Chapter Eighteen
She hugged King goodbye because he was going into the office and would be home late, which worried her.
“As much as I’d like you home, why don’t you sleep at your condo in the city?” she asked.
He gripped her hand in his. “I haven’t been there since… I came back to see if you were gone, and I was incredibly shocked to see you’d taken nothing.”
“It wasn’t mine to take, King.”
“But it was … is. They were all gifts I gave you.”
“I couldn’t.”
“I have to remind you that the condo is also yours. I bought it for you, and it has your name on it.”
She’d forgotten that. Not that it mattered. She wouldn’t have stayed there and wanted to talk to him about selling it eventually. “So, you left that day and never went back once?”
“No. I couldn’t. I had the cleaners take care of the food and come in to clean once a month, but otherwise, I couldn’t make myself go there, and everything is the way we left it that day.”
“Where did you stay in the city?”
“If I had to stay late at the office, which was more times than not, I slept on the sofa in my office. I started keeping extra suits there and was glad I had a full bathroom in my office so I could shower.”
“Why did you do that?”
“I lost it for a while. Darian tried to help. He’d put me to bed or would try to take the booze I was trying to kill myself with. I couldn’t sleep without it. I even had a stash at the office.”
“Oh, God,” she said as tears slid down her face.
“Baby, don’t feel bad. I deserved everything I got.”
“I want this to stop. Yes, it happened, and it affected us, but we’re back together. Nothing will tear us apart this time.”
“Fuck, no. I’d never let it.”
“We can’t go back and change it, King.”
“No, unfortunately, we can’t.”
“So, let it go.”
He cupped the back of her head. “Jesus Christ, what did I do to deserve you?”
She smiled up at him. “I guess you were just lucky.”
“Oh, hell yeah.” He dipped his head down and pressed his lips against hers. His tongue dove in when she opened her mouth. He had her pressed up against his chest and let one hand roam up and down her back and curve around her ass.
“God, I’m going to need your total submission tonight, baby. Will you give me this ass?”
“Yes, Daddy.”
He closed his eyes and groaned. “You know what that does to me when you call me Daddy.”
“Yes.”
He grinned down at her. “You’re a little feisty today, aren’t you?”
She giggled. “Maybe a little.”