It Breaks Me (Betrayal, #2)

by Penelope Sky

I was fucking Prince Charming…except when I fucked her like the devil.

“I would die for you, baby. In a heartbeat.” Her eyes moved back to mine. “And I promise I will never hurt you.”

“I promise I will be faithful to you. I promise I will be honest with you. I promise I will protect you. I will be the best husband there ever was—if you give me a chance.” I spoke my vows to her in that café instead of in the church, but it felt better this way, just the two of us, both broken.

“I don’t want to marry you, because…I don’t want to be in that position again…where you can hurt me. I refuse to let you hurt me again. I’ve turned off my heart and locked it in a cage, but I’m afraid you’re going to find the key and break in.” “I will find the key, baby.”

And I married her.

“I’m not sleeping without you.” He raised his voice now, not quite yelling, but the increase in decibel was still terrifying. “I can’t go back now. I want you in my arms, every fucking night, until we die. End of story.”

His hand went to my stomach, and he cupped it, even though there was nothing there. “We’ll have our own babies, and I’ll be the best father there ever was. My love will be unconditional, and they’ll never wonder if I’ll be there for them. They’ll know there’s nothing they could ever do to lose me.”

He gave an angry sigh. “I loved you then, and I love you now. And all that time in between, I still loved you.

“Trust me,” he said. “I’d die for you. I’d kill for you. I love you more than any man has ever loved a woman. I’m so fucking in love with you it makes me want to explode. Don’t let the past interfere with this moment…because it’s real.” My

“You know my heart. You know my soul. You have my fucking back, always have.” His fingers dug deeper into my hair. “And I have yours—always. I want you to say it back, but if you can’t, it’s okay. Because I know you…I know your heart, your soul, all of you. And I know you feel the same way.”