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Ava
Several hours earlier…
It’s been two weeks since the shooting, and I finally feel more like myself. Being home has helped. I never imagined I’d be one of those people who’d find themselves lost after a tragic event. But at some point, I have to suck it up, and what better day than today.
Today I’m having my first lesson shooting a gun. I want to know how to defend myself. I refuse to be a damsel in distress. Those days are gone, and I’m a Manarch now.
I stop staring at my reflection in the mirror when Viktor enters our bedroom. “You are stunning, Mrs. Manarch.”
“Thank you, Mr. Manarch.”
He drinks in my smile while announcing, “Everything is ready at the guardhouse.”
I beg for a delay when he pulls me in and kisses me. It’s a hot, steamy embrace that turns my brain to goop. As lust overwhelms me, my hands go to the buttons of his shirt. As much as I want to learn how to shoot, I’m desperate to feel his skin on mine and his lips exploring my body.
I inwardly moan when he murmurs over my mouth, “None of that.” When he takes my hand to lead us out of the bedroom, he murmurs, “I need you.”
“Now is theperfecttime.”
He chuckles, making me pout. “The doctor said you need rest.”
“He also said I’m ready to resumeallactivities.”
“That isnotwhat he said.”
“Then how about the fact you’re depriving me—”
Before all my whine can leave my mouth, he pins me to the nearest wall. I feel his desire for me, poking me in the stomach. This is what I’ve been waiting for—the moment he gives in.
“You need to be patient,” he whispers, his lips grazing my earlobe.
Too horny to think straight, I murmur, “I’m not sure I can anymore.”
My hands wander, but he catches them before they get to the true prize. “Perhaps if you do well in your lesson, I’ll give you a prize.”
I am instantly wet.
“Viktor,” I moan, the tension too much to bear.
“Behave, and I’ll make you scream my name.”
I close my eyes, savoring the image his rough tone brings into my head. It grows even more tempting when he softly bites my earlobe before dropping his lips to my neck. He kisses me for barely a second before he steps back, unpinning me from the wall, then continues walking. It takes me a moment to get air back in my lungs. Even though the doctor said we need to wait until I’m pain free, my need for him is winning. Pain has become an inconvenience.
We march downstairs to the back of the house. I giggle like a schoolgirl when I recall that the last time I came this way, I was trying to escape from Viktor.
Viktor peers at me curiously. “What’s so funny?”
“The last time I walked back here, I was trying to escape this place… you.”
“Yet here you are. The mother of our kids, my wife, and the most amazing woman I’ve ever met.”
His reply makes me swoon, but I keep a cool head. “Flattery won’t excuse you from not claiming me.”
He smirks as we reach the guardhouse. It’s annoying, but very much him, always needing the last word.
“Good afternoon, Mr. Manarch, Mrs. Manarch,” Marco greets as he opens the French doors at the back of the mansion.
“You don’t need to be formal, Marco. I’m still Ava.”
