“You have no idea what I’ve been through because of what you did!” Her words made my heart stop.
“Then tell me, baby. Tell me everything so I can try to make it right.”
“You can’t.” Tears rolled down her gorgeous face.
“Won’t you let me try? I didn’t cheat on you.”
“I wish you had, so everything I’d been through wasn’t for nothing.” She softly cried.
“Tell me everything.” I stroked her cheek and kissed her forehead.
Over the years, when I thought about Karma, I’d wondered how she was doing. She’d only been eighteen when she left. I couldn’t imagine how she provided for herself. It wasn’t like she’d come from money. Her parents never had two dimes to rub together, constantly blowing what little they had on gambling.
“Can you erase my memory? Can you rewind time, so I didn’t have to live through the aftermath of hearing you fucking another woman?”
“I didn’t fuck her.”
“I’m telling you it doesn’t matter because I believed you had for all these years. It’s too late for us, Abe.”
“It’s never too late.” I gritted my teeth and took Karma’s wrists in my hands, raising them above her head. She was pinned against the wall and not going anywhere. I took advantage of the situation, kissing down her neck.
She sighed.
She trembled.
She didn’t fight.
Her response was a green light to proceed. I licked her soft skin, inhaling her fresh scent and absorbing it into my bones. I’d forgotten how goddamn good she smelled.
“What are you doing?” she asked in a breathy voice.
“You really don’t know?” I collected her wrists in one hand, tightening my grip so she couldn’t pull away.
“We aren’t doing this.” Her body pushed against mine, nullifying her statement.
“I’m not letting go of you.” I tugged open her robe, finding a tank undershirt like I wore. “Is this mine?” I ran my hand up the back of her thigh. Jesus, she wasn’t wearing underwear. “Fuck, baby.”
“Abe, this is too fast.” Again her words didn’t match her body language. Her breathing depended, her eyes filled with lust. She wanted me as much as I wanted her. She would make me work for it, though, and I would.
“Give in to me.” I covered her breast with my mouth, teasing her nipple with my tongue through the fabric. They were fuller than I remembered and more tempting. I bit down on her tight little bud.
“Oh, crap.” Her hips bucked. “No.”
“Do you really mean no?” I eyed her as I released her wrists and skated my hands down her arms, leaving a trail of goose flesh behind.
“I… I…” Her body melted into my touch.
“You what?” Cupping her mound, I dipped my fingers between her folds. “Look at you, warm and wet for me.”
“Anyone’s body would react to stimuli.” Karma swallowed, her breathing picking up.
“Not yours. If you weren’t enjoying my hands on you, you would’ve already kneed me in the balls.” I’d stop if she demanded it.
“Don’t give me any ideas.”
“I’m not giving up my family, baby.” I kissed a path down her jaw, breathing her in and bathing myself in her essence.
“Don’t treat us like a possession.”