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“Gone? Oh no, my sweet little bird, my obsession with you has only gotten worse.”
With a groan, I slide down until my butt hits the floor. Bringing my knees to my chest, I rest my forehead on them and wrap my arms around my legs. Curled in a tight ball, I let the tears flow. I cry over my battered heart. I weep over my broken trust. I mourn over my bleak future. How am I supposed to move past Hayden’s lies? Is that even possible? I have no idea. The frightful unknown mixes with agony to create an unbearable anxiety.
The man follows me into my dreams. Turning them into nightmares.
Calista has a goodness in her that the vileness of her trauma hasn’t been able to kill. The purity of her heart is what I discovered and then sought to protect all those months ago.
Without her resistance, I cradle her to my chest and breathe in her scent, the floral perfume filling my senses.
“I won’t let you leave,” I whisper against her skin. “I warned you that I wanted to own you, and I do. Every single piece of you belongs to me now.”
“Your capacity for forgiveness confuses me, but I need it,” I say. “I’ll never apologize for protecting you because your life is all that matters to me. However, I’m sorry for hurting you.”
But Calista is so much more than my lover. She’s the woman I care for. And my future wife.
“It’s because you’re so fucking wet,” he says. “You might think you hate me, but your body tells me otherwise.”
“Never argue with an attorney. You won’t win.”
“You think I don’t know that? Something inside me fucking died when I saw you lying there, covered in blood.” I reach for Calista, taking her face between my hands and forcing her to look up at me. “I don’t think you realize what that did to me, how it’s still killing me.”
Good thing she went to the doctor I suggested, the one that I coerced into giving Calista a saline shot instead of the actual Depo. I’m going to put a baby in her. If not tonight, then soon…
Last time I gave her a “pearl necklace,” but this time I want to give her a baby. My baby.
“I think it’s profound. You’re irreplaceable. I’d be an idiot to think I could have this with another woman, when I’ve never wanted anything more than a quick fuck. Until you.”
“Calista, I don’t know what I’d do because I’ve never been in love. But if you were to admit your feelings for me, I would cherish and protect them until I die.” “That’s very similar to a marriage vow.” He gives me a secret smile. “Give it time.”
The first glimpse of the black ink has me gasping, but I nearly scream when I yank it back completely. Mrs. Bennett. The tattoo is a beautiful script, one that I would’ve picked if given the choice. Only I wasn’t.
bathroom. Having a quiet moment wasn’t actually peaceful, but when it comes to him, nothing is. Except the times I trusted him completely. I release a wistful sigh. Before I knew he was my stalker, I was tumbling head over heels in love with him. Even now, I’m probably a lost cause, but something inside me is holding on to my independence.
The thin straps leave my injury free of chafing, which is one of the reasons I chose it. The other is to avoid giving Hayden the wrong idea by wearing a silky teddy. He can’t keep his hands off of me as it is. With a frown, I recall my inability to say no to him. Every time he’s initiated sex with a demanding kiss or a light caress, my fortitude melts like a snowflake in the palm of my hand.
“Hayden, please. I need you to take this seriously. I can’t have sex with you while my emotions are a mess.” And while I’m pissed about this tattoo.
I’m not going. * * * I’m going.
“All I see is you. All I want is you. When I’m not with you, I can’t think. You’ve fucking wrecked me, but I don’t care. Not if it means I get to have you.”
“What’s for breakfast?” I ask. “Pussy.”
“I didn’t want to love you, Callie, but fuck me, I do. Possessively. Irrevocably. Completely.”
“Sometimes people have more than one side to them. The one they show the world and the one they keep hidden. That doesn’t mean you can’t love part of them.” “I don’t know how to love in pieces. When I give someone my heart, I share all of it.”
“I’m coming for you, motherfucker.”
I’m in love with an insane man.
“Fuck that guy. No one touches you and lives.”
If she thinks I stalked her before, she has no idea what’s coming.
“You could do worse than him. He’s Hayden Bennett of House Judicial, the First of His Name, King of the Law, Wrecker of Pussies, the Father of Calista Baristas, the Attorney of the Great Courtroom, the Breaker of Hearts.”
“If you told me to crawl, I would. If you told me to die for you, I would. And if you tell me to live for you, I will.” He presses his cheek against my thigh with an exhale. “I’ll do anything for you and this baby, Callie.”
