Page 1 of Devoured

Chapter 1

Saturday

A loud banging noise made me groan. Or maybe it was my pounding headache. It was like I could feel my heart beating behind my eye sockets.

I put my arm over my eyes as the banging intensified.What the hell?

My phone started buzzing incessantly.

The noises collided in my head like the worst symphony in history.

“Darling.”

The word was a nightmare. Mainly because of the woman speaking it.Isabella.My stomach churned at just the thought of her beside me.

But it was just a dream. Isabella wasn’t here. I’d started over. I was in Delaware. Safely in my bed. I had Penny… My thoughts came to a halt. I didn’t have Penny. I’d fucked everything up. I scrunched my eyes tight.

The pounding noise and buzzing made my skull ache worse than my chest.

“Darling, are you awake?” Isabella’s cold hand touched my bicep.

My eyes flew open. She was staring down at me with a fake smile plastered to her face. It wasn’t a nightmare. She was here. And I wasn’t anywhere even close to being safe in my bed back in Delaware. Because I was ass naked in Isabella’s bed.

No. No, no, no. What the hell did I do?

Isabella reached out to touch my face and I pushed myself backward. I fell off the bed, tangled up in her sheets.

Fuck.

“James, the bed is getting cold.”

The sound of her voice combined with the word bed made me dry heave.

“What are you doing on the floor? Let’s go for round two.”

Round two? What the fuck?I didn’t even remember round one.

She pushed the strap of her satin nightgown off her shoulder, exposing her breast.

I stood up and my elbow collided with the lamp on her nightstand. It fell off and shattered.

“What the hell, James?!”

I put my hand out to block my view of her while I held my other hand in front of my junk.

“It’s nothing I haven’t seen before. Now come back to bed. I want you to do that thing again.”

What thing? What the fuck did I do?I didn’t remember anything. “You…you…”

“I what?” she said and lowered her other strap.

I didn’t know. I didn’t know what the fuck had happened.

“Seduced myhusband?”

I dry heaved again. “Put your clothes back on,” I said.

She frowned. “That’s not what you were saying last night. Let me give you a massage to make you feel all better.” She pushed the sheets down. “I know how much you love my hands all over you.”

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