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“I’m not telling you anything you don’t already know, Santos. I mean, look at you.” I motion to his chest. “Who looks like that unless they’ve lived their lives committing horrific acts!”
His hands clench. What I’m saying is getting to him. So, I push.
“You’re a violent man who has lived a violent life. Here is more proof.” I hold up my hand, palm toward him.
His jaw tenses. He’s on the verge of losing control. He clenches his teeth, one corner of his mouth curling upward. “What’s really bothering you?” he asks, and I know I’ve won. I’ve pushed him far enough to fight me. “What’s really the matter, Maddy?”
“Don’t you dare call me Maddy!” Only Odin calls me Maddy. He told me once Mom used to call me that too. I don’t remember though.
“Is it the fact that I don’t quite turn your stomach?” he taunts, cocking his head as he presses a hand to the middle of my belly and pins me to the door. “The fact that you want me? That you have wanted me all these years? Dreamt about me? About me fucking you?” he whispers that last part. “You can’t hide from that truth. I know you.”
“You don’t know me. Fuck off.”
“I don’t think so, sweetheart. You want to fight? Fine. I’ll give you a fight. But I want you fully present for it. Fully accountable.” He shifts his hand from my stomach to my arm and reaches around me to open the door. Val stands there awkwardly. I’m sure he’s heard everything. “We can’t have this conversation after you’ve drunk an entire bottle of wine. If you want to sleep in your own bed, fine by me. Just make sure you do sleep. We leave bright and early tomorrow morning.” Then to Val, he says, “Take her to her room.”
“What?” I ask. “Where are you taking me tomorrow?”
Santos smiles, takes hold of my jaw and plants a quick kiss on my mouth, too fast for me to bite. “Our honeymoon, sweetheart. You didn’t think I wouldn’t give you a honeymoon, did you?”
I open my mouth but before I can answer, he hands me off to Val and gestures for him to take me away, turning his back and closing the door before I’ve even taken a step.
