Page 34 of Gilded Goddess


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On several occasions, I’d overheard Athena and my mom talking about another woman’s perfume Athena smelled on Adrian’s shirt. Lipstick she’d spotted on his collar. The late nights and all the sneaking around. My dad was equally secretive and probably cheated on my mom, too.

“So you married my dad for revenge?”

Athena nods. “The note your mother wrote is real. She begged me to work with Alexander to take down Belen. It's not like I needed much convincing after discovering what she did to my ex-husband. And the poison…” She shakes her head. “That bastard deserved the same slow and painful death he gave Cora.”

“Cora and Adrian deserved justice for what he’d done to them,” Alexander says. “Your mother couldn’t reverse her fate, but she wanted to save you from that monster.”

“So I seduced your father,” Athena interrupts. “Belen had shown interest in me after Cora got sick. I used his heartbreak and the note from your mom to escalate our plans.”

I sniffed back more tears. “So he’s really dead?”

Another nod.

“And you killed him?”

“No,” Atlas cuts in, “that was the handiwork of The Serpents.”

My eyebrows tip up in question. “The street gang that hangs out at your bar?”

“It’s not my bar anymore,” Atlas confesses. “I sold it to get the information we needed. But yeah. Those Serpents.”

“Wow,” I mouth, still shocked by all the news. “And the will? Is that real?”

“Yes,” Athena says. “I never intended to take away your inheritance.”

“The clubs are yours,” Alexander says, rising from the couch to stride toward me. “And I’m returning to Olympus to work with you again.”

He smiles so wide it reaches his blue eyes. We are physically so different. Me with my dark hair and eyes, and him with his light hair and pretty blue eyes, yet when he smiles, I see myself in him. We even have the same dimple on our right cheeks.

My entire world has shifted in a matter of hours. Since the day my dad brought Athena home, I knew something was wrong. I felt it in my gut and chose to ignore it because I was too busy falling in love with three irresistible men.

Epilogue

ARES

Olympus is packedon Saturday nights, and tonight is no exception. I walk through the door on the arms of my men and head downstairs to The O Club, our haven from the world. We’ve come a long way in the past six months. But Apollo still has rules, and I don’t mind following them.

As usual, we enter my office and put on our masks. This is one of many reasons Apollo feels so comfortable at the club. No one here judges him, not like anyone does outside these walls. But when he’s here, he feels comfortable, and that’s important to his healing process.

Ares smacks my ass on the way to the private room I reserve for us every week. “You make my cock so fucking hard, little dragon. Goddamn, woman. I can’t wait to be inside you.”

He likes it when I dress up, and we all get to play this game. The three of them work well as a team and are amazing at making my fantasies come to life.

As soon as the door locks, Apollo says, “Get on the bed, Mistress.” He points at the mattress covered with black silk sheets and fluffy pillows. “Take off your clothes.”

I know he needs to be the one giving orders. So I strip off my shirt and bra and throw them onto the floor. My hand trembles a little when my fingers brush the waistband of my shorts. I still get self-conscious undressing in front of them, but it’s getting easier. They make me feel safe and loved, and I know they’re not judging me.

I slide my shorts and panties down and spread my legs for him. He hisses, running a hand across his jaw as he looks at my pussy. Since I know he likes watching me, I spread myself open with my fingers and give him a good show.

“Do you want to touch me, Apollo?” I moan with each pump of my fingers. “Do you want to taste me?”

It took three months before he kissed my skin. Another month before he licked my pussy. After five months of letting Apollo take the reins, we finally had sex last month. It was the first time for Apollo in over four years. And it was magical, explosive, and completely mindblowing.

Naked and looking hotter than ever, Apollo crosses the room and kneels on the floor between my thighs. He knocks my hand away and inches two fingers inside me, biting his lip when he feels my slickness. “You’re so wet for us, Mistress.”

“I’m always wet for you,” I whimper, leaning back on my elbows and spreading my legs wider to change the angle.

Ares and Atlas get on the bed behind me. They tug on my arms and flatten me onto my back, each sucking a nipple into their mouth.

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