Kill Switch (Devil's Night, #3)

by Penelope Douglas

“Yeah, was that the line you fed my mother to get her to leave?” she spat out. “That I was everything to you?” I flicked her lips with my tongue, so fucking hungry for her despite myself. “I told her the only way I could stay married to Ari for a year was if we were together as little as possible,” I said, both of us mouth to mouth and panting. “I told her that I wanted you,” I went on. “That you loved me, because there was no faking what happened in that fucking video, and I told her that I loved you, too, and I was sorry for stealing you the way I did, but it was the only way I could get close to you.” Her breath shook as she sucked it in between her teeth. “I told her that I never intended for anyone to see that video,” I admitted, “and I needed time. Time to convince you that you were mine and that you wanted to be mine. We just needed to be left alone.” It was true. I told her mother all those things. Things she wanted to hear. Things she wanted to believe. I married Ari to get into this house and because she was easy, but they all knew what I was really after. “I told her you’d be set for life,” I said, both of us rubbing on each other, “and I’d make all your dreams come true. You’ll dance and no doors will be closed to you ever again.”