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Because I want nothing more than to do exactly that.
I want to kiss away the pain I caused her, I want to tell her I’m sorry for bringing her down here, and I want to tell her that it’s not the bratva that’s important but her.
“You haven’t evenstartedto hurt me,” she snarls.
Her sapphire eyes shine with a strength she has no right to. It leaks from her as if she were crying, but no tears stain her cheeks.
“Do you want this to end?” I ask, my heart begging her to say yes.
“No,” she hisses. “I told you to destroy me. And that’s exactly what you’re going to fucking do.”
44
EMILY
Konstantin laughs in disbelief.“Don’t play games with me, Kitty Cat.”
Instead of answering, I look to the side. It’s too much to stare straight into his face while he clutches my chin, our lips close to kissing while our hearts travel further apart.
I wish Iwasplaying games.
But I’m not.
He asked if I’ve had enough. Maybe I have, but the pain feels too good for him to stopnow. Maybe on some level, I crave the pain because it’s the easiest way to punish myself for being a pushover my whole life.
Maybe if I had a bigger backbone, I wouldn’t have been expelled from vet school.
Maybe if I did more, my sister might still be alive.
Maybe if I hadn’t picked up the phone call from Mom, I wouldn’t be here like this.
Maybe, maybe, maybe.
But no amount of maybes will ever change the lone thought that keeps echoing in my head.
That this is the only place I want to be.
I want to be here because this is the only place where I can be honest about who I am and what I want.
And onlyhecan give that to me.
“That look on your face,” he growls, interrupting my thoughts. “I fucking hate it.”
“What look?”
“Like you know something I don’t.”
That gets a shallow laugh out of me. “It must drive you crazy to know that you can’t break me.”
“Iambreaking you!” His teeth glint like sun-bleached bone. He pushes my knees further apart, sending another delicious ache of need through my body.
I shake my head weakly. “No, you’re not.”
His smirk tilts higher on one side, like a bridge ready to collapse. “Let’s test your restraint.”
Despair and a terrible, insatiable lust wash through my core.Can I even survive another round?
Nuzzling the crease that divides my breasts, he takes the chain in his teeth. A tug draws a whimper of pleasure from me as he undoes the clips. All the cells in my body are centering on my nipples as relief ripples through my body.
