve not been with any other men either.”

Nothing else. Neither of them said another word, and he made his way into the bathroom. Removing all of his clothes, he stepped underneath the shower. It had been a couple of months since he’d been with a woman. Shannon hadn’t graced his bed in over a year. The women that could vary from one woman to five every single night had slowly gone down to nothing. Now the only woman he wanted was his wife.

Seeing Shannon, semi-naked, hadn’t aroused him.

Nor had any of the other women. The moment he looked at Melissa, he’d been hot as fucking hell. Just thinking about the other day when he fucked her in the kitchen, had been the single hottest moment he could remember.

Finishing his shower, he made his way back into the bedroom where he saw Melissa had already fallen asleep. He dried his body before climbing in naked beside her. Wrapping an arm around her waist, he pulled her close, kissed her neck, and closed his eyes.

She felt so right in his arms.

“Pea,” she said. Her voice was so soft.

“Yeah.”

“Never leave me.”

It was the first time she had ever uttered those words. He couldn’t recall a single moment during their time together where she’d ever been vulnerable.

“I promise I never will.”

She sighed. “That’s good.”

Seconds later, she went back to sleeping, light snores coming from her mouth. Wrapping his arms around her, Pea closed his eyes, and knew there was nowhere else he’d rather be.

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