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"How did it happen? Tell me."
"Wrong place, wrong time. I got caught up in a gang war. Was taken prisoner by a rival gang and made an example of. They whipped me so hard I almost died."
"Oh, god," she gasps.
"It was the best thing that could have happened."
"Wh-what do you mean?"
"When they realized I was barely breathing, they panicked and ran. The cops found me, admitted me to the hospital—"
"Which is where Knight found you."
"I made him promise he wouldn’t tell anyone what I’d been up to." I release her hands, only to place my palms on her shoulders.
"He came through for you." She swallows.
"In more ways than one." I firm my shoulders. "He managed to get the charges against me dropped, then pulled more strings to secure me a chance to try out for the local club cricket team. Which gave me a chance to try out for the national team later.”
"And look where you are now."
"With my hands all over your delectable body." I smirk.
She scowls. "Don’t do that; don’t cheapen things between us."
"Just because I told you what I went through doesn’t change anything between us."
The skin between her eyebrows furrows. "Why do you fight what you feel for me?"
I scoff, "Because I feel nothing for you. Except lust, maybe. That’s all you’re good for. A good shag. Is that what you want from me? Is that why you’re pretending to empathize with what happened to me?"
21
Abby
I ignore the part where he said he feels nothing for me and push it down so he won’t see how he’s hurt me. Again. He’s hurt; that’s why he wants to hurt me, but damn if I’m going to be the person doing the hurting.
"I’m not pretending anything. I am genuinely sorry, as I’ve told you over and over again."
He tilts his head. "Enough to make me your first? Is that your plan? You draw me in with your remorse, then use your virginity to make me confess to having feelings for you—where none exist?"
I blow out a breath. "I was upset with the state of your back, and I think I’ve paid my dues for what happened, don’t you think?"
I begin to rise to my feet, but he grips my shoulders so I’m unable to move.
"You don’t think I’m letting you go that easily, do you?"
"What do you want, a blow job? Or perhaps, you want to fuck me in the arse or take my pussy so hard that I see stars? Or perhaps, you want all three?"
His gaze narrows. "Perhaps, I want something else this time." His eyes gleam. His features form into an expression I can’t quite interpret.
"What do you mean?"
"Maybe, it’s time I give you what you want for a change, hmm?"
I blink. "I’m not sure I understand what you mean."
He releases me, and I rise to my feet. Only he follows me up. He unfolds himself, and I tilt my head back, then further back, as he straightens to his full height.Damn, he’s tall.Standing this close, with him looming over me, I’m struck anew by the power writ into every angle of his muscular body. Heat flushes my skin. A throbbing pulse grips my pussy. The arousal radiates out to my extremities with such force I can taste the need to have him inside of me. There’s no one else in the world who can turn me on like this, and my subconscious knows it. Has always known it. It’s why I held out for him. It’s why I never slept with any other man. Oh, there had been enough opportunities to do so after I left home. I even dated for a while and convinced myself I should take those men to bed, but I couldn’t. They weren’t Cade. I’ve belonged to him from the moment I set eyes on him. It’s why I stayed a virgin until he came back into my life.
