Lick of Fire: A Second Chance Romance (City of Stars Book 3) by Clara Elroy

Author:Clara Elroy [Elroy, Clara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-02-24T16:00:00+00:00

Ares

How do you forget a monumental mistake?

You get your brains knocked out.

Pain spread on my left cheekbone like a thousand fire ants had taken permanent residence on my face, and my body was sore in several other places as I rested on the floor, thanks to none other than Saint.

That’s what I got for boxing with a hundred and ninety-pound ex-football player. It wasn’t his fault; I’d asked him to go as hard as he could, and he’d made good on my request. I didn’t regret it. It erased Serena’s words from my head even for just five fucking minutes.

It all came rushing back, though, as we caught our breath. The hurt in her voice. The tremble as she relived what she’d survived. The raw truth of what she was saying was painted all over her stance, and it left no shadow of doubt in my mind.

She was being genuine, and I’d had basically my whole life to put two and two together. But for some reason—jealousy, if I could be honest—I hadn’t managed to connect the dots and taunted her with that damned painting that I ripped to shreds after she ran out on me.

She ran out on me.

I’d lost count of how many times she’d done that by now.

But I was starting to get fed up, and nice Ares was bound to fly out the window next time I saw her.

“How do you apologize to Aria when you fuck up?” I asked Saint, sprawled next to me on a blue mat.

His face twisted in thought, and I almost cracked a smile when I realized he was probably shifting through a mental library full of bullshit he’d done. “How big of a fuckup are we talking about?”

I gulped, wiping the sweat off my neck with a dry towel. What level would one rate acting like an asshat that couldn’t handle rejection for fourteen years and taunting the girl of his fucking dreams for running away when things got real, thinking she would’ve one hundred percent stayed if she’d had his best friend’s dick inside her? It was pretty bad to begin with, but factor in that she never even had a say in the first place, and I was in some enormous pile of shit.

So, definitely top-tier level bad.

“The worst you’ve ever done,” I said, and even the grunting men going at it at the boxing ring on our right couldn’t divert my razor-sharp focus on Saint.

His blond brows bunched, eyes filled with questions he surprisingly kept at bay as he sat up, giving me his undivided attention. “There are two ways to go about it, depending on the woman. First, you either wait it out a few days and then go after them if they’re the kind to soften up with time. That’s what works best with my wife.” He laid down the rules. “Or if they’re overthinkers, then you need to strike while the situation is hot because if they sit on it, it’s going to turn into lava-level hot.

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