She had "met" Sano for the first time today, and yet she was already letting this man - this stranger - fuck her like she was his sex toy, and oh God, oh God—-
It was the dirtiest thing she had ever done in her entire life, and the thought had her gasping and her toes curled hard—-
Sano suddenly gripped her hair and yanked her head back.
"Why are you looking at me like that?" he growled. "Has it finally occurred to you that your husband is fucking you with a different cock?"
Oh God!
That Sano had easily guessed the direction of her thoughts had her cheeks flaming even as the inner muscles of her pussy contracted—-
"Fuck!"
And then he was pounding into her wildly and savagely, and oh God, oh God, oh God—-
"Does it turn you on, Charlotte? Does this new cock of mine turn you on so fucking bad—-"
The words were just too much, and Charlotte could only cry his name out—-
"Sano!"
Sano groaned as Charlotte started to cum, and both of them felt the way her orgasm gushed out of her tight and throbbing channels.
"Oh God, Sano."
His fingers dug deep into her hips as he shoved into her one last time—-
"Charlotte..."
Sano's powerful body jerked against hers as he exploded inside of her, and the burning, sticky heat of his seed filled her pussy.
"I love you, Charlotte, I love you. I love you."
He had always told her that after sex. Always. And so she should've expected it. But she hadn't. At all. And it was why the words completely caught her off guard, and she started to cry.
I love you, too, Sano.
I love you, too.
I love you so, so much.
She ached to say the words, but she knew if she did, she would never stop crying, and it would only be a matter of time before he figured out something was wrong.
I love you, I love you, I love you.
All she could do was whisper the words in her mind over and over as she felt his cock continue to spill out cum twitch after twitch. She wished it could last forever, but just like this heaven-sent day with the man she loved was meant to end, Charlotte eventually felt Sano carefully withdraw out of her, and she immediately felt empty and alone.
I love you, Sano, I love you.
It was almost ironic how much Charlotte wanted to say the words now, when all those years they had been together, nothing short of torture could've made her say the very same thing to her husband.
God was probably teaching her a lesson, Charlotte thought as she pushed her skirt down with slightly trembling fingers. When she thought about it now, she couldn't even recall why exactly it had been so hard for her to say those words. Was it because her last memory of her parents being together was Amelia crying 'I love you' to her husband, and Charlotte's father still choosing to walk away in spite of it? Or was it because she had always believed she never deserved someone like Landon, and a part of her had held the words back as some kind of safeguard?
Whatever her reasons were at that time, Charlotte was now old enough to realize that there could never be a good enough excuse for her to hold the words back, and it might be why Landon had always seemed so unreasonably jealous of Lukas. At that time, she had actually thought his jealousy "adorable", but now—-
The feel of Sano's hands holding her shoulders interrupted her thought, and a moment later she felt him gently turning her around to face him.
"I love you, Charlotte."
The words caught her off guard once again, and all she could do was stare at him.
A crooked smile twisted over his lips, but Charlotte couldn't help noticing how the smile failed to reach his eyes.
"I know you have a hard time saying it back, but right now..." Sano's voice turned taut. "I need to hear you say them, Charles."
"I..."
Oh God.
She wanted to say the words, she really did, but she was scared of what else she would say after it. She knew it made no sense, but those words felt as if they were her last defense, the one last thing that made her strong and keep the truth of Cass' visions to herself—-
"You just need to say them once."
Charlotte looked at him helplessly. "Sano—-"
"Or can't you say it," he bit out, "because it's no longer true?"
What?
Charlotte was stunned when Sano suddenly walked away. "Sano—-"
"Do you remember my friend Oscar?"
Charlotte's confusion grew. "I...yes." Oscar was Land's friend at work, and her husband had often told her there was no secret in this world that Oscar wouldn't be able to eventually uncover. As long as that secret had a paper trail—-
Oh no.
There could only be one reason for Sano to bring up Oscar's name at this moment, and when she saw his gaze turn bleak—-