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“I…I’m sorry.” Her eyes were huge in her face and filled with apology.
He hated that he was a joke to her, but he hated hurting her even more. He ran his fingers across her cheek and her mouth opened slightly. He wanted to grab her and hold her still while he unleashed his frustrations into this kiss but instead, he kissed her softly. She melted into him and he pressed against her, letting her feel how much he wanted her. How hard he was for her.
“Stop.” She pushed on his chest.
He kissed her again, harder this time. They weren’t playing but a safeword wasn’t only for kinky games. His hands grabbed her breasts, squeezing.
“Harker, stop,” she said against his lips. “Debug.”
“Fuck,” he almost growled before he forced himself to take a step back. It was only a small step, but even that was too much. He planted his hands on the wall by her head, needing to stay close to her.
“I…I can’t do this without knowing the truth. I started that contract on our wedding day. From the moment we said I do I was committed to being monogamous with you.” She slipped out from under his arm. “I know I wasn’t…I didn’t make our wedding night easy for you and I…I’ll…We can start the contract from here…from last night when we actually…became a couple but only if I know the truth.” Her big eyes were so unsure. “I need to know what happened that night.”
“Okay. I’ll tell you. Nothing at all happened that night.” He frowned. “I’m probably the only groom in the history of this planet that didn’t get laid on his wedding night.” There. Perfect. A little joke and most of the truth. She had to forgive him.
“You didn’t”—she waved her hands in front of her thighs—“with someone?”
“No.” He took a step toward her, unable to stay away.
“But…but you wanted to?”
“With you.” It was true. She’d been his first choice, and nothing had happened so there was no reason to mention Dahlia.
“But you came here so you meant to—”
“Fuck, Alison. What do you want me to say?” He ran his hand through his hair, wanting to tug it out. “I had just gotten married. My wife didn’t see me as a man. I was hurt. Angry. Yes, I came here to fuck someone”—he moved closer—"but I didn’t.”
“Why?” She stared up at him, but she didn’t run away, and he was taking that as a win.
“Because I wanted you.” That should satisfy her, and it wasn’t exactly a lie. He had wanted her on his wedding night; he still wanted her.
“But I was at home.”
“Passed out.”
“But if you wanted me, you wouldn’t have come here.”
“Alison, nothing happened.” He stared down at her. “Yes, I came here for sex, but I changed my mind.” Or it’d been changed for him, but that wasn’t important. The only thing that mattered was that he hadn’t had sex.
“Why?”
Her and her fucking ten thousand questions. “Because I thought of a way to make you want me.”
“What? How?”
“I went to Ethan’s office.” That was true. “He helped me realize that all I had to do was make you see me as a man, and I could have what I wanted. You.” He waited for the softening that his confession should bring but her nose wrinkled in thought.
“So you drove all the way over here and went to Ethan’s office to talk to him?”
“No.” Fuck. Right now her intelligence wasn’t very attractive. “I didn’t come here to talk to Ethan. It’s just what happened.”
“How did that happen? In a club full of beautiful, willing women how did the two of you end up in Ethan’s office…Oh.” Her eyes widened and then filled with hurt as she puzzled it out in her mind—erroneously again. “It wasn’t only you and Ethan, was it?”
He wasn’t letting her go down this path. “It was just me and Ethan. I swear.” He took a deep breath. “I’ll tell you everything.”
“Good.” She swallowed, seeming even more nervous than he was.
“I already admitted that I came here looking to get laid. I sat at the bar and had a drink. Katie came over and we talked.” It was time to sidetrack her a bit. “Her sister is pregnant, and their parents kicked her out. Katie is working extra shifts to pay the bills.”
