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sh aken like that just because I was foolish enough to fall in love with a man incapable of love? I deserved to be called a shrew and a slut because I want what every woman wants – an intimate relationship with the man I love?
“ Are you telling me you ’ re not worth loving? ”
“ Shut the fuck up, Desiree or – ”
“ Or what? You ’ ll rape and kill me? You go right ahead. You ’ ve already killed my faith and trust in you. You might as well kill my body too. ”
His Adam ’ s apple bobbed.
“ Why did you do it? Because I was foolish enough to trust that there was a single shred of decency in you? I loved you, Conner and I thought you loved me. ”
To her dismay, her declaration of love seemed to infuriate him. He leaned over her. “ You thought wrong! I admit I told you I cared, but I never said anything about love. ”
“ You said you adored me. ”
“ I lied. ”
She touched his hand. “ I – ”
He slapped her hand away. “ Don ’ t touch me, Desiree. I don ’ t give a fuck about what Rayna may have told you or implied. I never gave you any reason to think or believe I was in love with you. I don ’ t do romantic love anymore. But if I did, I sure as hell wouldn ’ t do it with you! ”
The venom in his tone hit her with the force of a physical slap. She recoiled.
He turned and stalked away. Moments later, she heard her entrance door open and slam shut. She collapsed back onto the bed. How could she have been so wrong about him? He was clearly capable of rape and murder. Yet even knowing that, her heart ached for an excuse to forgive the unforgivable. But there was not a chance in hell of that happening because she was finished leading with her heart .
* * *
When Conner left Desiree he was so filled with rage, there was only one person capable of understanding him and calming him down. He made a call and by the time he arrived at his condo, Adrian was already there.
He listened with barely concealed impatience until Conner fell silent. Then he exploded to his feet. “ ‘ You shook her? ”
“ She drove me to it! ”
“ What could she possibly have done to deserve having a full-blood nearly shake the life out of her? ”
“ You ’ re making it worse than it was, Adrian. ”
“ Really? How the hell do you think she felt on the receiving end of that shaking? ”
How could you manhandle me like that, Conner? “ She provoked me, ” he insisted, but even to his own ears the words lacked the ring of truth. Oh fuck. What the hell had he done?
“ How? By wanting you to make love to her? ”
“ I don ’ t need to hear this shit from you of all people, Adrian! ”
“ Yes, you do! Is she all right? ”
You ’ ve already killed my faith and trust in you. You might as well kill my body too . “ The melodramatic bitch is fine. ”
“ B itch? ”
“ You heard what I said. ”
Adrian inhaled slowly. “ You shook the fuck out of her and you were ass dumb enough to tell her you didn ’ t do romantic love but if you did, you wouldn ’ t do it with her? Oh I ’ m sure the melodramatic bitch is fine. For the love of God, Conner, I never expected you to be such an ass and to not burn but incinerate your bridges with her so effectively. ”
“ What the hell, Adrian. ”
“ You think she ’ s ever going to forget you said that shit to her? ”
Because I was foolish enough to trust that there was a single shred of decency in you. I loved you. Loved. Past tense. He sighed and sank deep into his favorite chair. “ She pissed me off. ”
“ And your answer was to make her feel unattractive and afraid you ’ d rape and possibly kill her? ”
“ Oh cut the self-righteous shit, Adrian. I left her unraped and very much alive. ”
“ But clearly afraid of you. Is that what you wanted? ”
You ’ re scaring me and you ’ re hurting me, Conner. “ Yes, ” he admitted. “ At the time that ’ s exactly what I wanted. ”
“ Mission accomplished then, but damn if I
“ Are you telling me you ’ re not worth loving? ”
“ Shut the fuck up, Desiree or – ”
“ Or what? You ’ ll rape and kill me? You go right ahead. You ’ ve already killed my faith and trust in you. You might as well kill my body too. ”
His Adam ’ s apple bobbed.
“ Why did you do it? Because I was foolish enough to trust that there was a single shred of decency in you? I loved you, Conner and I thought you loved me. ”
To her dismay, her declaration of love seemed to infuriate him. He leaned over her. “ You thought wrong! I admit I told you I cared, but I never said anything about love. ”
“ You said you adored me. ”
“ I lied. ”
She touched his hand. “ I – ”
He slapped her hand away. “ Don ’ t touch me, Desiree. I don ’ t give a fuck about what Rayna may have told you or implied. I never gave you any reason to think or believe I was in love with you. I don ’ t do romantic love anymore. But if I did, I sure as hell wouldn ’ t do it with you! ”
The venom in his tone hit her with the force of a physical slap. She recoiled.
He turned and stalked away. Moments later, she heard her entrance door open and slam shut. She collapsed back onto the bed. How could she have been so wrong about him? He was clearly capable of rape and murder. Yet even knowing that, her heart ached for an excuse to forgive the unforgivable. But there was not a chance in hell of that happening because she was finished leading with her heart .
* * *
When Conner left Desiree he was so filled with rage, there was only one person capable of understanding him and calming him down. He made a call and by the time he arrived at his condo, Adrian was already there.
He listened with barely concealed impatience until Conner fell silent. Then he exploded to his feet. “ ‘ You shook her? ”
“ She drove me to it! ”
“ What could she possibly have done to deserve having a full-blood nearly shake the life out of her? ”
“ You ’ re making it worse than it was, Adrian. ”
“ Really? How the hell do you think she felt on the receiving end of that shaking? ”
How could you manhandle me like that, Conner? “ She provoked me, ” he insisted, but even to his own ears the words lacked the ring of truth. Oh fuck. What the hell had he done?
“ How? By wanting you to make love to her? ”
“ I don ’ t need to hear this shit from you of all people, Adrian! ”
“ Yes, you do! Is she all right? ”
You ’ ve already killed my faith and trust in you. You might as well kill my body too . “ The melodramatic bitch is fine. ”
“ B itch? ”
“ You heard what I said. ”
Adrian inhaled slowly. “ You shook the fuck out of her and you were ass dumb enough to tell her you didn ’ t do romantic love but if you did, you wouldn ’ t do it with her? Oh I ’ m sure the melodramatic bitch is fine. For the love of God, Conner, I never expected you to be such an ass and to not burn but incinerate your bridges with her so effectively. ”
“ What the hell, Adrian. ”
“ You think she ’ s ever going to forget you said that shit to her? ”
Because I was foolish enough to trust that there was a single shred of decency in you. I loved you. Loved. Past tense. He sighed and sank deep into his favorite chair. “ She pissed me off. ”
“ And your answer was to make her feel unattractive and afraid you ’ d rape and possibly kill her? ”
“ Oh cut the self-righteous shit, Adrian. I left her unraped and very much alive. ”
“ But clearly afraid of you. Is that what you wanted? ”
You ’ re scaring me and you ’ re hurting me, Conner. “ Yes, ” he admitted. “ At the time that ’ s exactly what I wanted. ”
“ Mission accomplished then, but damn if I
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