She started to really get into it, arch her back, moan loudly, whisper my name in the darkness.
I pressed my tongue harder into her clit and made her hit home, knowing she liked that best.
Her hands gripped the sheets on either side of her, and she bucked against my mouth, riding the climax I gave her with tears in her throat, her voice breaking, her tone emotional. “Heath…”
I squeezed her ass as I made her finish, went hard on that little nub until her voice completely died away and the area was raw to the touch. Then I gave her gentle kisses, kind swipes of my tongue.
She breathed hard as she came down, her skin covered in sweat even though she just lay there.
I pushed my boxers off then moved between her legs, my body slightly turned to her right so I could keep away from her injured foot. There wasn’t much I could do even when I was inside her, but as long as I could be inside her, that was all that mattered to me. I held myself on one arm and slowly descended, carefully slid inside her, groaning as I was reunited with my home.
She moaned too, rigid as if she was afraid to hurt herself if she did anything.
When I was completely inside her, I held myself on top of her, my face pressed to hers. I had to make love to her, even if it was an alternate way, even if we could only move slow, barely move at all.
Her palms cupped my cheeks, and she kissed me, indifferent to the taste of herself on my lips. She just wanted me, wanted all of me, wanted to combine our souls in any way she could.
I started to move inside her, my lips kissing hers. “I love you, baby…”
Her hands slid over my bare chest, and her right hand rested over my heart, feeling it beat. “I love you too.”TwelveDamienI couldn’t believe half the shit she’d said to me.
I mean, I could, but I couldn’t believe she said it to me.
That motherfucker had robbed me, had tortured me, and had ruined my life the second he ascended to the throne.
Now he had my sister under his thumb.
I’d hoped she would see reason during their breakup, that there were better men out there, but then she broke her ankle and that jackass came to the rescue. She pledged her allegiance to him.
Now what was I going to do?
I didn’t want anything to do with that asshole. But I loved my sister…a lot.
I didn’t want to lose her because of it.
The one thing that might undo all of this was our father. If he cast his judgment and said that bastard would never be welcomed into this family, that would probably be the rule of law she couldn’t defy.
It was inevitable—because I would tell him everything.
I wasn’t being a tattletale. He just needed to know about the situation since it was only escalating.
I sat in my office at the bank, getting nothing done at all because all I could think about was that final conversation with my sister.
“Damien?”
I blinked, finally focusing on the man in front of me. “Have you been standing there long?”
“Long enough to know something is on your mind.” Hades stood with his hands in the pockets of his suit. It was only noon, so he probably intended to take off early to help Sofia at home.
“Catalina.”
“It’s interesting. Anna used to be the only thing you ever thought about, but now your sister has taken her place.”
“Well, Annabella is safe. Cat is… I don’t know.”
He rubbed his palm across his five-o’clock shadow. “I thought she left him.”
“Yeah, but now they’re back together. And she told me it would stay that way, regardless of how I feel about it.”
He shrugged. “There’s nothing you can do about it, Damien.”
“I’m realizing that.”
“Unless you kill him.”
“I promised I wouldn’t.”
He looked at the floor for a while. “Then I think you should let it go.”
I gave a sarcastic chuckle. “Yeah…so easy to do.”
“The guy is trash and doesn’t deserve your sister. But outlawing him isn’t going to do anything at this point.”
“Do I need to remind you why I hate him?”
“No,” Hades answered. “I don’t like him either. But what are you going to do?”
I was out of ideas. “She deserves so much better. I never worried about who she’d end up with because she’s so fucking smart, so confident. I figured she wouldn’t settle for anything less than a handsome billionaire who adores her. Then she threw this curve ball.”
“Doesn’t mean it’s forever. And you know what they say? The more you tell her no, the more she’ll want to do it.”
“My sister isn’t that immature.”
He shrugged. “But she is a young woman…” He pulled his hand out of his pocket and checked his watch. “Sofia and Demetri have a doctor’s appointment. I’m going to leave early so I can take them.”