Page 81 of About Last Knight

Darian fake chokes. “Bite your tongue.”

Jackson walks over and covers Darian’s body with his arms. She leans into him. He whispers in her ear and she smiles. She turns her head and they briefly kiss.

I see Declan immediately stiffen. I grab his hand. “Let’s go change. Hayden and Payton should be here soon.” I turn to Darian and Jackson. “Can we use one of the guestrooms?”

Darian nods. “Of course. You know where they are. Use whichever room you want.”

“Thank you.”

Declan

Melissa pulls me up the stairs and into a bedroom. I don’t think I have full control of my body right now. She closes the door behind us. She grabs my face. “Are you okay?”

I slowly nod, but I don’t think I’m okay. I’m a bit dazed. “I…I…It’s just obviously been a crazy, unexpected day.”

She rubs my face with her thumbs. “I know, and we’ll get into that, but I meant what you saw toward the end. It hurt you to see her with Jackson. I saw it in your body language.”

She knows me well. “It was just weird seeing my brother’s wife with another man like that. She and Scott had a really good marriage. My brother worshipped the ground she walked on. They were completely in love. It’s hard to see her with a man that’s not Scott. I know logically that I haven’t seen them together for twenty-five years, and he’s been gone for seven, but for me, time stands still. Darian’s my brother’s wife.”

She nods in understanding. “I don’t know Darian extremely well. I told you she’s always been good to me and my family, but I purposefully maintain a distance. In large part because of how handsy they are. I admittedly struggle with it at times. Not because I want him, but because it magnifies the inadequacies of my own marriage and how long I let it go on.”

“I understand.”

She continues, “I do know from my sons and Cassandra that she had a really hard time when Scott passed. As I understand it, she was massively depressed and basically didn’t leave her house for three years. I think they told me she barely left her bedroom for most of that time period. Cassandra confided in me that at some point she even discussed hospitalizing Darian with the girls.” I can’t help the tears rolling down my cheeks at hearing that.

“She had to sell their house because she couldn’t handle being in it without him. After three years, Cassandra all but forced her to start leaving the house and to start being social. One night out she met Jackson. He fell hard and fast. She didn’t. It took a bit of convincing for her to go out with him. Once she did, things progressed quickly for them, but she was in a really bad place for a really long time. I don’t want you to think she just moved on. She didn’t. She struggled way more than her fair share with losing him.”

I nod. “Thanks for telling me that. Though now I feel like the world’s biggest asshole for not being there for her. I should have been.” I’m a terrible, selfish person.

“Maybe, but you had your own demons to battle. What matters is that she’s happy now. They have a really good marriage. I know firsthand that she’s married to a good man. I have zero doubt that he loves her and will always take care of her. He worships the ground she walks on too. You should be happy for her that she found that again.”

I let out a long breath. “You’re right. I’m sorry. I know I’m acting irrationally.”

She shakes her head. “You don’t need to apologize. You’re allowed your feelings. Just try to information gather before you freak out about things.”

“I’m trying. I really am. I want to be a better man for you.” I wrap my arms around her. “I love you. So much.”

She looks up at me. “I love you too.”

I bend and kiss her. I deepen the kiss as I move my hands up her skirt and grab her smooth, firm ass. I’m craving contact with her right now. I need it to settle my nerves.

I pick her up and sit down on the bed with her straddling me. I expect her to attempt to stop me because of where we are, but she just further deepens the kiss and grinds down onto me.

She briefly pulls her mouth away. “We need to be quick.”

I smile into her mouth. “No problem.”

She reaches into my bathing suit and pulls out my cock. She gives it a few pumps before she lifts up, pulls her panties to the side, and sinks down onto me.

She breathes out, “Declan.”

Her mouth is open, and her eyes are completely shaded over with lust. It’s so damn sexy. She’s so damn sexy.

I kiss her hard as I thrust up into her over and over. She throws her head back and I suck on her neck. I then move down to her chest. I pull her top down and suck one of her nipples into my mouth. She lets out a loud moan.

I quickly cover her mouth, but she’s still moaning. I can’t let them hear her. I stand and pull out of her. She whimpers and looks at me in question.

“You’re loud, naughty girl. Now I need to smother your mouth. Maybe I should shove my cock down it. That would quiet you.” She smiles at that.

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