The Broken Vows (The Windsors, #4)

by Catharina Maura

Celeste was already deeply entrenched in my life when my parents died, and she has no idea, but it was my rivalry with her that made breathing a little easier on days that felt suffocating.

Thats understaing.

I look up at the glass ceiling and pull my hand out of hers. “I want it all,” I whisper, before looking back at her. Her breath hitches when I take a step closer,

PERRIOODD.

“I’m going to lay my cards out on the table and pray you don’t eviscerate them, because Celeste… I want to wake up with you lying next to me,

Aawwww.

“I want to take you on a date and show you what we could be like, you and me. I can’t have been the only one who felt it — not just that night, but all these years.

Yesss. Make it plain. Let it be known ! Yeesss Zane👏🏽👏🏽

“It would never work,” she murmurs. “Our families would never allow it.” It’s true — my grandmother hates her grandfather with a passion. She refuses to tell me what happened between them,

Is that so ? Grandma hates someone ?? Hmmm. Interesting.

“What I’m not hearing is that you’ve never wondered, Celestial.” My thumb brushes over her lips, and she parts them, exhaling shakily. “Admit that you want me, too.”

Oh hes gonna milk thiis. ZANE SAID HE IS NOT THROWING AWAY HIS SHOT !

“I’d like to find out whether you taste as sweet as you do in my memories, whether you can still take my cock as good as you did back then. Fuck,

Omggggggggg. ZANEEE🤭

I want my name on your lips while I make you come harder and faster than I did on prom night. One chance to show you I’m no longer the inexperienced virgin I was back then.

Oop- hes obvously given this some seriousthought. Okayy. We love a man who knows what he wants and goes for it.

That’s what I want. Tell me you want that too.” She tilts her head and leans in, her lips brushing against mine softly. “I’ve always hated you,” she whispers against my mouth.

Mmmm. Again, there's a thin line between love and hate

I go willingly, my hand finding its way into her curls as my lips crash against hers. She moans, and I run my hand down her body as I fucking devour her,

Eeepp. Welp, they move quickly. Lol.

“This is a bad idea.” I grin at her, unable to deny it. “The worst,” I whisper back, before leaning in to kiss her slowly, tenderly.

Aawww. I always love moments like this.🥰

“Just tell me you’ll go on a date with me. We don’t have to overthink it, Celestial. Just give me one chance to show you what it could be like between us.” “Just one?” I nod. “Just one.”

Well well well. I like this.

I carefully examine them, but can’t find a brand anywhere. There’s nothing but the small outline of a raven on the bottom. He clearly had these custom

Perioodd.. RAVENNNN !! They sound like some really cute shoes.

I’d be lying if I said being with him never crossed my mind. For years, I wondered what it’d be like if he didn’t hate me, didn’t provoke me. More than once, I wondered what it’d be like to have his undivided attention in an entirely different way

Aawww. Thats fair. You guys did grow up togther so its to be expected that feelings did occur.

He sounds so proud of this woman, and it does something unexpected to me — it fills me with hot, searing jealousy. “So you saw an opportunity to support her without being blatant about it and took it. That’s so nice of you,” I say, my tone sharper than intended.

Lmaaaoo. Not you jealous of Raven of all people. Lmaaooo. How do you not know Raven ? I thought she basically grew up with them

Zane falls quiet for a moment, and then he laughs, the sound light and melodious. “You’re jealous,” he says, his tone filled with wonder. “Of a woman that genuinely is like a sister to me.”

Lmaaooo. Right. I guess she was gone for years so she didn't meet her as of yet ? Idk.

I part my lips in outrage. “I most certainly am not,” I snap, instantly agitated.

Lol. Suurreee

I didn’t have the heart to tell her that my date never picked me up, and that I went by myself, only to find him kissing the girl that ended up becoming prom queen seconds after walking in.

Dick move !

“I’m really sorry about this, but I believe our mothers set both of us up.” I stare at him for a moment, my eyes roaming over his dark blonde hair and his perfect bone structure. I’m certain I know him, but I can’t quite place him.

Oop. MOM ?!

Mom You promised me a date for my birthday, but I never said it’d be with me. Have fun! He’s a great guy.

Lmaoo. Mom !? You sly fox.

My entire body freezes as I watch Zane smile adoringly at a well-known model, and it hits me then — how foolish I’ve been. He warned me he was playing a game with me when we danced at the gala, told me it’s one I wasn’t aware of.

Oh yeah, she doesn't know about Raven

I love poker night so much is that we all get to see Dion, who lives in London and takes care of our foreign assets. I’d never admit it, but he’s probably my favorite brother — out of all of us, he and I are most similar.

Aaaawwww. You know what that kinda fits.

I nearly shielded Valentina’s eyes for fear he’d come at the mere sight of Celeste, right there and then. He’s been like this ever since.”

Lmaaoo. Dragging it.

I punch his arm in annoyance as Ares and Lex burst out laughing. Just hearing her name grates on me.

Lmaoo. I love these moments.

I need her to give me something, anything — just one sign to indicate that she wants this too, that she wants me to fight for her.

Awww. Zane. Darling. You gotta give her time.

