Broken By The Billionaire: A Dark Billionaire Romance (Rags to Riches Book 3) by Autumn Miller

Author:Autumn Miller [Miller, Autumn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Miller Publishing
Published: 2023-05-24T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

AVA

For several weeks after I was found, I would cry at everything, especially TV programmes with violence towards women. I would just slip away to a place I couldn’t easily find my way back from. I know I’m a survivor and not a victim, that’s one thing I learned from the support groups, but some days I couldn’t distinguish between one and the other. And although I didn’t know why those things triggered me, it was clear that somewhere deep inside me, I remembered.

Counselling sessions with Dave have helped me cope, but I need answers.

Outside of that, I wallow in my feelings for Max. When I return to his Highgate house, I worry I’ll have mixed emotions. Here, being with Max, my memories are stronger and more accessible. And while I need to meet them head-on, the prospect is terrifying.

Our reunion at the station was indecent, Max kissing me so passionately I was sure someone was going to catcall. For the entire drive here we held hands at the console, Max drawing a thumb over the back of my hand in maddening circles. Everything feels so warm and enticing, my body languid and primed.

I don’t know if I can wait until tonight; my body craves his unrelentingly.

As always, Logan is eager to say hello when we enter the house. Max walks towards the kitchen, so I follow, passing the house manager’s office.

“Will I meet Jeremy today?”

“Unlikely, he’s running an errand for me.”

“So he’s an assistant too, for work?”

Max unlocks a door, Logan bounding into the impressive garden. “Of sorts. He manages the security, oversees my household staff—they come Monday to Thursday—and he drives for me sometimes. But mainly he makes sure the house and my schedule are running well.”

“Sounds like a good find.”

“He’s ex-military and trustworthy. He’s my right hand.”

“Hand of the king?” I tease, surveying his magnificent home again.

“If that makes you my queen,” he replies, taking hold of my hand and swinging me into his embrace. I gaze into his warm, searching eyes. “That makes you my girlfriend, doesn’t it? My metaphorical queen.”

Words fail me at the sight of his fervid look.

“I want you, Ava, in all the ways a man can want a woman. I thought I’d lost you last weekend, and I was not happy.”

“You’ve not lost me. In fact, it’s the exact opposite. I want you too, because of everything and despite everything.”

His mouth drops to mine, his kiss long and drawn out, a reenactment of how he wants to fuck me—tantalisingly slow, teasing, hovering on that frustrating line of just not hard or fast enough.

“Can we go to bed?” I ask, my restraint gone.

Quickly, Logan is called back inside. Then Max hoists me up, securing his arms around my thighs as he walks up the curving stairs to the second floor. His lair. And even though I can see he understands the need to disregard what happened to me, I can also see caution in his eyes. He wants to check in, to ensure I’ll be okay.

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