It Destroys Me: A Forbidden Dark Romance (Betrayal Book 6) by Penelope Sky

Author:Penelope Sky [Sky, Penelope]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Hartwick Publishing
Published: 2024-07-26T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

Theo

It was almost three in the morning when I came home.

Dead tired and buzzed on too much scotch, I walked into my bedroom and rubbed the corner of my eye, feeling the fatigue deep in the muscles of my face. My sleep schedule was all over the place. Sometimes I slept a couple hours during the day, and sometimes I slept the whole night with Astrid beside me. I was young enough to tolerate it, but in a couple years, that might not be true anymore.

I usually showered before bed, but I was too fucking tired tonight. I turned on the lamp on my nightstand and pulled my phone out of my pocket.

She shifted in the bed, the sound stirring her.

I watched her, not expecting her to be there, let alone in lingerie. The sheets were pulled up to her chest, showing the push-up bra that left little to the imagination. She probably tried to stay awake to surprise me when I came home, but once midnight rolled around, she was out like a light.

I took off my watch then undressed, leaving the clothes on the floor for my butler to deal with later. I pulled back the sheets to get into bed, and once my weight disturbed the pressure across the mattress, she woke up.

She blinked a couple times before she looked at me in bed beside her. Once the recognition hit, she gazed at me like I was her favorite person in the world. With affection that lit up every corner of the room. With an enthusiasm that didn’t need to be expressed in words. Astrid didn’t play games like most people. Couldn’t tell a lie to save her life. Wore her heart on her sleeve, when most people didn’t even have a heart. All qualities I loved about her. She had all the qualities of a woman…but the innocence of a child. “What—what time is it?”

“Three.”

She released a sigh. “I didn’t realize you would be home so late.”

“Could have asked.”

“I didn’t want to bother you at work.”

“You never bother me.” Her dark makeup was ruined and smeared on the pillow, but I loved the way it made her look. Like a real woman and not a fake doll. “I already said that.”

“I know, but I don’t want to start bothering you.”

I wouldn’t mind seeing her messages on my phone. It didn’t matter the time or what I was doing. Even if she just wanted to tell me a joke, not that she ever made jokes. But I didn’t tell her that because she didn’t seem to believe me anyway.

“I hope it’s okay that I’m here.”

“You would already know if it wasn’t.” I circled her waist and brought her closer to me, hooking her leg over my hip and squeezing her ass with my hand.

Her eyes moved down to my chest, where she traced one of my tattoos with her finger. She had the plumpest lips, the kind that made women pump shit into their faces to achieve.

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