Page 212 of Maddening Fixation

I pointed toward Egor’s lifeless body lying in a widening pool of blood.

“And now you’ve murdered my best friend because he tried to help me!”

Romeo’s gaze traveled slowly over me from head to toe.

Not with desire.

With contempt.

He gave a faint shake of his head.

“He put his hands on parts of your body he had no right to touch.”

His eyes locked onto mine, unblinking. “And still you call him innocent.”

Disgust hardened his features. “Which means you welcomed every second of it.”

His jaw flexed. “What a pathetic, shameful woman you are.”

The words landed like a slap.

“Put her on her knees.”

Two men immediately seized my arms from behind.

“No!”

I struggled, but it was useless.

They forced me down so hard my knees slammed painfully against the polished marble floor.

Pain shot through my legs.

Romeo crouched until we were eye level.

His expression remained frighteningly calm.

“Do you know why I fucked you...” His eyes held mine without mercy. “...but never kissed you?”

My heartbeat stumbled.

“Because being my wife doesn’t make me feel anything for you.”

His jaw tightened.

“I fucked you without affection, without tenderness, without even the slightest regard for who you were.”

His voice was cold.

“Exactly the same way I’d fuck any nameless bitch who meant nothing to me.”

Something inside me went painfully still.

The memory of that morning crashed into me.

The hunger in his touch.

The unexpected tenderness.