Page 5 of Atonement

Fishnet tights. Cut off shorts. A sequin top that passes more for a pushup bra. As if her large, mouth-watering tits actually needed it. A lady of the night, and one perfectly suited to walk the streets around here. She unstraps her holster from her thigh and forcibly pushes it against my chest making my back hit the brick wall behind me.

“And Declan,” her voice feathers across my lips as she leans in close, forcing us both up against the wall, and I swear my dick has never felt more painfully swollen with the need for release than it does right now. “If you ever fist my hair and force my face against your cock again, I’ll bite it off and feed it back to you.” Her knee rocks against my shaft and I suck in a breath, waiting for a fate that just claimed the dick of her last victim. “Bit by little bit.”

She wants me to believe her, but I call bullshit as her eyes drop and she runs them with apparent thirst up and down my frame. She leans in and the world stops spinning. It’s just her, and I, and our rising breaths as the air outside threatens to suffocate us both the longer we stay here, hiding in our own dark world. Pushing off my chest, I release a gasp I quickly try to disguise as she starts to saunter away. She looks back at me once over her shoulder and bites her lip, shamelessly checking me out once again.

“Little?” I yell at her back, just as she smiles and turns around, focusing on the road in front of her. “You couldn’t handle what I forced on you at half mast, Mags. There’s no way you can call it little!”

She lifts her middle finger and keeps walking.

Normally I’d worry, feel the need to protect her as she struts off looking like a prostitute rather than the most powerful woman I’ve ever known.

Normally, no one would get away with telling me they’re going to feed me my dick either.

But the thing is, Magnolia has two things I want.

Her body, is only one of them.

A car pulls up to her side at the curb and she doesn’t hesitate before jumping in. It speeds off, barely pausing as she slams the door behind her and leaves me wondering what the hell just happened, because fuck, it’s been a long ass time since I was in my wife’s good graces. If she’s giving, she better damn well know I’m all for taking. It’s a far cry from forgiveness, but even the biggest sinners receive absolution when they fully repent.

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