Page 33 of Between Never and Forever

“Ethan Phillipe. Don’t even start. You know our relationship is a sham. The record label isn’t running the story of our engagement anymore. I’m getting engaged to Dex instead. So, just tell him—”

“Well, that’s unfortunate. I had the whole story about that one night we stayed up at my place and you…” I heard the mirth in his voice but lost focus when Dex pulled his fingers from me as he growled, spun me around, then lifted me onto the counter where he ripped the thong clean off me.

“Jesus,” I gasped.

“I know. That was a good night.” Ethan kept on. The fucker knew I wasn’t talking about him. He knew exactly what he was doing. “When you let me go down on—”

“Do not even, Ethan. Freaking tell Dex we’re not a real thing,” I said as I saw Dex’s eyes darken.

“Yeah, sure. We aren’t real, Dex.” Ethan chuckled because he knew he’d planted a few seeds already. “You can hear me, right?”

Dex’s jaw was working over and over as he stood between my legs in that kitchen, his hands on either side of me but not touching me now. He finally answered, “I can hear you.”

“Oh, good. She likes soft touches on her inner thigh and when you blow on her neck. We might not have been exclusive together, but I guess I should help you out since you abandoned her for years to let her hang on my arm.”

The anger and jealousy ricocheted silently through that penthouse at Ethan’s words. I felt how they shook the walls and my soul as Dex held my gaze. “You seem to know the whole story. Did Keelani tell you she left me first?”

It was then he took his time dragging a finger over the inner part of my thigh and I gasped.

“Seems you’re right about her inner thigh though.”

“Oh my God, seriously, Dex?” I reached for the phone, but he pushed it just out of my reach before he brought his hand up to the spaghetti strap of my dress and yanked it down so my breast spilled over the material.

“Want me to stop, Kee?”

I bit my lip because I couldn’t bring myself to say no. I wanted him, I wanted this, I wanted a new path away from Ethan, away from the label, away from what I’d been.

“Yes or no?”

“No.”

“That’s what I thought.” He chuckled darkly.

“You into hearing your ex-fiancée scream someone else’s name, Ethan?”

If that man said yes, I was going to kill him later. Of course Ethan wanted to push boundaries, though, and said, “She still wearing my ring? If so, she’s technically still my fiancée.”

My eyes widened at his boldness. Ethan wanted to torture Dex. Rightfully so. We’d grown up in the industry together. He’d let me cry on his shoulder. We’d experimented together, too, but nothing ever came of it. He was in love with someone else, and so was I.

Dex glared at the ring like it was the kryptonite to his Superman. “I’m going to fuck that ring off you, Kee. Ethan can listen to you scream while I do it if he wants.”

Ethan chimed in, “I’m into that sort of thing if you are.”

I watched Dex’s face redden, felt his grip on me tighten. “I’m not. Nor will I ever be. She’s mine. You come near her again, and I’ll ruin you,” Dex ground out before pressing the End button. He took two breaths before he asked, “Now, want me fuck you nice, like this means something, or fuck you rough, like I hate you for all you’ve done?”

I shook my head at him, not really knowing the answer. This night would change me and change us forever. We’d never gone this far. But he didn’t seem to care. This was his way of closure. We both knew that. “Just do what’s real, Dex. I want the real thing with you.”

He didn’t wait another second to grab me from the counter and spin me around so that he could bend me over it. The counter felt cool against my stomach as he lifted my skirt. Then, he got on his knees to taste me.

He lapped at me like he was starved and sucked on my clit like I could quench some unsatiated thirst. I let him. I had zero restraint left when it came to wanting him. I’d dreamed of him for years. It was inevitable. We were bound to end up here, and I wouldn’t have wanted to be with anyone else.

He stopped tasting me to murmur against me, “Take his ring off, Kee. I can’t fucking stand you wearing it for another second.”

I did as I was told.

ChapterThirteen

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