All Chapters of FOUR SHADES OF DREY: Chapter 51 - Chapter 60

Chapter 51DreyvenI prepared her favorite meal with hands that wouldn't stop shaking and I kept second-guessing every ingredient and every seasoning because this had to be perfect. I couldn't mess this up when everything else was already hanging by a thread. I'd watched her enough through my brothers' eyes and listened to enough of their stories to know exactly what she loved and what made her happy.And I used every bit of that knowledge now as I cooked, hoping that maybe this one small thing would show her I paid attention and I cared even when I was pretending not to.When I brought the plate out and set it on the coffee table in front of her I watched her eyes go wide with shock and her mouth fall open slightly as she stared down at the food like she couldn't believe what she was seeing."You remembered my favorite meal?" she asked and her voice was soft with surprise and something that might have been wonder."Yes," I said simply because there was no point in pretending I didn

Chapter 53Aurelia He froze completely and didn't move, nor did he respond and for a terrifying moment I thought he was going to push me away like he had that night in the car.I would die from the humiliation and the rejection. His lips were soft under mine but completely still, he wasn't kissing me back and he wasn't pulling me closer and I felt my heart start to crack because maybe I'd misread everything and maybe he didn't actually want me the way I wanted him.I started to pull away because I felt stupid all over again, I thought he'd invited me to his place because he wanted us to get back together.But it seemed like I was wrong and he'd just wanted to apologize and clear his conscience and I was the idiot who'd turned it into something more. But just as I was about to break the kiss completely his hand came up to the back of my head and he pulled me back to him and suddenly he was kissing me back with an intensity that made my knees weak.This kiss was different from any ki

Chapter 55Aurelia He was so careful about it, handling me like I was something that might break, the cool air kissed my skin but his gaze was pure heat as he looked at me."You're so beautiful," he whispered and his voice was reverent and his hands hovered before gently tracing the straps of my bra. "So perfect and we can stop anytime, Ari, just say the word."I nodded because my throat felt too tight to speak but I reached for his shirt again and this time he helped me, lifting his arms so I could pull it off. The sight of his bare chest stole my breath because he was all broad shoulders and defined muscles, smooth skin that glowed golden in the low light.I ran my palms over him, feeling the heat, the rapid heartbeat and the way his skin jumped under my touch. He made a low sound in his throat that sent shivers down my spine and then his mouth was on my neck again and moving lower to my collarbone and to the swell of my breasts above my bra and I felt like I might combust from t

Chapter 57DreyvenI knew I'd fucked up the moment I opened my eyes and reality came crashing down around me like shattered glass cutting deep. What the fuck had I done?I was supposed to tell Aurelia the truth but instead I'd made everything infinitely more complicated and infinitely more painful for when the truth finally came out. I'd successfully taken her virginity even though I knew I didn't deserve it. I knew that taking something so precious under false pretenses made me the worst kind of person. My brothers would be so disappointed in me and they'd have every right to be because I'd gone against everything we'd agreed on and I'd made this situation so much worse than it already was.I messed my hair with my fingers in frustration and stared up at the ceiling trying to figure out how I'd let this happen and how I'd let my control slip so completely. I'd had a plan and I'd been determined to tell her everything and instead I'd ended up in bed with her taking the one thing s

Chapter 59DreyvenAll the blood drained from my face.The words had slipped out before I could stop them and now they hung between us.Aurelia sat up straighter against the pillows, the sheet pooling around her waist. Her green eyes sharpened with curiosity. “You have other brothers?” she repeated, tilting her head. “You’ve never mentioned them before. How many?” I swallowed hard. My mind was still foggy from the night we’d shared, from the way she’d looked at me when she came apart in my arms. I hadn’t planned to say anything. The sentence had just fallen out in the comfortable morning haze.“Four of us total,” I said, keeping my voice steady. “I’m the youngest, the last child.” It wasn’t the full truth, but it wasn’t a complete lie either. We were four. Aurelia’s eyebrows rose. “Four brothers? That’s a big family. Are you close?”“Too close sometimes,” I said. I reached for her hand and laced our fingers together, needing the anchor. “We’re… complicated. Same parents, same pres