Page 93 of Cruel Love

I slammed her back against the wall, my mouth tearing from hers as Itrailed vicious kisses along her jawline. Moans escaped her mouth as I ground my hardening cock against her core, and slowly, my heart began to beat again.

“You’rereallyhere?”I said, pulling away, the two of us breathless.

“Yes,”she breathed, her eyes filled with heat.

I rested my forehead against hers, needing a minute to composemyself. When my breathing evened out again, I shifted so I could look into her beautiful multi-colored eyes.“Mouse, I’ve done unforgivable shit. I hurt you. I…killed your dad. You have every right to never want to see me again.”

The words were like battery acid on my tongue, but I had to saythem. I didn’t want to believethatshe’d ever be able to forgive me.

“I don’t blame you, James,”she whispered.“Your dad lied to you. Ibelieve if you’d known the truth, you wouldn’t have done it.”

I squeezed my eyes closed and shook my head.“Maybe not yourdad, but there’s so much you don’t know, Willow,”I replied, ignoring every part of methatwas screaming at me to shut the fuck up.“I’m a killer. People pay me to kill, it’s who I am, and I can’t changethat.”

“You killed Elijah and Ms. Milligan,”she said softly.“Did you kill yourdad?”I nodded.“You killed them because they hurt me. I don’t know if every person you have killed deserved it, but I know this, James. I love you. The good part and the not so good part. I loveeverypart of you, and I don’t thinkthatwill ever change.”

I held her gaze for a second seeing the truth in her eyes before Ilowered my mouth to hers again. This time when I claimed her mouth, it was a slow and sensual dance.

“Marry me,”I breathed against her lips when I pulled away.

She giggled, and I swear it made me giddy like a fucking school kid.

“We’re already married,”she said, giving me a rare smile. One I wasdetermined to see more of.

“We signed a bit of paper. It wasn’t a wedding, Mouse. I want a bigwedding where I get to show the entire worldthatyou belong to me, and no one else willeverknow what it’s like to be loved by you.”

I planted a chaste kiss on her lips before meeting her eyes again andwaiting expectantly.

“I’ll marry you,”she whispered.“Under one condition.”

“Which is?”I asked, my brows pulled together in curiosity.

“You tell me all about Legion. It sounds like there are a lot of rules Ineed to learn.”

A smile curled on my lips.“I’ll tell you all about Legion. But first,we’re going to go upstairs, and I’m going to show my wifejusthow much I love her.”

The end.