Book I - 34

LUKE

It wasn’t like me to confess something personal. She had utterly bewitched me and had me bound under her magic spell.

I wasn’t my usual self anymore. Normally, I would find another woman after a senseless fuck, but I just wanted to fuck her again. Seeing her enveloped in another man’s arms just made my blood boil.

Her lips parted. The only thing we heard was the sound of our breaths.

“Why aren’t you saying anything?” I asked.

“I’m not allowed to think?”

“I think what I said was clear.”

“You still don’t believe me. You only see what you want to see.”

“Can you blame me?” My eyebrow raised. “I think what I want is simple. I want you and don’t want to see you with any other man. What’s so hard with that?”

“I can say the same,” she uttered. “Is that so hard?”

I trailed a finger across her lips. “I can promise you that. Will you promise me?”

She heaved a sigh, and eventually, she nodded.

“Yes. I promise.”

“Good.” I set her back in the passenger seat and roared up the car. She sat there