“Better her than me,” she snapped rightback.
Jesus Christ, where did she get off being so mad atme?
And why did it have to get me so fuckinghot?
I stared her down, my blood boiling and my dick standing at attention, rock-hard for her, as fucking always. “You want me to fuck her, is thatit?”
“What?”
“She supposed to be bait or something? A test? Send her onto my bus alone enough times and see whathappens?”
“That’s fuckingridiculous.”
“See if the same thing happens when I’m alone with her as what happens when I’m alone withyou?”
No. Clearly that wasn’t herplan.
I could tell by the look of offense, annoyance, and just plain disgust on her face. I could see it… as she started to wonder what exactlyhadhappened.
“Did you fuck her?” sheasked.
“Would it matter if Idid?”
“Well, she’s pretty much your employee and she’s my assistant, soyes.”
“How about the fact that I’m your husband? That rate with you atall?”
She crossed her arms over her chest and said nothing. She was wearing a dress, a short lingerie-looking black dress, under her suede jacket, and it was such fucking bullshit that I wasn’t even allowed to touchher.
That if I tried and succeeded, she’d probably just get madder atme.
“Admit it,” I said, moving in, “you don’t want me to touch Talia. You don’t want me to touch anyone else. You want mewithyou.”
She didn’t admit it. She didn’t say a word. But her eyes drifted down my chest again and her nostrilsflared.
“You hate it when I’m with other women, and not because it’s some bullshit proof to you that I’ll never be able to keep my dick in my pants. It’s because you’re jealous. Because you want me, and you don’t want anyone else to haveme.”
She looked up at me and said, quietly, “No, Zane. I don’t let myself wantthat.”
“What?Why?”
“Because there’s no point wanting something you can neverhave.”
With that, she turned around and walked right off my bus—walked away from me,again.
And all my anger cooled.Instantly.
Because nothing seemed worth it when Maggie walked away fromme.
Not being right or winning the fight. I never wonanyway.
Neither of us reallydid.
Fuck.
I sighed, and went afterher.
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