Page 84 of My Sweet Poison
His throat worked as he swallowed. “Answer me...please.”
I blinked. “You said please.”
“I did.”
“Yes.”
“Yes, what.”
“Yes, he hit me.”
“More than once?”
“Yes.”
He inhaled through his nose as his lip curled. “I’ll kill him.”
I frowned and leaned forward, the water shifting around me. Placing my hand over his where it rested on the edge of the tub, I said softly, “He’s already dead, Pierce.”
He flipped his hand and captured mine. “You of all people should know that nothing gets in the way of something orsomeoneI want…not even death.”
A chill ran over my skin despite the warmth of the water. I pulled my hand back, surprised when he let it go. “What is that supposed to mean?”
He lowered his chin and pinned me with an intense look. “You know damn well what that means.”
Just then an ungodly crack of thunder, so loud the very foundations of the house shook, startled me so badly I screamed.
At that moment, Pierce leapt into the tub with me.
I screamed again as he grabbed my shoulders, pulling me up to meet his face.
“You beautiful, innocent creature, do you have any idea what this means?”
His eyes were wide and wild, lit with an unholy fire.
Before I could respond, his mouth fell on mine. His tongue thrust inside and he clasped my wet body to his chest, wrapping his arm around my back and fisting my hair at the nape of my neck.
He kissed me until there was no breath left in me.
When he pulled back, my lips were bruised and swollen. “You’re not just mine now. You’ve always been…just mine.”
He laughed. The sound slightly unhinged and maniacal.
“I’m not yours. I never was.”
He laughed harder. “You were always mine.”
The tub was so large he could flip us around until I was straddling him.
I tried to climb out, but he held firm. “You’re insane.”
He pulled me down until my breasts were pressed against his chest. With his free hand, he reached between us and freed his cock. He positioned himself at my entrance.
There was nothing I could do to stop him. I didn’t want to.
He wrapped his hand around my neck.
As he slowly pushed inside me, he rasped against my ear, “Don’t worry, babygirl. I was going to let him live…but now…I’m going to personally kill the bastard…just for you.”
