Page 94 of Acceptance
He cups her face and gives her a sad look. “That’s not true.”
“It is. I just hope one day you’ll believe me when I tell you that you only deserve love. Not pain and suffering. But I will show you love every day until I take my last breath. I will care for you the way you care for others.”
“Why?”
“Because you had every reason to become someone who only knows how to hate. Instead, you choose to love. You protect us because you weren’t when you needed someone to do that for you. I’m never giving up on you. Or us. It will be my life’s mission to stop you from looking so damn surprised when you’re offered kindness.”
Taking his body wash, she lathers it up and runs it along his skin, his eyes watching in amazement.No one’s ever done this for him before, have they? He’s been neglected his entire life, and I only added to it when I hurt him.
His cock comes alive again as she rinses him, and she looks up into his eyes. “Please?”
“Marnie—”
“Try? Please?”
Venom nods, and she slowly moves onto her knees, shifting out of the direct water line. It’s the one sex act he refuses her. Having her take him into her mouth has been off-limits because of her dead boss, who tried to blackmail her into blowing him.
He saved her that night. Showed up like a white knight and killed the man who thought she was nothing more than a biker whore. It was the night she should have realized he loved her.
“Marnie,” he says, but it’s a moan. “Fuck.”
Using her hand, she alternates between taking him deep into her mouth and stroking him while she sucks just the tip. It seems to be the right combination because his hand slams against the wall as he tries to brace himself.
“I’m gonna come,” he warns.
Marnie doesn’t let up. Instead, she takes him as far as she can, sucking enough to border between pleasure and pain. Something Venom likes in the bedroom.
He fills her mouth with a gasp, and his body trembles. Swallowing everything he offers, she leans back onto her heels. “That wasn’t so bad, was it?”
“It’s still difficult to see you like this, but fuck if you’re not good at that, too, love,” he says and pants. “You take my breath away, love.”
“You and me against the world. Forever.”
Guiding her to stand, he looks ready to cry. “Promise?”
She peppers his face with kisses, giving him soft affectionate touches. “Cross my heart.”
“God, I love you.”
“I love you, too. Now, I need to finish showering, and you promised me pizza. And I’m starving.”
“Whatever you want, love, you get. Especially tonight.”
“Be careful what you wish for.”
Smirking, he bends down to nip at a nipple, making her yelp. “I think I can handle anything you could ask me. I’ll move mountains. You just gotta ask.”
“Good thing I think the Earth is just as God intended. You might get tired otherwise.”
“Just say the word.”
He steps out and wraps himself with a towel to find his phone, and Marnie places her hand over her mouth. How the hell could she have missed the pain he carries all this time?
I can’t screw up this second chance. I’m scared of what it might do to him. And to me. I’ll make sure he knows what true love feels like, even if I have to die to prove it.
Chapter Thirty-One
Griffin’s Beach
