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“I ca—”
“You can’t. You’ve failed to protect me so far. You couldn’t kill the man who’s been hunting me all this time. You only just discovered his name—The Abyss.”
“No one else has been able to find him either.”
“Andrea figured his name out within a week and told me a few days ago. It took you months,” she confesses.
I open my mouth again, but she slays me with her words first. “And I’ll never love you. I never did, and I never will. I could never love a man that kills so mercilessly. A man so grumpy and sour. A man who can’t see the beauty in the world and is still hung up on a dead woman. A man—”
I shut her up by slamming my lips down on her. Her open, mid-sentence mouth lets my tongue easily slip inside and find hers. I kiss her with all I have and wait.
One.
Two.
Three.
Four.
Four seconds—that’s how long she allows our tongues to tangle together before she pushes me away.
I release her from my hold.
I let her realize how badly she wants me despite having two other men she wants for different reasons. She could pick any other man on the planet, and they’d be kneeling at her feet, worshipping her every move.
And yet, she wants me.
“Fuck you, Lennox. I hate you!”
“Tell that to your body.” My gaze burns up and down her, seeing all the proof I need that she wants me. She hates me, but I still have a chance to change that. As much as I used to think differently, I’m the best man for her.
I can protect her and her baby better than Andrea can. And I can love her more than Kit can. She just doesn’t see it yet. I spent all of our relationship hating her and thinking I would never fall in love with her—how foolish I was.
She hammers her fists against my chest as if angry that I caught her in a lie. She’s mad that I figured her out. She’s confused as hell and can’t make any choice. She loves us all and hates us all for different reasons.
But she’s most frustrated with me. She wants to love me but doesn’t know how. She wants to trust me with her and her baby’s life but doesn’t know how.
I let her pound her fists into my chest. I let her get out some of that frustration before I crash my lips down on hers again.
This time she’s ready for me. Her teeth sink down into my bottom lip until my blood spills into both of our mouths. Instead of letting go, I grab her thighs and pull her up, until she’s forced to wrap her legs around my waist.
Our lips are still smashed together, both of our eyes open and locked on each other.
Finally, she pulls her lips free. “I hate you.” She spits my blood in my face.
It doesn’t phase me. I love how she fights it. I love how she fights me, how she shows me her strength.
“I know, baby, I know. You hate me.”
I lean down, and she slaps me across the cheek. I back her against the wall, boxing her in with my body. I need to push her to the limits, so she’ll realize her decision is madness. Andrea is the last person she should choose. Anyone else would be better. In the end, she’ll realize I’m her match in every way.
Her neck cranes up, and our lips hover again. I’m not touching her, but her lips rise as if she wants to kiss me again but won’t allow herself to.
So I close the gap, but this time, I don’t crash down on her. Our lips brush together, sending tingles through our bodies, igniting spark after spark all the way to our toes.
“Why do you even want me if you know I hate you?” she whispers, her voice needy and breathy.
My gaze cuts through hers. “You can only hate me this much because you love me.”
