Page 115 of Delightful Sins

“I love you too.” My smile feels real, unlike anything I’ve experienced since being back.

He smiles back. Something so delicious and contagious. “You’re mine, Mi Cielo.”

“I’m yours.” I nod against him.

We both startle when slow clapping erupts between us.

One single person condescendingly applauding us.

“If that’s not the cutest fucking thing I’ve ever heard.”

Ethan pulls out of me, quickly putting my panties in place and zipping up his jeans. I stand up when Elliot takes a step toward us, putting myself between the two brothers.

“Oh, it gets better,” he laughs. “She wants to protect him.”

“Elliot.” I lick my lips, hesitant.

What am I meant to say? How am I meant to explain this?

Suddenly, the party is just out there once again. It never left. I’m the one who went to another dimension, who let Ethan bring me to a place where no one can touch us.

Elliot cocks his head when Ethan’s fingers come to my waist, holding me tightly against him.

“Don’t hurt him,” I finally say.

Ethan is strong. Ethan is aserial killer.

But it’s not about strength when it comes to his brother. Elliot can get in his head. He can put him in the same state he was in high school. Weak, easy to break.

“Him?” Elliot’s smile is carnal. “Oh, my love, why would I hurt him?”

Elliot is closer now. Close enough that I feel the need to retreat farther against Ethan. Behind me, his grip on my waist becomes borderline painful all the while I feel him relax.

I hear the smile in my ex’s voice when he talks behind me. “I told you I could get her to say it.”

I freeze.

What?

“Ah, you were right, brother.” Elliot tips an imaginary hat toward him. He’s so close that I have to tilt my head up to look at him. The back of my head presses against Ethan’s chest, and Elliot cups my cheek, keeping me in position.

“You told two different men you were theirs tonight.” The gentle way in which he caresses my cheek is the opposite of how I feel.

But I can’t move. I can’t talk. I’m frozen between the two men who clearly played me.

“What are we going to do with you now?”

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Pretty Little Addict - Haiden

I try to turn back to Ethan, to look into his eyes. I need to see the truth, the blackness of his mind.

But he doesn’t let me.

First, he grabs my wrists, pinning them to the small of my back. He only needs one hand to keep me like this. With his other, he fists my hair, keeping me in the exact position he wants.

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