Tempted by Deception (Deception Trilogy, #2)

by Rina Kent

“If anyone touches you again, I’ll make sure it’s their last time to touch anyone.”

“Just you and me. I like that.”

“You asked when I’d be done. The answer is never. I’ll never be done with you, Lenochka.”

“What does that mean?” “What does what mean?” “Lenochka?” “Bright light.”

Lia isn’t the other woman. She’s the woman.

“Scars mean you are alive and strong enough to survive.” He kisses the top of my head. “I’ll worship each of your scars until you’re able to face them, Lenochka.”

I meant it when I said that I don’t believe in justice, but I do believe in an eye for an eye. Blood for fucking blood.

“I won’t let you break me,” I manage between strangled pants. “If you wanted an obedient pet, you should’ve gotten a different wife.”

“No! You’ve taken so much from me already. I will not hand you my last pieces. So if you want to whip me to death, do it. I will not say those words, even with my last breath.”

He took away my freedom. I’m taking away his pleasure.

Unlike my mother, I won’t hurt my son for my own gains. If anything, I’ll burn the world if anyone so much as gets near him or his mother.

I fell in love with the devil despite his monstrous nature.

“Have you ever loved me, Adrian?” He pauses as if the question is alien to him, but he doesn’t reply. Fresh tears stream harder at the answer he indirectly gives me. He hasn’t. Or, more accurately, he doesn’t know what love means. Never has and never will. “Because I loved you.” I lay a palm over my heart and fist the material of my dress. “And it’s killing me every day.”