Hate Me: A Dark Crime Syndicate Romance by Summer O'Toole

Author:Summer O'Toole [O'Toole, Summer]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2023-02-14T18:30:00+00:00

1. Fine—Kyle Hume

2. Continue playing Fine

3. Stop playing Fine

4. Tears of Gold—Faouzia |

Chapter 14

Flowers and Gold

Finn

Her teeth are chattering by the time we arrive at the barn, her wet dress clinging to her body. 1 I climb the steps with her in my arms, bringing her to the bathroom. It’s a tiny fucking thing with a slanted roof, tucked into the eaves. I set her on the toilet while I turn on the shower and grab a blanket from the bed.

“Let’s get you out of this thing.” Gathering up the hem, I lift the dress up and over her head. She shivers when her wet hair lands on her bare back, and I quickly wrap the blanket around her.

She’s silent, hasn’t said a word since the lake. I’m worried she might be going into shock until she delicately slips her icy fingers into the waistband of my jeans, tugging me forward. My chest swells as her numb fingers struggle with the button and soggy denim. When she finally gets it, she pulls them down, and I step out of them, waiting for her to look up at me.

Steam starts rising from the shower. She shrugs the blanket off her shoulder, and we’re left naked in front of each other for the first time. Her eyes stay fixed to our feet, but I need to see her amber eyes. I lift her chin up with two fingers. I need her to see my eyes, see the truth in them when I say, “You’re so fucking beautiful, Ef. Sometimes it feels like I can’t fucking breathe.”

The crease between her brows slackens, and she rises on her toes to kiss my nose. I don’t think I’ve ever been kissed there before and the casual intimacy of it makes my heart lodge in my throat. Her eyes are soft and her lips curl ever so slightly as she takes my hand and pulls back the shower curtain.

The shower is cramped, and our bodies are forced to shuffle against each other. I use both hands to brush the hair out of her face as I take her in. Truly fucking stunning.

She looks up at me, and there’s a reluctant comfort in her eyes, like she can’t quite let herself feel secure in hoping for this new version of us. I don’t blame her. I’ve given her no reason to trust me. I can only hope that she saw the cache as an olive branch. Not as an attempt to wrap everything up neatly with a pretty bow. But the first step on a long path toward redemption, of becoming a man deserving of her.

Because deep down, I’ve known, it’s always been her. And it always will be.

“Turn for me, princess.” I can’t help but run my hands down her arms as she faces away from me, her ass just barely brushing up against my cock. I shampoo her hair, and she lets her head fall back as I massage her scalp. Her eyes are closed, and she sighs the sweetest little hum.

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