Ares chuckles at my expense, and I raise a brow as I glance at him. “Should we discuss why our little sister’s best friend is even telling you things like that? Aren’t you awfully close to a girl that’s a decade younger than you? Fucking pervert,”

LMAAOOOO😂😂. Ayoooo, Zane ate you up with that one Ares. Im sorry. Lmaaooo. That’s hilarious.

Luca chuckles and shakes his head. “Isn’t there a saying about that? What is it? There’s a thin line between love and hate? Or something about boys teasing girls they like?”

Lol. Yupp. Unfortunately .

She hated me in high school, and that hasn’t changed. End of story.” They all stare at me, each of their expressions thoughtful. “Huh,” Ares says. “You actually have it bad for her.”

Indeed he does Ares. Lol.

“Speaking of Grandma,” Dion says, his tone careful. “You know she’ll never allow this, right? None of us have a choice in who we’ll end up with.

He makes valid point BUT in grandma we trust.

“Celeste’s family are hoteliers too,” I reply, voicing my deepest, most hidden thoughts for the first time. “It isn’t impossible. If they were open to a merger, it could work.”

Oop-. Hes clearly thought about this for some time now.

For years now, Celeste’s grandfather has been poaching our staff, sabotaging deals, and just outright slandering Grandma left and right.

Ooohhh. What a dick.

Knowing that, wouldn’t it be best to just let things be?” “Perhaps.” It’s true that us being together would be too difficult, too costly.

Mmmm. The heart wants what it wants.

I gently cup her face, and she sighs as she leans into me, her own hand finding its way to my chest. She places her palm over my heart, and it instantly beats faster for her. Always for her.

Aaww. That boy In loovveeee.

I can’t compete with twenty years’ worth of bad memories. I’m not sure why I thought I could, but you and I… how could this possibly end in anything but disaster?”

You could try. Try buildng and earning trust. Small steps.

“I don’t know,” she whispers, as her hand slides up from my chest until she’s got it wrapped around the back of my neck. “I don’t know, Zane, but I do know that I want you.” Fuck. Fuck.

Lol. Hes about to crack.

“You’ll be the death of me, Celeste Harrison,” I whisper before tightening my grip on her and pulling her close, taking those pretty red lips and making them mine.

Aaawww. He gives me Xaden vibess lowkey. Fourth Wing girlies get it.

“I missed you,” I whisper before recapturing her sexy little mouth, unable to keep the words buried. Not just in recent weeks, when we weren’t speaking, but in the years she was away.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwww.🥹♥️♥️

“We should slow down,” I tell her, hating every word. I want her desperately, but I don’t want to fuck things up with her. Not again.

Well. At last he’s trying to think with his brain. Lol.

She lifts her gaze to look at me as she slips her fingers underneath the waistband of my boxer shorts, and I nearly fucking stop breathing. “I need you, Zane. Please. I want this. I want you.”

Oop-. He gon pass out if you dont stop. Lmaaoo

How the fuck am I supposed to say no to that? I can’t. What my goddess wants, she gets. I look into her eyes as I push her silky panties aside, my cock fucking throbbing

Ooooo. Lmaaooo. They gon do the nasty.🤭

She was beautiful when we were younger, but nothing could’ve prepared me for the woman in front of me today. She truly is a goddess, and fuck, I’m not worthy.

Period. We need more men like this.👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🥰

She moans and buries a hand in my hair, gripping tightly. “Let me worship you,” I plead, desperate to show her I’m no longer the clumsy and inexperienced virgin she remembers.

Lmaaoo. Ommggg. Wait, im blushing 🤭and smiling. This is so cute ! They were each other firsts without even knowing it and now they're back. Omggg.🥹👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

I drag my tongue around her clit. She’s as delicious as I remember her being — I thought I’d dreamed it up, but no, she’s still my favorite dessert.

🤭Teehee.

“I can’t,” she moans. “I want to feel you inside me, Zane. I haven’t been able to think of anything but you for weeks now. I need you, please.”

Girl..stop with this begging stuff...feed the man !😂

“And I need you to come on my tongue first, my sweet goddess. Come for me, and I’ll let you have my cock.”

Welp.. If he wanna eat...let him. 😂🤭Teehe.

“Celeste,” I murmur as I thread my hand through her hair and grip tightly, my other hand on her waist. “If I take you now, you’re mine. Do you understand? No more messing around, no games.”

Very Windsor male of you. Lol. I expect nothing less darling.

“Tell me you understand.” “I’m yours, Zane. I think I always have been.” Fuck. I push into her another inch,

Look at that. The enemies are becoming loveeerrssss.🤭♥️

“I’m going to fuck you, Celestial, and then we’re going to talk. We’re going to figure out how to make this work, how to actually communicate with each other. We’re going to find a way to face our past and future together.”

♥️. ENERGGYYYYY.♥️

“Mine,” I tell her as I pull halfway out, only to thrust back into her hard and fast, my control slipping in my need to have her. Finally, fucking finally, she’s mine.

EEEEEPPPP🤭♥️. Im here for this. Truly. Oh I love this so much ! Im gonna be sad when they become enemies again.🤦🏾‍♀️

All I know is that I don’t remember a version of me without you. I realized I had feelings for you when we were sixteen, but by then, the dynamics of our relationship had been set in stone,

Woow. Cute.