Tempt Me by Faith Summers

Author:Faith Summers [Summers, Faith]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bliss Romance Publishing
Published: 2020-05-30T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty

Ava

The shadows move like figures in the night. I know it’s daytime though.

I can sense it, although I haven’t seen daylight in forever.

The darkness is scary, but what’s scarier is the shadows. I know they’re there, and they know I know. It’s a game to them. All of them.

A laugh sounds, and it triggers the fear of God deep inside me.

Rough hands grab me, and flashes of light go on and off. I don’t know why they bother. I wonder if it’s so I can’t identify them, or maybe it’s part of the game. I know their faces. I know who they are and what they are. Men who are monsters. Men who are nightmares.

Laughter and more hands. It all comes at once. Terror comes next. It feels like falling to death. I’m falling, and there’s no one to save me. Those who could are dead.

I’m next… but these devils will only let me have death when they’re finished with me.

Someone squeezes my neck hard, and I jump….

I jump out of my sleep forgetting where I am, but he’s holding me.

Vincent’s holding me. He’s here.

It’s daylight again, and he’s here in my bed.

“Doll… you okay?” he asks, searching my eyes.

I run a hand through my hair and draw in a steady breath. It was just a dream. Or rather a nightmare of a memory.

When he cups my face, his warm fingers make me feel better.

“You’re here.” He didn’t leave like last time.

“Is that what you wanted?” he asks in a playful manner I haven’t seen before.

“Maybe.”

“Maybe? Remember, I can tell when you’re lying. Or even telling half-truths.”

A little smile creeps across my lips, and he gives me a curious look.

“Well, hell. She’s even prettier when she smiles.” He releases my face and crooks his finger, beckoning me to his lips for a kiss. I move forward and plant a little kiss on his lips.

He gets off the bed and drags on his pants and boxers.

“I will see you at eight.”

“Where are you going?”

“Work.”

“Do you have to work so hard?” I ask, and the question somehow throws him. He raises a brow at me and gives me a wolfish grin.

I was so mad at this man just days ago, and that smile and his words have charmed me back to him. His ruffled hair is in complete contrast to his usually well-kept suave look and gives him a more youthful appearance. I like both.

“Yes, although you don’t eat, the rest of us need food on the table.”

“It’s Saturday though.”

“Bellezza, I have to go… I’ll see you at the club later.”

My lips part. “The club?”

“Yeah. Wear purple this time.” He winks at me before leaving.

I stare at the door and try to take myself out of the trance.

What’s happening again?

Or… what’s happening now?

That was a good version of us cemented by last night.

I won’t forget our arrangement, and I’ll continue to hold guard of my heart even when it calls for him, but I have to admit there was something freeing about having him see into the pain that fills my soul.

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