“Do you want to drive me f*****g insane?” He demanded before I could answer his first question.
I was startled by his sudden change in tone of voice. If I was being honest, that’s exactly what I wanted to do to him.
“Or is it that you enjoy showing your body to me?” he questioned as one of his hand travelled up my legs. I shivered from the electric heat of his touch. “I’m still very much a man Isabella. Be very careful of what you’re trying to stir up. If you cross the line, there is no turning back. I take what I want and I don’t stop until I’ve gotten it all. Believe me, there would not be a single inch of your body untouched when I’m done with you.”
My breath tangled in my throat and I had to gasp in order to breathe again.
He gripped my shoulders with both hands and shook my body while his eyes dug into my soul. “Answer me. What is it that you want from me?”
I glared at him. What did I want?
I wanted a husband that was loyal to me. A man that wanted me. A man that wasn’t still in love with his ex-wife. A man that belonged to me and didn’t feel the need to turn to his mistress at night. A man that adored and loved me. I wanted the man in Hunter that I knew was hidden deep down inside of him.
There was so much that I wanted to say but for some reason the words couldn’t come out of my mouth.
Hunter frowned when I didn’t say anything. I tried to push his body away from me but he wouldn’t let me. His hands clamped onto my wrist and held them still.
“Let me go.” I hissed. “I refuse to be intimate with someone that runs to his mistress and sleeps with her when he already has a wife!”
I was annoyed by the confused look on Hunter’s face. What was there to be confused about? I saw the woman leave his study. I heard what she had to say to me. Then what could he possibly be confused about?
“You’re speaking about Alice?”
“Is there any other mistress that I should know about?” I snapped angrily.
He shook his head. “I didn’t… I didn’t sleep with Alice last night. I don’t know why you would think that.”
I gave him an incredulous look. “Do I look like a joke to you?” I demanded. “I saw her leave your study yesterday. I came to your room like a fool thinking that you might need someone to talk to. Only to find out that you were in there with your mistress while you both embraced each other.”
I still remembered the way I felt after seeing him with that woman and hearing what she had to say to me. The strong feelings were enough to dampen the pleasure of having our bodies pressed together, it was the extra fuel I needed to keep going and not back down.
There was a hint of realization on his face now and it annoyed me. The fact that he remembered meant that it actually really did happen. I didn’t want to admit it but a small part of me was hoping that he would deny all of this and prove me wrong.
now I was angry at myself for hoping for the best. I knew from the start of the kind of person that he truly was. I should have never expected anything different. I knew better now.
I was angry when I shifted my gaze back to his. I tried to move my hands again but they were still pinned by him.
“Let me go.” I threatened when he wouldn’t say anything.
………
***HUnTER***
I tried to understand Isabella. She seemed genuinely upset about Alice. I didn’t think my mistress would make her feel any type of way unless …
I scanned her face, searching for answers. I wanted to tell her the truth. I wanted to see the reaction on her face when she heard what I had to say about what really happened last night.
I pushed her arms back and pressed them against the bed with one hand. “Listen to me.” I insisted with a penetrating gaze. “nothing happened between Alice and me yesterday.”
nothing happened because my body wouldn’t let me. Ever since you came into my life I’ve been f*****g screwed. You’ve awakened a part of me that should be dead. A part of me that I’ve worked so hard to get rid of. I want it to be gone. I want it to be gone because I don’t want to feel again. I don’t want to put myself through the pain again. for that reason, I will not tell you this. I’ll keep this truth to myself. Because Isabella, I will die before I let myself love another woman again.
I swallowed and took a close long look at her beneath me. I knew that if anything ever happened to her I would never be able to forgive myself. It would haunt me for the rest of my life. She was beautiful, so breathtakingly beautiful. But more than any of that, Isabella Cross was innocent and pure. She had spirit and strength; there were so many things about her that stood out to me, things that would forever leave a scar in my body.
She was still quiet beneath me after trying a couple of times to break free from my hold. no matter how hard she tried, I couldn’t find it in myself to let her go. I wanted to hold on tight and keep her close. But at the same time, another part of me screamed danger every time I came into contact with her.
Her long lashes framed her beautiful eyes as she peered up at me with parted lips. I could tell that she was finding it hard to trust the words Id spoken about my mistress. The fact that she’d seen Alice hugging me wasn’t helping my case either.
“Even if you turned her down yesterday, what will stop you from going to her another time?” She asked. “She’s still your mistress. That’s what mistresses are there for, you said it yourself.”
I searched her eyes, she was holding back a lot of emotions from me and I wanted to know what they were. Something told me that I wouldn’t be prepared for it however. So I decided to leave it alone at least for now. If I answered Isabella and told her the truth then that would leave room for other discussions that I wasn’t willing to have with her. I was trying to keep her away from me for the sake of both of us.
Her frown deepened when I didn’t answer her and I wasn’t prepared for the strength in which she used to push me away this time. I fell on my back onto the bed and peered up at her with hooded eyes. Isabella’s body was perfection; I had to stifle a g***n at the strong need to have her under my body while I claimed every single part of her own. Seeing her outside in the open for everyone to see her precious bare skin had taken a toll on me. In fact, I wanted to murder anyone who’d looked at her whether intentionally or not. One said person was none other than my best friend. They were a little too friendly with each other for my liking.
The thought of her laughing and talking to another man was too much for me to take.
“f**k.” I growled as Isabella turned around and gave me a full view of her naked a*s.
I couldn’t stop myself as I rushed forward and placed my hand over hers on the door handle. I heard her gasp as I pressed her body up against the door.
I was quiet as I pressed my lips to the side of her neck and lingered there for a few seconds. God, her scent was so captivating that it took me a while to gather my train of thoughts. Just like before, every muscle and bone in my body was screaming for me to bite down so hard that she screamed my name.
“Alice is no longer my mistress.” I whispered against her ear. “I told her that I just wanted her to be my house planner from now on. That is all that she is. Whether you believe me or not, the choice is yours.”
I didn’t know what made me say those words after convincing myself not to do it just a few minutes ago.
Before I had a chance to ponder more on that thought Isabella turned around to face me with wide eyes.
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