Ethan and I dated for months?” I ask


    “So I must have slept with him somewhere along that time line, which would exin how I got pregnant.


    Weren’t we using protection?” I voiced out my thoughts, so lost in them that I forgot that Rowan was next


    to me.


    He growls, the wordsing out through clenched teeth: “Ava, please don’t mention you, another man,


    and sex in the same sentence. I don’t want even to think about it”


    I don’t even want to think of another man’s hands on my body, so I keep quiet. It’s still hard for me to


    ept that another man has touched and tasted me. It’s hard to ept that I’ve had another man inside


    ΠΕ.


    Shaking myself from those thoughts, I focus on him and ask the question that I dread the answer to


    “What about you? Did you sleep with Emma?”


    My heart is painfully pounding as I wait for his answer.


    Sharp grey eyes prate mine as he replies. “No. I didn’t have sex with her. I didn’t even kiss her


    because it felt so fucking wrong.


    Yet, I fucked another man. How can he even look at me and Iris?


    I’m sorry that I let another man touch me.” I whisper, feeling ashamed of myself,


    He gently grabs my jaw and forces me to look at him. Caressing my cheek, he ces a soft kiss at the


    corner of my mouth before his grey eyes turn to me again.


    “It’s not your fault, and don’t ever fucking apologize for that. If it wasn’t for your rtionship with Ethan,


    then Iris wouldn’t be here, and I would never regret that little girl because she owns part of my heart.”


    That touched me so much that I couldn’t stop myself from locking my lips with his. I thread my fingers


    into his hair as I bring him closer. Our lips tangle, and my desire spikes. Fuck, I wanted him badly.


    Without breaking the kiss, I get out from beneath the covers and straddle his hips. The evidence of his


    arousal presses against my wet center.


    My panties were drenched and stuck against my opening, but that didn’t stop me from rubbing against


    his hard on. The groan he releases travels all the way to Clit. I swear I could cum from just that damn


    sexy


    HB BONUS


    Nothing made sense except what was happening between us. What were we even talking about before?


    nsure it wasn’t important right? Not when his tongue was in my mouth, his hardened length was rubbing


    against center and his hands was kneading my ass. Nothing in this world mattered except for this


    moment night here between us.


    Pulling my hands from his hair, I was about to remove my nightgown when he stopped me.


    “No.” His voice was firm and strained.


    “Why? Don’t you want me?” I ask in confusion.


    His hardness told me he did want me. Unless his arousal wasn’t because of me.


    “You’re testing my fucking control, Ava.” He sighs. “Fuck yes do I want you, but that will be taking


    advantage of you.”


    Using one arm, he lifts me from hisps and ces me on the bed. Then he gets out of bed and starts


    heading towards the bathroom.


    “I don’t understand,” I call after him, making him stop


    He doesn’t turn, but he answers. “When I take you, I want you to believe my feelings for you; I want to be


    the only one you want and think about; I want to be the only one you have in your heart, and I want you


    to have nothing but love for me. Only then will I take you and im you as mine.”


    With that he walks into the bathroom, leaving me speechless and more confused.


    What the hell did he mean by he wants me to have nothing but love in my heart for him? Did something


    happen that made me hate him? And also, if Ethan was Iris’s dad, where the hell was he?