Page 76 of Hell & Back

“Tell me!”

“Fine! I picked her up in a bar and brought her back here. I fingered her until she got off. I fucked her from behind, then I let her rest before I fucked her again. We were just getting started on another round when you walked in. Happy now?!”

“Quit being a dick!”

“What do you want me to say, Kylie?! You asked what we did,” he threw his hands out to his sides.

“I know about Sadie,” she blurted out.

“What? Who the fuck told you?” She saw murder in his eyes and knew it was toward whichever brother he thought told her.

“I saw the video of the two of you fucking.”

“The fuck? There’s a video?” he choked.

“I had Crockett’s wife’s car repossessed and told him his house was next if he didn’t let you go. Because I fucked up, he sent the video.” She felt bad for the pain she saw in his eyes, but she was fighting with everything she had to get him to come back to her, to come home. She’d never be able to forget what happened, but she loved him so fucking much and couldn’t imagine her life without him in it that she’d forgive him. Other people might think she was being a doormat and forgiving him too easily, but the fact of the matter was he never would have had sex with other women if not for Crockett. And yes, the idiot truly believed he was doing the right thing by not coming home andsubjecting her to the “side effects” of the drug. To those people who thought to criticize her decision she would say, “Fuck off. It’s none of your goddamn business.”

She took advantage of his shock and declared, “All right. Now, here is how things are going to go. You’re coming home. But first, we’re going to make a pact. When we leave here there will never be any mention of what happened between the time you were with Sadie and right now. You will never fuck another woman again. Whenever you find the need to fuck, you come to me.”

Darren opened his mouth to speak, but she cut him off.

“I’m not done! The way I see it, it’s really simple. Since we live together and work together, you will come to me anytime you need me. You will not run off to fuck someone else thinking you’re protecting me. That bullshit only made sense inyourhead.” She took a deep breath before going on. “You will take a shower, a long, hot shower, pack your shit and get your ass home by dark. If you don’t agree to these terms, we are done. There are no second chances.”

“Kylie.”

“Did you hear what I just said?!”

“Yes.”

“Do you agree to these terms?!”

“I,” he started but was cut off again. She wasn’t giving him an inch.

“Yes or no?! Do you agree to these terms?”

“Yes! I agree to these terms! But Kylie, I think you need to know what you’re inviting back into your bed.” He pulled the towel off and dropped it to the floor. His dick was rock hard and pointing straight toward her. It was swollen and red and the skin looked so tight she worried the skin my split. No wonder he was in such pain all the time. “Ever since they shot me up with that fucking drug, my dick is hard all the damn time. I can’teven stand for a towel or a sheet or even my jeans touching it. It makes me so fucking horny all I can think about is getting off. Not just once or twice a day, but several fucking times a day. Do you really want me fucking you that many times in a day? Bacon says he has no idea how long that shit will be in my body.”

“Yes. If that’s what you need, I’ll gladly do it.”

“Kylie,” he spun on his heel and paced toward the bathroom before turning back, his dick swinging the whole time. “I don’t just fuck. I rut like a fucking animal half the time. Like those fucking animals in the cells next to mine.” He abruptly cut himself off as he realized he was telling her about his captivity.

For now she would let it slide, but she was going to get him to tell her about what happened while the Phantoms had him. He needed to talk to someone about it or it was going to eat away at him forever.

“Are you sure you still want me to come home?”

“I can’t believe you even have to ask. I love you, Darren. I will always love you. If you love me half as much as you used to tell me, you’ll get your ass home before dark.” She picked up her purse and headed toward the door.

“What are going to tell Tuck?”

She had to think about that. She really wasn’t sure how much or if she would tell him anything at all about what just went down here. “I don’t know yet.” Completely emotionally drained, she turned the door knob and let herself out. Now she was going to have Cutter take her home so she could calm her nerves. If she wasn’t pregnant, she’d go home and have a couple of beers. Instead, she was going home and eating a tub of ice cream.

She got back in the car and literally felt the adrenaline melt away like butter in the summer sun. She had no energy left and wasn’t sure how she was going to get herself in her house.

“How did it go? I saw a woman come running out of the room. She looked scared shitless.”

“That might have something to do with me pulling a gun on her. And I think I’m okay for now.” She rubbed her eyes. “Can you please take me home?”

“Sure, Kylie. What about Tuck?”

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