Hunger: A Second Chance Angel Romance by Stasia Black
Author:Stasia Black [Black, Stasia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-03-24T18:30:00+00:00
Chapter Thirteen
LAYDEN
Present Day
When we pull into Vladâs compound and Phoenix leads me downstairs to her wing, I canât help but feel déjà vu. During the month we stayed leading up to the wedding, I kept to the guest wing with my family.
She even has another computer lab there. Iâm pretty sure Vlad had it installed there for her to show anything to visiting dignitaries; he wouldnât have to put up with leading them down her pink-walled part of the compound.
As we push through the double doors to her wing, though, I see things have changed since I was last here. âThe walls arenât pink anymore.â Instead, theyâre a pleasant beige.
âI grew up,â she says shortly, all but stomping down the hall. When she shoves open the door, Iâm glad to see at least the lab is still much the same.
âHey,â I ask, reaching out a hand but not quite daring to touch her shoulder. I withdraw it. âAre we okay? After what⦠happened back there?â
âWeâre fine,â she snaps. âWhy wouldnât we be fine?â
âUhâ¦â I just stare at her as she adamantly stares at the floor, then sits down and starts booting up the computer. âBecause we just had sex.â
âThat wasnât us,â she bites out.
âUm. It sure felt like it. I remember everything.â
She swings around in the chair, all but kicking me with how fast she moves. âIt wasnât us,â she says again adamantly.
âIf it wasnât you that I was having sex with, who was it?â I demand. âAmmit? Because it was my first time.â
Her angry eyes soften, half in disbelief. âWhat? That was your firââ She cuts herself off and looks at the ground again. âIt justââ
âIt just, what?â
âIt canât be like that between us.â
âSo what happened earlier was nothing to you?â I donât know why Iâm pushing this. But I never could hide my cards with her.
If the sex truly meant nothing to her, fine. Iâm not the man that pushes anything a woman, especially this one, doesnât want. Iâd throw myself in the sea first. I just need to know now before I get pulled any deeper into this. The way she looked at me while weâ I just have to know.
âIt canât be,â she says.
âBecause of your professor?â
âWhat?â She looks up at me, startled. âDonât be an ass. Heâs just my advisor.â
âAre you sure he knows that?â
She stands up and shoves me in the chest. âDonât be an ass. I mean it.â
I want to repeat it so sheâll shove me again. So Iâll have some form of physical contact with her. Even standing as close as we are, I can feel the heat and intensity from back in the alley rising up again between us.
âWas it only Ammit?â I ask, taking another step into her so she can feel the heat from my chest.
Her eyes flip from my eyes to my lips, back to my eyes.
Back to my lips.
And then she shakes her head. Hope rises in my chest before she steps back.
âShe could already be fleeing the city.
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