Page 136 of Venom Sweeter than Honey
Winnow’s brows are in her hairline. “Sacred fuck, that was incredible.”
Gideon snorts a laugh.
I clear my throat, lifting my chin even as I try to catch my breath.
“It was... satisfactory.”
By some gravitational force, my eyes are drawn to Azrael. Where I expect jealousy, I find a soft grin and a longing that stirs my heart.
His gaze lingers on mine before stepping forward and gesturing towards Winnow and Gideon’s as though their home is his own.
“Shall we?”
LEVI
Beau’s grinning from ear to ear as he and a much more reserved Gertie make their way towards me. His arms wrap around me in a bear-like hug as he pats me on the back. “Good to see you, brother. How’s the she-devil soulmate?”
“Like heaven in a dress.”
I don’t bother to explain that Azrael severed our bond because it’s fucking irrelevant. That woman is mine, bond or not.
His brows leap at my blatant admission.
“Damn... It’s like that?”
As in, you’re actually happy about it and going to put your heart into the hands of another person?
I hesitate briefly, holding his gaze before responding, not out of doubt but at the gravity of that realization.
“Sure is.”
Beau takes his hat off as if needing a moment to pay due reverence at such a revelation.
“Well, shit, man. I’m happy for you.”
I manage a subdued smile before my attention shifts to Gertie. She studies me with narrowed eyes.
“You seem different.”
“Guess you could say that.”
Beau gives her a dazzling, lopsided grin. Motherfucker could charm a shark with that thing. “Meeting the woman of your dreams will change a man.”
Sure as fuck does.
Gertie rolls her eyes at him as she gives a noncommittal, “Hm.”
Her reaction annoys me.
Gertie, as a whole-fucking-person, annoys me.
She means well, but she’s had Beau by the balls since the day she stepped foot on Gideon’s ranch, years ago.
Notbecause she hasn’t fucked him, but because he’s madly in love with her and she won’t give him a chance.
The man hasn’t so much as sneezed in another woman’s direction since he met her, despite the fact that he could get any girl he wants.
Except Gertie, apparently.
