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I gulp, remembering how I’d felt at that moment. Anger, pain, the betrayal. My stomach tied into knots. I felt paralysed. My world had stopped spinning as every meaningful touch, caress, kiss had turned to dust. How all the whispered words and promises had turned to ashes in my mouth.
Tears start to fill my eyes and I blink to try to stop them, but he moves his fingers to brush them away. He’s silent now, barely even breathing.
“I’d seen enough,” I tell him, shame filling me. “I fled. Rowena and Isobel’s mum, Chrissie, saw me and waved me off. Telling me how happy they were that you and Issy had finally gotten together.”
I stop and shake my head in disgust, not sure if it’s at myself for running or him for putting me in that position. “You talked about being numb, how you managed that with drink and drugs. I understand that feeling. I felt dead inside, Kellen, but I wasn't. I had a life inside me and I had to carry on, I just had to.” Pride in my actions rings in my voice. I could have gone down a very dark road, but I didn’t, and I know it’s made me stronger, more resilient.
He doesn’t speak at first, just carries on touching my eyes, tracing my face with his finger tips.
He rolls onto his back, turning his head to look away from me and sighs, “What a fucking mess.”
“Shall I go, Kel?” I ask quietly. “Do you want me to leave?”
He flips his head round quickly. “No, it’s not you, Kitten. Its everyone else, fucking running interference.”
I laugh out a bit at that and say, “Welcome to the Greystone world. No privacy, scrutiny at every turn, interference is a hobby in my home.”
“I never cheated on you, Evie. She did do those things, but if you’d have stayed or asked me about it, I would’ve told you. I went fucking mental. To be fair, I’d been a bit shocked when she groped and snogged me. We’d been dating—,” he moves his hand between the two of us, “—it had to be obvious to them we were pretty full on. But they did not fucking stop. ‘Why not Isobel, Marcus? She’s lovely, darling. Such a good family,’” he mimics his mother. “‘She adores you, Marcus. It would be perfect, would join our close families, Marcus.’ Fucking joke.” He pulls at his hair in frustration.
“They just wanted to control me and they knew that would never happen if you were around. They knew they couldn’t control you, Evie. You were too wild, too reckless, too everything. But shove meek and mild Isobel at me and, boy, they could get to her to get to me. They are still a nightmare.”
“Do they know about James?”
He laughs bitterly. “Not yet. Tomorrow. You going to be ok with the Greystones knowing you’re here, about us, together tonight?” he asks, cocking his head to one side.
“Yeah. I’ve been dealing with Greystones since I was three years old. I’m a pro, baby,” I chuckle, giving him a thumbs up.
“Well,” he says, sitting up suddenly, “no more time for chit chat. I need to make good on your hard driven bargain of eighteen orgasms. I need a five star rating when you sell me out to the tabloids.”
I laugh, lightening the mood. “What do you think our headlines would be? ‘A Right, Rocking, Royal Rock Star Reunion.’”
“No,” he’s starting to laugh. “A Hole in One Night Stand at the Eighteenth.”
“She shouted FOUR stars at the eighteenth,” I say.
“Fuck off with the four stars. Best one night stand you’ve ever had,” he states confidently.
“Well I’ve only ever had one other, so not much competition to be honest.”
He looks at me in amazement. “One?”
“Yep. You try fetching anyone back. They’d have to be as brave as a lion. Three full-grown alpha males in the house and a kid who thinks he’s king of the alphas. So yeah, one. No one else’s been brave enough. I had to bonk the man in the car outside the house. It was quick to say the least. Oh, and freaking cold. I hate being cold,” I shiver.
He’s grinning at me. “I never would have thought I would be glad the Greystones are such pains in the arses.”
“Try living with ‘em.”
He goes to move down the bed, but I stop him. “I need to clean up, Kel.”
“No,” he mumbles as he carries on moving down my body, looking for a bit of skin he hasn’t bitten into yet. “I wanna taste us both.” He looks up at me, the most dirty glint in his eye I have ever seen.
I start to move away in horror as he grabs my legs and pulls them apart, coming face to face with my amazed vagina.
“Oh baby, we sure are beautiful,” he laughs out.
“You truly are the kinkiest fucker I’ve ever met,” I gasp out as he licks me top to bottom.
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