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I shrugged. “That’s perfectly fine, as long you keep the ‘toxicity as a defense mechanism for your fucking mommy issues’ music toyourself.I don’t want to hearthatshit.”
He pushed out a harsh breath through his nose, then took a step back, shaking his head. Without looking back, he walked off, mumbling somethingjustbeneath a volume that would indicate he wanted to be heard.
“Ofcourseyou can’t even talk shit with your whole chest,” I said to his back, then headed for the mirror to flip the switch that would clear the layer of steam from it. “Ahh!” I screamed, clutching a hand to my chest when Orion’s face appeared in the reflection, just inches from mine.
He was right behind me.
“That fucking mouth of yours,” he warned, leaning over me to plant his hands on the counter, boxing me in. His gaze locked mine in the mirror as he pushed against me. “Is going to get you in trouble.”
“People have said that to me all my life, and yet… here I am.Unchecked thus far.”
He grinned, then shifted so he was looking at me, and all I saw in the mirror was his profile as he dipped his face to the side of my head, speaking into my ear. “Give me time, Nala, we just met.”
He wasn’t expecting me to push back against him. His hand immediately went to my waist, holding me there like he thought I was falling. His dick was hard and prominent, enough to give me much-needed ammo I wasn’t even looking for.
I was just trying to get him to back off.
“Why don’t you just go ahead fuck me?” I asked, turning to face him. Before he could answer, my hand was between us, gripping him through his boxers.
He bit down on his lip, a move I immediately clocked as his way to avoid giving me an audible reaction to what was so clearly written on his face as he looked down at me. My chest was heaving, heart racing as he pushed against me again, forcing me to back up into the cold stone counter.
“I would, if I hadn’t decided to no longer fuck women who weren’t my wife.” He grabbed my left hand, lacing his fingers through it before lifting both in front him.
Fuck.
I had his goddamn ring on.
The grin that crossed his face was equal parts maddening and arousing and I had to believe he knew it.
Of course he knew.
“Soon enough,” he said, kissing the back of my hand before he dropped it. “I thought I told you that already.”
“This is the reason for the quickie wedding, isn’t it?” I asked, grasping for any possible blow. “You’ve already had your fingers in my pussy, so what’s the damn difference, huh? Premarital sex is kinda the standard now, you know?”
“Standardis not my go-to,” he replied. “And besides that, getting to fuck you has always just been a bonus in this arrangement. I’m marrying you sooner to protect y—my assets.”
I raised an eyebrow at his quick attempt at correction, shaking my head. “No, you were about to say it was to protectme. Protect me from what?”
“If you just opened your eyes, you wouldn’t need me to answer that question for you.”
“My eyes are wide open.”
He scoffed. “So you know your father is trying to sellNectarbefore you get him off the executive board, then?”
My mouth dropped.
What?
“Not the building, or the land, ’cause he already did that part. That’s why you’re in the position you’re in now,” Orion said, stepping back.
Thank God, ’cause I couldn’t breathe.
“The actualbusiness,” I managed to choke out, staring down at my hands.
They were shaking.
“I can make sure it doesn’t happen. If I say it’s untouchable, it’ll be untouchable,” he said. “But it’s a move that will raise eyebrows I don’t want raised… unless it’s a move I’m making for mywife.”
