have no money or protection, so she wouldn’t survive long. “No.”
“You actually like this woman.”
“I like fucking her—there’s a difference.”
“Yes. But if I made those comments about anyone else, you wouldn’t have tried to crash into a tree. You already laid down your hand, Balto. You’re holding a royal flush, and we both know it.”
I kept my eyes on the road and ignored the truth of his statement. If she really did mean nothing to me, I wouldn’t have risen to his taunts. He’d outsmarted me and trapped me—and we both knew it.
“Kill the husband and make her yours.”
“She doesn’t want me to.”
“A woman doesn’t get fucked up against a car like that unless she’s a whore—or she really wants you.”
There was no doubt she really wanted me. I could feel it anytime I was inside her pussy. “Drop it, Heath.”
“Whatever,” he said as he looked out the window. “Just trying to help.”
“By pissing me off?”
“By proving this woman actually means something to you.”
I showered then got into bed.
My phone was in my hand, and I stared at the only picture Cassini had ever sent me, the one with her fingers down her panties. With perky tits in perfect view and sexy olive skin, she was every guy’s fantasy.
I just wished I had new pictures to jerk off to.
Since it was Friday, her husband was probably gone.
But she still didn’t call me.
Maybe this really was over.
Could I let it be over?
Should I dig until I uncovered every piece of information about her? Then I could show up at her doorstep, shoot her husband between the eyes, and then fuck her on his bed? I had an impulsive need to claim her as mine, to prove she didn’t belong to that man simply because of a marriage license. She belonged to the man whose dick she came around.
Before my thoughts could turn too sexual and violent, her name lit up my screen.
She was calling me.
An arrogant smile spread across my lips. I knew she would give in eventually, but I was surprised she’d taken so long. If she’d waited only a few more days, I probably would have cracked first. I took the call. “Baby.”
She was quiet on her end, like she was ashamed for making the call in the first place.
I loved it when she was ashamed. “I’ve been waiting for those pics.”
“I’m sure you have.”
“Then where are they?”
She turned quiet again.
My dick got hard as I stared at her picture, but it got noticeably harder when I heard her voice. It possessed such a mesmerizing sound, full of power and authority, but also submission and sex. I didn’t need to know what she looked like to know she was beautiful, that she had full, Italian lips that were made for kissing. This woman’s innate sex appeal drove me crazy, and now I understood why her husband wanted her so badly, even if it was obvious she didn’t want him. She could be as dry as a desert, and I would still fuck her. That was what lube was for. “Does that mean you’re coming over?” Maybe she was too humiliated to really address the situation. Maybe she just wanted to show up and screw—and skip the conversation. It was much later in the evening than she would normally contact me, so I didn’t know how she would slip out without raising suspicion.
“No. He’s home.”
Both of my lungs deflated like balloons. “That’s unfortunate.”
“Very,” she said with a sigh. “He’s taking me out tomorrow…something I’m not looking forward to.”
I didn’t care about this woman, but I hated listening to the despair in her voice. She was too beautiful to suffer like this, to live a life that was anything less than perfect. She was an exotic bird stuck in a cage, and she could only appreciate the sun through the window. Every summer day was a mockery to her. “Why are you calling me?” It was an asshole thing to say, but all I knew how to be was an asshole.
“I don’t know…” She paused over the line.
I wasn’t looking to be her confidant or her friend. I was only looking to be her fuck buddy. But the sadness in her voice continued to pull at me, like she had a tight string around my neck, and she was yanking on it. I considered myself to be a fixer because I fixed lots of problems. That was my job—to destroy enemies and issues. It was my primary role as the Skull