The Fallen Angel's Bride (Married To The Devil Book 5) by Roxie Ray & Skye Wilson
Author:Roxie Ray & Skye Wilson [Ray, Roxie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-08-31T16:00:00+00:00
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Joan
âHere,â Lock said as he saw me perched on the bed, struggling with the ankle straps of my stilettos. He dropped to one knee in front of me, then pulled my foot up onto his thigh. âLet me.â
Lockâs fingers brushed across my ankle, then eased the strap out of its buckle. He made it look simple. Probably, it was.
But now that we were out of Avarice and back up in the room, the exhaustion in my body had multiplied straight into infinity. My brain was still firing at a mile a minute, but my body felt sluggish and slow.
I was physically tired and mentally wired. A dangerous combination.
âThank you,â I mumbled down to him as he slipped my foot out of the heel. He pressed his thumb into my arch, massaging a tension Iâd been too wiped to even realize I had. âThatâ¦oh.â I closed my heavy eyelids and nodded. âThat feels reallyâ¦really nice.â
âYe deserve a bit of nice, I reckon.â He gave my right foot a final squeeze, then moved to the left to give it the same treatment. âYe did well tonight, Joanie. But if yer feelinâ tiredââ
âLike an old, worn-out knock-knock joke,â I confirmed. âI wish I could sleep, but I donât think my brainâs ready to settle down yet.â
âAye, Avarice will do that to ye.â He pulled my foot up to his lips and placed a firm kiss to my inner ankle. âItâs meant to drain ye, really. Playinâ the slots is all right as long as yer not too keen on winninâ, but the tablesâwhere the real gambling happensâthose will suck ye in easy if ye let them. Drain ye dry, too.â
âAnd I wasnât even gambling.â I sighed as he lowered my foot to the floor and rose once more. âYou must feel even more spent than I do.â
âAch, Iâm all right.â He turned to give me a wink, then moved to the phone on the nightstand next to the bed. âIâve got the stamina of a fallen angel and the stubbornness of a demon. Makes it easier to manage. But youââ He sat down on the bed and picked up the phone. ââare gloriously, brilliantly human. And ye havenât eaten dinner yet, either. Gonna order somethinâ up from Indulgence. Fancy a bite?â
My eyes wandered to his lips as he spoke.
A bite sounded nice right nowâthough, a slightly different kind than what he was offering.
âIâd love a bite,â I admitted. Maybe getting some food in me would help wind my brain down. âDo they do cheeseburgers?â
Lock laughed. âTheyâre a Michelin-star restaurant in Hell, Joanie. They do everything.â
I went to the bathroom to remove my makeup while Lock ordered us a late dinner. It was strange, having so much makeup on. Tonight Iâd worn my lipstick and eyeliner like war paint. Iâd needed it, too.
But I felt most like myself when my face was bare. I probably looked prettier beneath the magic of foundation and mascara. That wasnât really me, though.
It was one of the many nice things about Lock.
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