Page 39 of Deception
“It means that I have to compromise if I want to keep you.”
“You don’t care that I fucked Kandi?”
“Oh, I care, but I can’t do much about it. You’re going to do what you want regardless of what I want, and I have to find ways to deal with it however I feel fit.”
Walking up to her, he presses her against the counter. “And how do you see fit?”
She smiles and gently kisses the tip of his nose. “By reminding you what you’re giving up if you can’t stop fucking women who aren’t me.”
“Yeah, and what am I giving up?” he asks, loving the game they play.
Untying the robe, she lets it fall to her sides to expose her bare front. The door to the refrigerator remains open, and the light makes her look absolutely delicious.
“Are you saying you’ll walk away from me?”
She shakes her head. “I can never do that, Rocco. No matter what you do to me, I can’t leave you. You’re my heart. Everything I am. But it doesn’t mean you get to have every part of me if you don’t treat me right.”
Licking his lips, he pants. “Where do we stand tonight?”
“I haven’t decided yet.”
Autumn pushes him back gently and closes her robe before bending over, her shaved pussy staring at him beneath her milky ass, and she pulls out a takeout box from last night from the fridge.
“I’m starving. I haven’t eaten since this morning.”
Rocco bites his lip because he craves something else. Something even more delicious than leftover Chinese food.
“Since you’re torturing me,” he says and turns on the overhead light, “we need to talk about something.”
“Oh, goodie,” she says and sits at the table.
Again, her robe slips open, this time exposing the slightest bit of her pink nipple, and he can’t tear his eyes away. She really does know how to torture him in the best way possible.
“I talked to Colt. I asked what the hell is up with Lex being up your ass, and he says she just wants you back into the fold. It doesn’t exactly sound like it would be so great for me, but I think it might be good for you.”
The fork pauses midway to her mouth. “You think Lex deserves a second chance?”
“I think she’s trying to be good to you. To all the women. As much as I know I’d be in pain if you were friends and told her about catching me fucking Kandi’s ass, she was your friend for many years. Maybe it’s time to move past it all.”
Setting the fork down with enough force to bend the cardboard container, she glares. “First, she does know about you and Kandi. Second, she picked Melanie over me. She and I willneverbe friends again.”
“Baby, I don’t like her, either, but the truth is, she’s a staple in the club no matter what we want or think. It might be better if you just befriended her again. You can always keep her at a distance—”
“Do you want a snack, Rocco?”
Her legs spread as she pulls the bottom of the robe up her thighs. The wetness glistens in the light, and he knows she’s changing the subject. Offering him something she knows he’ll never turn down.
“Say you love me,” he says, his voice just above a whisper. “That even though I fucked up, you still love me.”
“Everything I do in this life is for you. You may hurt me to the point of shattering me, but I can never leave you. My devotion to you can never be broken.”
He falls to his knees and crawls until he’s buried between her legs, hooking her knees over his shoulders. At least she confirmed she has no plans to leave him.
Things were a little rocky before Lex and Colt returned, and he’d given into his frustrations and weaknesses. Kandi was there and willing while Autumn wasn’t. But when he saw Autumn’s face as he drove balls deep into Kandi’s asshole when she walked into his apartment, he knew he never wanted to see that look again.
He hurt her enough to numb her. The look she gave him when he told her they both needed to be treated for the STI he got from the bunny was more defeat than anger. Pain, but defeat. Resignation that this was her life.
Autumn didn’t speak to him for days after she walked in on him. He bought her flowers and candy and apologized on his hands and knees. Fucked up isn’t strong enough to explain how he screwed up, and he still feels terrible.
