in his arms, cradling me against him.
Hooking my arms around his thick neck, I kissed the tattoo of my name over his heart.
Parker looked down at me, a small smile splaying on his face. He carried me to the room where he had tied me up just the night before.
“Where are we going?” I asked when I realized that we were headed to a door on the other side of the room.
“I want to spend the night making love to you. Not rough. No toys. No leather.” He opened the door and I recognized the bed on the floor that I had woken up in that morning.
“Just skin.” He laid me on the bed and pulled off his shirt that was cut in half. “Against skin.” He knelt between my legs, sitting on his heels and brushed the back of his knuckles over my mound. “How are your nightmares?”
I shook my head. “I don’t want to think about it.”
His gaze snapped to mine. “I need to talk about it.”
“Okay. I…” I took a breath. “I have my moments but now that you’re back, they’re not so bad.”
He nodded, glancing back down at my naked flesh. “I will kill him,” he said, his voice so low, I almost didn’t hear him.
My heart clenched and I rose to my feet, wrapping my arms around his thick shoulders. I didn’t know what to say or do to make him not feel guilty. So I just hugged him.
His big body relaxed as he returned my embrace. “I know I shouldn’t feel guilty about your past with Devin and what he did to you. I didn’t even know you when that shit happened but when you were alone with him in the limo weeks ago…I will never forgive myself for what he did to you. For the abuse he inflicted on your beautiful soul. I want…I want to kill him. I…”
I squeezed him harder, pouring the love I felt for this man into my touch. “You being here now is all that I need. This makes up for it. What you do for me, what you have done for me…” I leaned back and cupped his face. “Park—”
He cupped the back of my neck and crashed my mouth to his before I had a chance to finish my sentence. The kiss was hot and needy, almost desperate as he lowered me to the makeshift bed. He inched his way back into my body, trailing kisses down my jaw to my ear. “A million people could be in a room and I would always find my way back to you. My angel. The love of my life.”
My breath caught at his sweet words.
For the rest of the night, his power and domination took a rest as he made love to me slow but deep. The rough edge of his wrath over the shit with Devin was the elephant in the room but I knew Parker wouldn’t talk about it until the next day. I only hoped that this would all be over before that edge cut into our love.
EELY, KEELY, Keely.”
My eyes snapped open at the rough deep voice.
“You thought you could get rid of me didn’t you?”
My heart raced, beating hard against the walls of my rib cage. Words were frozen on my tongue as Devin stepped out from the dark shadows in the small room.
A small gasp escaped my lips. Pulling the blankets up to my chin, I inched back on the bed until I hit the wall. “What are you doing here?”
He grinned and knelt in front of me. “To see you, of course.”
I glanced around the room. “Where’s Parker?”
“Fuck if I know. Forget him.” He crawled closer to me.
I shook my head. I had to have been dreaming. This was some fucked-up nightmare. Wake up, Keely. I chanted to myself over and over. I curled around myself, protecting my body from the wrath I could feel vibrating off of Devin.
He chuckled and pinched my chin, tilting my head. “I loved you and look how you treat me. You’re fucking my best friend.”
I shoved my head out of his grip. “He treats me better than you ever would.”
Devin snarled and geared up to hit me. “Parker will never be with you forever. He’ll use you until he gets bored. Remember that when you wake up, Princess.”
I screamed when his hand landed against my cheek.
My chest tightened, my eyes opening for the second time when I realized that I was finally no longer dreaming.