Page 77 of Secrets, Lies and Love

The harsh words contradict the delicacy with which he caresses my jaw, and I am eager to satisfy him so that he can feel at least a little of the madness that he awakens in me.

I shiver as I let him use my mouth like my sex, care giving way to hunger. He possesses me, moving his hips, thrusting intome without delicacy. I suck and take as much as I can, even when my jaw hurts, but I won’t stop until he gives me his pleasure.

I run my nails over his ass and thighs, and he howls, shudders, before saying, “I’m going to come. Drink it.”

I have no other warning because seconds later, he starts spilling inside me in hot spurts, and I swallow because his pleasure is mine too.

He reaches down and lifts me up, cupping my face. Kisses my eyes, forehead, cheek, and mouth. “Our deal is no longer valid.”

“Yes, it is.”

“No. I want to renegotiate. I’m not letting you go anytime soon.”

Dionysus

CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT

We barely get backto the bedroom before the landline phone rings.

I almost never receive calls on it, and given the time of day, it can only come from someone who was trying to contact me on my cell phone.

With a towel around her hips, Cecily starts leaving the room, perhaps to give me privacy.

“Don’t. Stay.”

“We—"

“At least wait for me to answer the phone.”

I’ve dressed her in my robe, and she looks even more fragile in the outfit that is several sizes too big for her.

Dragging her feet, probably because I ruined her escape plans, she sits on the edge of the bed.

I pick up the phone.

“Dionysus?” I hear Elina on the other side, and immediately my heart skips a beat.

“What’s happened?”

“Don’t freak out, but it seems one of my maids forgot about Joseph’s allergy and gave him a peanut butter cookie.”

“Is he okay?”

“Odin called the pediatrician who takes care of the children, but before he even arrived, we administered the EPIPEN as advised by the doctor. It’s good that you sent the medicine for an emergency like this. He was examined afterwards and is fine, but all the excitement has made him anxious.”

“I’m on my way.”

“Yes, come. He’s calling for you and Cici.”

“I’ll be there in half an hour at most.”

“What happened?” Cecily asks as soon as I hang up.

“One of the maids gave Joseph a cookie containing peanuts. As you know, he is allergic.”

“Oh my God!” She turns pale. “How is he?”

“Elina assures me he’s fine, but I’ll go get him. She told me that even after he was medicated, he continued to be anxious, calling for both of us.”

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