you liked it.”
His reaction was instant. He slammed me back against the wall, his hands caging me on either side of my head. “You don’t want to push me right now, Julia.”
“Or what, Cole? You’ll take me back into the basement and let someone else try to strangle me?” I hissed.
Something hideous skittered across his face and it made my heart jump uncomfortably in my chest. For a moment it looked like he would try to explain himself, defend what he did, but he didn’t.
“I don’t want him staying here.”
“That’s not your call.” I looked him straight in the eye. The darkness behind his eyes called to me. It made my cunt so wet, the arousal dripped down onto my thighs. I wanted to rip his pants off.
“It is my call, Julia. Someone is trying to fucking murder you. We can’t have a bunch of people in the—”
“Oh, don’t try to make this about my safety. If it was about that you wouldn’t have taken me into that basement.” I don’t know why I kept bringing it up. Cole had saved me, I knew that, and it wasn’t his fault, but part of me wanted to hurt him. I wanted to wound him for standing at the end of my bed, looking at me like he didn’t give a fuck if I was okay or not.
“I would never intentionally put you in danger.” His words came out thick and hard, as if they meant nothing to him. But I could read through them.
I swallowed the lump in my throat. “Vic and Chris are staying.”
His gaze hardened and I felt his cock pulse through the jeans he wore.
He likes this.
“No.”
I pushed at his chest. “You don’t get to make decisions like that just because you’re jealous.”
He gripped my chin between two fingers. “Julia, have you forgotten? I get to do whatever the hell I want.” A cold smile spread across his lips.
“Not anymore. Money can’t buy you everything. Remember?”
“They’re not staying.”
“Have you seen Elaine in the last two days?” The words made him stop short. His breathing halted. “Have you?” I demanded. Elaine in a tight black dress flashed through my mind. “ How many times have you done this, Cole? How many times have I turned a blind eye to your women on the side?” The memory of her words made me flinch.
I reached down and gripped his dick. A whoosh of air left his lips. “Did you see her, while I was laying in that bed counting the ceiling popcorn?”
A chuckle left his lips. It was one of those sounds of utter confidence that made my pussy clench and heart speed up. “You were counting the ceiling popcorn?”
“Did you see her?” I gripped harder.
His gaze raked up and down my face like a caress. I was holding his dick, demanding answers, but we both knew who held the cards. We both knew he was letting me play this little game; he could have already had me bent over the sink screaming his name. Instead we were just staring into each other’s eyes in some sort of weird tango I couldn’t get enough of.
“I didn’t see her, Julia. Elaine and I are done. Over.”
And I believed him. I couldn’t say why, but I did. Maybe it was the way he said it, the way his words rumbled from his throat like rocks and gravel, crunching and grinding, burning into my eardrums. Maybe I was just a stupid, wishful woman who was hopelessly in love.
“I want them to stay,” I said, my voice less forceful. He brushed the back of one hand against my cheek. The word love on his knuckles came into focus for a moment before his fingers slipped away and brushed against my collarbone.
“And so they will.” He nibbled my jaw. “No matter how much I hate it. But please remember,” he leaned back, his eyes boring into mine with deadly certainty, “if he touches you, makes a pass at you, does any fucking thing I don’t like,” his hand trailed lower, tweaking my nipple, “he’s dead. And so is his little boyfriend.”
FIVE
Cole.
I stared down at Julia, waiting with bated breath
His reaction was instant. He slammed me back against the wall, his hands caging me on either side of my head. “You don’t want to push me right now, Julia.”
“Or what, Cole? You’ll take me back into the basement and let someone else try to strangle me?” I hissed.
Something hideous skittered across his face and it made my heart jump uncomfortably in my chest. For a moment it looked like he would try to explain himself, defend what he did, but he didn’t.
“I don’t want him staying here.”
“That’s not your call.” I looked him straight in the eye. The darkness behind his eyes called to me. It made my cunt so wet, the arousal dripped down onto my thighs. I wanted to rip his pants off.
“It is my call, Julia. Someone is trying to fucking murder you. We can’t have a bunch of people in the—”
“Oh, don’t try to make this about my safety. If it was about that you wouldn’t have taken me into that basement.” I don’t know why I kept bringing it up. Cole had saved me, I knew that, and it wasn’t his fault, but part of me wanted to hurt him. I wanted to wound him for standing at the end of my bed, looking at me like he didn’t give a fuck if I was okay or not.
“I would never intentionally put you in danger.” His words came out thick and hard, as if they meant nothing to him. But I could read through them.
I swallowed the lump in my throat. “Vic and Chris are staying.”
His gaze hardened and I felt his cock pulse through the jeans he wore.
He likes this.
“No.”
I pushed at his chest. “You don’t get to make decisions like that just because you’re jealous.”
He gripped my chin between two fingers. “Julia, have you forgotten? I get to do whatever the hell I want.” A cold smile spread across his lips.
“Not anymore. Money can’t buy you everything. Remember?”
“They’re not staying.”
“Have you seen Elaine in the last two days?” The words made him stop short. His breathing halted. “Have you?” I demanded. Elaine in a tight black dress flashed through my mind. “ How many times have you done this, Cole? How many times have I turned a blind eye to your women on the side?” The memory of her words made me flinch.
I reached down and gripped his dick. A whoosh of air left his lips. “Did you see her, while I was laying in that bed counting the ceiling popcorn?”
A chuckle left his lips. It was one of those sounds of utter confidence that made my pussy clench and heart speed up. “You were counting the ceiling popcorn?”
“Did you see her?” I gripped harder.
His gaze raked up and down my face like a caress. I was holding his dick, demanding answers, but we both knew who held the cards. We both knew he was letting me play this little game; he could have already had me bent over the sink screaming his name. Instead we were just staring into each other’s eyes in some sort of weird tango I couldn’t get enough of.
“I didn’t see her, Julia. Elaine and I are done. Over.”
And I believed him. I couldn’t say why, but I did. Maybe it was the way he said it, the way his words rumbled from his throat like rocks and gravel, crunching and grinding, burning into my eardrums. Maybe I was just a stupid, wishful woman who was hopelessly in love.
“I want them to stay,” I said, my voice less forceful. He brushed the back of one hand against my cheek. The word love on his knuckles came into focus for a moment before his fingers slipped away and brushed against my collarbone.
“And so they will.” He nibbled my jaw. “No matter how much I hate it. But please remember,” he leaned back, his eyes boring into mine with deadly certainty, “if he touches you, makes a pass at you, does any fucking thing I don’t like,” his hand trailed lower, tweaking my nipple, “he’s dead. And so is his little boyfriend.”
FIVE
Cole.
I stared down at Julia, waiting with bated breath
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