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You didn’t grasp what Lex told me earlier?
“Obviously not. Just because I’m your Astra doesn’t mean I can read your mind every fucking second.”I bet he was rolling his eyes at me.
Lex has a twin sister.
“Huh?”There was the same confusion and shock I’d dealt with earlier.
We’ll talk about it in detail later. Feel free to appease yourself with my memories of the past thirty minutes or whatever allotted time we’ve spent catching up.
“Hmph.”That was all he could say as the news left him feeling stumped.
See you in a bit… and don’t fucking shoot me like you did last year.
“Oh don’t worry,”he commented.“I’ll make sure Lexianne shoots you.”
Between you and me, I think you’re the one who deserves to be shot.
“Nah. I deserve to know how it feels to be pushed off a cliff,”he muttered and added,“And, I guess, stabbed with a knife. Fuck. Sometimes I really am an idiot.”
Glad we can agree on something,
“Fuck you.”
Remember who you’re talking to.
“I’ll be talking to a coward if you stall for one more fucking minute.”
Fucking ass.
“Must feel nice to insult yourself.”
I mentally brushed him out of my mind and took one more deep breath and let it out. Straightening my stance, I finally turned around only to realize why Lex hadn’t said anything.
She’s asleep.
The sight left me feeling rather stunned in this tranquil moment of silence. Even as I approached—my steps slow and as quiet as possible—my eyes couldn’t move away from the woman who leaned against the headboard to rest her head.
Her inhales were slow, her shoulders moving up and down just slightly which only reminded me that she carried my jacket upon her shoulders. When I reached her, that addicting scent of lavender teased my nostrils, and I was forced to acknowledge just how alluring this new version of her was to me.
Those long strands of neon pink were more striking as her black strands had really thinned out while the original tinsel white strands had multiplied. Her tanned flesh, her mesmerizing tattoos and beautiful incantations, and the bold aura that still danced around her even in her weak state took my breath away.
I knew this was the chance to wake her up and discuss everything, and yet I couldn’t bring myself to do it. To wake her from her slumber that I knew was dreamless. This was her chance to get a glimpse of recovery before she was forced to dive back into our harsh world to face the new challenges ahead.
Every minute was precious and in peril of causing a domino effect of negativity if I didn’t get my ass moving, but fuck.
I can’t do it.
Somehow I ended up on one knee before her, and that only gave me a different viewpoint of her glorious beauty. I yearned to kiss her so badly, the thought contributing to the twitch of my cock yet again, but compared to the man of power and dominance that slipped into her dreams and delivered immense pleasure, I currently couldn’t disrespect her boundaries.
Not until we confront what we seek from one another from this point onward.
I had to determine whether we were now lovers or enemies. If she could remain at my side even though I’d been such a blinded fool to all that was happening behind the scenes. I doubted she sought my protection, especially when we went to the site for this deal, which left me asking myself what did she want?
What can I give her that she can’t give to herself?
Despite the frustration such a question gave me, it also kindled a challenge that yearned to be fulfilled.
Very slowly, I reached out to gently take her hand in mine. Her warmth was refreshing against my cold hand, and I wondered if she liked holdings hands to begin with. Would she want to do that in public? Was I even ready to openly show that I was with someone in the mafia world?
