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“You caused pain before and after your death. If I could kill you again, I would.”
But I never would’ve guessed that Mr. Bennett, the prosecuting attorney who tried to imprison my father, would be the same man who also possessed a degree of chivalry. Or that he’d execute it on my behalf.
Family isn’t defined by a number of people or the social construct. It’s defined by the number of heartbeats, shared laughs, and a love that goes beyond borders or restrictions.
“No?” he parrots, his brow furrowing. “No, she will not have a job here. No, you will not hire her. If you do, then I will burn this motherfucker to the ground. With you inside.”
“Apologize to Miss Green for putting your filthy hands on her. Then apologize to me for touching what’s mine.”
“Stop looking at me like that.” I flick my gaze to his. “What?” “Stop looking at me like you want my hands on your body.” He inhales as if to keep a hold on himself, his knuckles turning white as he grips the steering wheel. “If I touch you, I won’t ever stop.”
I sneak a glance at him. “No one’s ever called me that.” “And no one else ever will.”
It’s a small way of possessing her. The first of many.
But when she moans my name, I nearly explode. And almost crash my car.
refuse to be alone in my obsession,” I grit out between clenched teeth. “You will suffer like me. I’ll accept nothing less. Then, maybe we can ease the desperation in one another as I fuck you until there’s nothing left of me, until I’ve lost myself in you so completely that I no longer recognize myself.”
“Dreaming of me?” I whisper. “You better fucking be.”
“I warned you,” I say. “I gave you a chance to walk away and you didn’t take it. Instead, you thought you could touch what’s mine. Fuck what’s mine. For that, there’s no devil in hell or god in heaven who can save you. Burn, motherfucker.”
“She is a person of great interest to me and should be shown the ultimate respect at all times. Whenever she requests to speak to me, you will contact me immediately and put all of my other plans on hold. There’s nothing and no one more important than her. Understood?”
It’s fortunate that she sought me out. I’m not sure how much longer I would’ve waited before kidnapping her.
I’ve been carrying around the pearls since that first night. She’ll get all of them back eventually. Given the number of times I’ve fucked myself because of her, it’ll be sooner rather than later.
“I want to possess more than your secrets, Callie. I want to possess you.”
“You belong to me, Callie. You have since the first time I saw you. I knew it then, and I’m telling you now, you’re mine.”
“Keep fighting me,” he says, his voice becoming guttural. “It only makes me want you more.”
“What about the fact that I don’t want you to experience pain in any capacity unless it’s the pain of my cock driving into your cunt? What about the idea that you’re hurt because you’re so fucking scared of me that you don’t realize I would kill someone to keep you safe? Fuck my car. I want your blood on it, my cock, and anywhere else that’d mark me as yours.”
“Because you’re in my blood, Callie. Underneath my skin. No matter how hard I try, I can’t cut you out without killing myself in the process.”
Hayden Bennett wants to fucking own me.
“Until then, I intend to convince you.” “Until then, I intend to resist you.”
“Don’t you have a guest room?” He nods. “I do, but you won’t be sleeping anywhere unless it’s with me.”
“I’ll fuse your broken pieces with mine.
Together, we’ll be whole, Callie.”
Living with Callie under my roof and in my bed without touching her is going to require supernatural assistance.
The photograph in my room is of Calista. One day I’ll tell her, but not tonight.
“That doesn’t sound normal for someone like him. Maybe he’s waiting for your vagina to heal? I mean he did dig into it like he was searching for gold or some shit.”
