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"My marriage is not your concern. You won't speak about Serena like that again, or I'll cut out your tongue, and you won't speak at all. You've already shown your loyalty by turning a blind eye to your daughter's attack. Are you stupid, or do you have a death wish by adding fuel to the fire?"

She scoffed at me. "Loyalty." She laughed dryly. "Loyalty isn't there at night. Loyalty doesn't commit to you. The only person I am loyal to is myself because I've never let me down. Have you let my daughter down yet? "

I ignored her question and asked one of my own. "Does that include the chief of police? You're awful talkative to a man that walked away from you." Would she tell me their plans in her hate?

Her face shifted into a sinister smile. "He's the last one I would rely on. The police can't even bring down the family, and that shit is higher than a landfill. No, he's just a means to an end."

Cordelia Conti Lombardo thought she was running this show.

Chapter 20

Odin

We were halfway home when Serena asked me if I thought there was a plan in place.

“Yeah, there is. I originally thought it was the chief rescuing your mother from a loveless marriage, but now, I am not so sure. Your mother seems to think that she's calling the shots.” I held my hand out for hers, and she didn't hesitate to hold mine.

“Is my dad really that clueless? She was texting behind his back, but he didn't seem to care either way. I tried to bring it up while we were dancing, but he blew me off with a 'that's just your mother.'”

“I don’t know,” I said absently, trying to soften the blow for Serena. “I think their relationship has deteriorated beyond repair. It might not have if they had started as equals, but we don't know if there was any prior animosity. Your dad has a lot of responsibilities, and your mother doesn't play a role in any of them. She either went to a man that would pay her attention or is using him to do her bidding."

“I’d never do that.” Serena squeezed my fingers.

“I am the only man in your life.” I'd eliminate anyone who thought they had a chance with her.

“How do you know?” she quipped back at me.

I let go of her hand and pulled the car over so that I could look into her upturned face. “Baby, I am your first, your last, and your only husband. ‘Til death do us part, and even then…” Fuck me. My chest tightened like a rubber band at the thought she'd be with anyone else. I flexed my fingers. This was becoming a regular occurrence.

“I could be with another man without being married. He wouldn't have to be my husband.”

“You will only be mine, " I snarled at her. "If something happens to me, you're fucked, because I won’t ever let you go.” I would kill any man who came too close to her, let alone any man who thought he actually stood a chance to be in her life.

“So, let me get this straight. If you leave me, I cannot move on with my life?” she asked. Her eyes were bright, and that was the first clue in my jealous-filled haze that this wasn't an actual conversation. She was baiting me, and Serena was well aware of what would happen. I would stake my claim on her.

“What about my needs?” She kept pushing the issue.

"Your needs are mine, Serena. I'll fulfill every desire you have, and you won't crave anything beyond what I can give you. I'm the man who'll consume you, body and soul." My nostrils flared on their own at the thought, and the vein in my forehead throbbed.

I pulled back into traffic. The quicker we were home, the better off I’d be. The thought had gone through my mind to pull her out of her seat, sit her in my lap, and make her ride me until she remembered exactly who she belonged to, but I didn’t want anyone else to see her in the throes of passion. Her facialexpressions, her sounds, and the way her body would yield to me were all mine. I wasn’t a sharing man.

“Baby, show me how wet you are.” I needed to know she was just as affected because I was only a few minutes from completely losing my shit.

I could feel her staring at my profile as I drove. If I turned towards her now, I was pulling back over and testing the shocks. A car came up behind me, and there was enough light flooding inside the BMW that I snuck a sideways look at her. Her eyes were glowing. I would never push her to do something she wasn't comfortable with.

Watching the road, I heard her shift in her seat. The fabric of her dress rustled as she moved. If I actually looked at her, I’d crash the car. We were only a few minutes from the penthouse, and the anticipation made the wait even better.

“Here,” Serena said as she hooked her finger in-between my lips. “Taste.”

Fuck me. I sucked her finger into my mouth, but once her wetness hit my tongue, I was a crazed man. I had to have her, and it had to be now. She’d be lucky if we made it upstairs.

I pulled into my spot in the parking garage, turned off the car, and ran to her door. Yanking it open, I was inpatient as she took her sweet ass time exiting the vehicle.That’s okay, I thought to myself,I’ll take my sweet ass time licking her clean after I am done with her.When she stood from her seat, I pounced. Grabbing her hand, I quickly shut the door and made my way to the elevator. I stuck my keys into the lock and waited impatiently for the fucking thing to open in the garage. My foot tapped an unknown beat.

Once the door opened, I guided my wife to the back wall but never took my hand off her. Grabbing my keys, I slid them into the lock for the penthouse but didn't turn them to get the elevator moving.

I don’t know what came over me, but I sneered at her and pressed her against the back wall with my body.

“It takes what, 20 seconds to get to our floor? I am going to have you coming around my dick in the same amount of time.”

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