Chapter Seventeen

The nerve of the bastard, to pick up the phone and act as though he bloody owned her. Astra thought.

She brought it all on herself though, she deserved everything that happened and even a little more. Astra had been out of her senses and if Jared hadn’t called at that exact moment, she would have let Nicholas fuck her. Worse, she would have enjoyed it.

Astra thanked the stars for Jared’s call as she drove back home. She had no idea what had driven her to go to Nicholas’ house in the first place. Astra decided to blame the fact that she was ovulating, and somehow her subconscious had directed her to the only man that could satisfy her. It was easier to blame nature that could not complain than to blame her own self. Astra still loved Nicholas and the fact that he seduced her so easily was just solid proof.

She loved him so much that her free moments were just thoughts of him. In as much as he broke her heart, destroyed her pride, she still loved him. Astra figured that was what love w