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I flush red hot, my skin turning sticky with sweat, then I slap him across the face.

He groans, bucking into me. “Again. Harder.”

Tears still run down my face as I hit him again, this time in the chest, then I’m enraged and I can’t stop myself from doing it again and again and again. I hit every part of him I can reach – his chest, his shoulders, his arms, his face.

“I hate you,” I cry, feeling my orgasm burning in my core, ready to go off. “I hate you so fucking much.”

He moans in response, fucking me so roughly that my back bangs against the wall over and over. “That’s it, baby. Hurt me. You’re gonna make me come so hard.”

I yell when my orgasm explodes, digging my nails into his neck until I feel the skin split.

“Fuck!” he yells, slamming his mouth to mine. I feel him swell inside of me, then he’s coming with me, thrusting between my legs so hard and fast that I can’t help but scream.

When we’re both coming down from our bliss, he kisses me slowly, our chests heaving against each other. Pulling away, he kisses down my jaw to my neck. “I think that was the best sex we’ve ever had.”

I release my hold from his neck, brushing them down his arms. “A great way to say goodbye.”

He pulls back to look at me, and my chest aches. “Goodbye?”

I nod, my eyes filling with tears again as he places me on my feet. Bending down to pull my pants back up, I clear my throat. “I’ll never be able to forgive you.”

He shakes his head, taking a step back and tucking himself into his pants. “Baby...”

I feel my anger taking over again that he really thinks this will be so easily fixed and forgotten, and more tears fall.

“You can’t fix this, Hayden. You’ve ruined everything.”

His eyes fill with tears. “You don’t mean that.”

The pain in his voice almost has me reconsidering, but then I remember that I’m left with nothing. No one. He’s the only connection I’ve made in Luxington since I returned – besides Barbara – and I just don’t have the mental space to keep going through this with him.

“You need to leave,” I force myself to say, looking away. “And never come back.”

“P…” he chokes out, holding his hands out for me, but when I flinch away, he drops them. “You don’t mean it. This is what we do – we fight, we fuck, we fight some more, and at the end of the day, we love each other.”

I shake my head, still unable to look him in the eye. “Love isn’t enough anymore.”

When he doesn’t say anything in response, I turn to look at him finally, finding him crumbling to pieces in front of me. I swallow, trying to keep my composure when all I want to do is fall to the floor and cry.

“You fucking ruined everything.”

Chapter32

The next day

Hayden:

I’m sorry, P. Forgive me. I love you.

Hayden:

I know that you love me too. I know you’re angry, but I promise we can make this work. I’m on my way to a rehab in New York. They’re going to take my phone, but I’ll call you as soon as I get out and we can fix this. I promise.

Hayden:

You are my forever.

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