Under the Mistletoe with my Ex's Brother
Blurb,: She was his brother's wife. Now she's his obsession. Scarlet Cole endured ten years of a loveless marriage, watching her light dim as her husband Lucas and his family crushed her spirit. When she discovers Lucas's affair with her own stepsister—pregnant with his child—Scarlet finally walks away. But freedom comes at a price. Enter Damian Cole: ruthless, dangerous, and harboring a decade-long obsession with his brother's wife. He's watched her suffer in silence, memorized every flinch, every forced smile. Now that she's free, he'll stop at nothing to claim her—even if it means crossing every moral line. "This is wrong," I whispered, even as heat pooled low in my belly. "You're Lucas's brother." "He stopped being my brother the day he made you cry." "Damian—" "Six years, Scarlet." His thumb brushed my lower lip, and I trembled. "Six years of wanting something I couldn't have. Of watching you slowly disappear. Of hating myself for wanting you when you belonged to someone else." "I don't belong to anyone—" "You do now." His eyes darkened, possessive and raw. I should protest. Should remind him of the boundaries they'd agreed on. Instead, I breathed, "Then take what's yours." I saw something snapped in him. "Not yet. I've waited too long for this. I'm going to take my time." "Damian, please—" "Please what?" His free hand skimmed my breast, thumb circling but not quite touching where I needed him to. "Tell me what you want, Scarlet. Use your words." "Touch me." My pride disappeared. "I need—" "Need me?" He dipped his head, teeth grazing my collarbone. "Say it. Say you need me, not just anyone. Not Lucas, not some fantasy–me." "You," I gasped as his mouth closed over my breast. "I need you, Damian."