Page 61 of Angelic Vengeance

I was unusually tired, so I simply nodded. His strong arms wrapped around me as he lifted me off the couch. My legs naturally wrapped around him and he carried me to my bedroom, laying me gently on the mattress.

He gave me one more kiss before pulling away. I watched him pull his sweatpants and boxers down beforestepping into the bathroom. I smirked and turned to lay on my back. He was too hot for his own good.

The room filled with steam along with the sound of the water running. I suddenly felt more energized and in the mood to join Zach in the shower…

I moved to get off the bed, when my eyes landed on my nightstand. What I saw turned my blood to ice.

A golden bullet.

When I picked it up and twisted it between my fingers, I’d expected to find my own old nickname. Instead, I saw the initial R. I squeezed the metal in my palm.

She’d been in my fucking house. While I was asleep on the couch. WithZach…

I hadn’t even considered her to be the one who’d pushed me into the river.

Fuck.This was how idiots got killed, notme.

I needed to get my head out of the gutter. This was life and death. And I’d just come too close to never opening my eyes again.

CHAPTER 21

Present

I WALKED OUT OF THE bathroom dripping wet, with a towel around my waist and a thousand inappropriate thoughts of Maria in my head.

I had taken a shower to clear my head as much as my body, but I was dying to get dirty with her again. Seeing her lips around my dick almost made me come in record time, and I couldn’t wait to slide down her pretty throat again. I knew she was new to this, but I was already planning out the new positions I was going to put her in.

I unwrapped the towel from my body and used it to dry my hair. “Since Natalia knows about us, I think we should just tell the others tonight.”

“Us?” Maria was still on the bed as I left her, only sitting up.

“You and I.Us.” I clarified without thinking much about her question. I hadn’t asked her to officially be my girlfriend and I was hoping this would be a nice transition into it.

“There is nous.” Her cold, mechanic voice froze me in place.

I’d just pulled up my sweatpants, and my back was still facing her. It took a moment for her words to register.

There is no us.

“What?”The. Fuck.

I turned around to face her, only to be met with an icy gaze that made my chest harden before cracking. She didn’t answer me, only watched me with distant disinterest.

Everything had been fine just five minutes ago. Her arms were wrapped around my neck and her legs around my waist. She had looked at me with a warm softness that pumped through my veins, and my face had been covered in her comforting kisses.

What wouldn’t I have given to take those five minutes back and never leave her side.

Still, frustration and anger bubbled inside me, blurring my logic.

“Really?” My voice took a dangerous turn, but it was too late to hold back. I advanced towards her. “Then what were we when you were choking on my cock?”

Her nostrils flared, but apart from that there was no reaction. Her voice held a slight anger in it. “Two single people hooking up.”

I waited for another slip of emotion, but it never came.

Am I forgiven?For everything?

It’s all in the past,hermosa.

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