to stop what should never have happen, but she failed, because she was not only physically weak, but… also because she had no mental control over her body any longer.
Her beseeching eyes locked with Liam and instead he smiled before he neared his mouth to hers and kissed her lips with a softness that directly contrasted with what Kade was doing to her pussy. That kiss threw her into the abyss, and there was no returning for her.
She slipped. Slid. Failed.
And came with a shuddering force that shook her to the seat of her being. Even as she tried to get away, her pussy clutched on to Kade's fingers with a savagery she didn't know she was capable of demonstrating for a man who wasn't her husband.
Even moments after the last spasms of her orgasm rolled through her, Kade still had his fingers inside her. He had stopped touching her clit, but he still held her there. She jerked herself out of his grasp and made herself stand while frantically pulling her dress down, then almost stumbled as her torn panties caught on the heel of her shoe.
She would have fallen over had it not been for Liam slipping in behind her, grasping her arms the same moment Kade stood in front of her, his hand going to her waist to steady her. She flinched at his touch and wanted to crawl away and let the ground swallow her up when he bent to untangle her panties.
She screamed at herself to stop magnifying what didn't matter, like the brush of his hand against her calf, his closeness which seemed so deafeningly amplified because Liam was touching her too.
“Do you have something to tell Kade now?”
It was over. She need never have to deal with Kade Tremayne ever again.
Liam had sidelined her almost horrifically when he'd stated that Kade was going to deliver her punishment, but it was over now. She just had to apologize, and she could erase the whole sorry episode from her memory forever.
Swallowing, she nodded as her gaze slammed into Kade when he rose, and her body still suffering his touch, reacted as if he were making her come all over again. She staggered backward right into Liam's chest, and where he should have provided her protection, again his closeness did nothing but augment everything inside her.
She had to get rid of Kade for her own sanity.
“I'm sorry,” she said, her voice tearstained and soft. “I'm sorry for being rude to you,” she added with a sincerity she actually felt but only because her apology was also the magic words that would eliminate Kade from her life forever.
He nodded, his hands in his pockets, and she immediately stopped the thought that he'd be able to smell her on his fingers.
Instantly, she spun around in Liam's arms, buried her face in his chest, and allowed herself to quietly sob against his heart. He held her with the same degree of possession he had shown her since the first time he had touched her. He then kissed her forehead, and she basked in his affection. He did that when she’d pleased him or was going to please him.
Her heart soared, but an instant later, she felt a disturbing coldness behind her when Kade silently left Liam's study.
“Breakfast?” Liam asked beguiling her with his killer smile. She brushed aside everything and smiled back in relief. Everything was going to go back to normal.
“I just have to neaten up.”
“You can do that after breakfast. Right now, you are perfect the way you are, sweetheart.” He took her hand and led her to the dining room where a full breakfast had already been laid out.
Whatever catharsis she had underwent dissolved in a heartbeat when they stepped into the bright, sunny room.
Seated at the table, his plate piled high with eggs and bacon, was Kade Tremayne.
She whipped her head around to face Liam so fast, she thought she might have torn an artery.
“I've invited Kade to have breakfast with us so we can discuss your day's itinerary. I believe you have a few appointments to get to today.”
Her body carved inward. She couldn't do this. She didn't want to. But there was hidden meaning behind her husband's words, and it all revolved around a repeat of the scene in his study not even minutes ago if she didn't behave the way he expected her to behave.
Fuck!
Chapter Six
Short from stamping her feet and throwing a whining tantrum about why Liam kept throwing her under