Page 70 of Hades’ Revenge

As we turned the corner, a light drizzle began to fall from the sky, misting us in a coating of warm summer rain.

“Come on.” I picked up the pace. “The hotel isn’t that far.”

“Easy for you to say.” She held onto me like her life depended on it. “I’m going to fall.”

“I can’t help it if your taste in shoes isn’t practical.” I wrapped my arm around her. “But I will never let you fall.”

“Oh no!” She giggled when the rain picked up in intensity. “We’re going to get soaked.”

“We’re almost there.” I slowed down to cross the street, making sure there were no cars coming. “Just a few more feet.”

Her boisterous laughter chipped away at my hard exterior.

When had I ever smiled during a rainstorm? Had I ever experienced such a light-hearted moment with a woman I had fallen so fast for? There were so many things I hadn’t done before her. When we reached the hotel, the doorman smirked as we hustled into the bustling lobby. Others hurried in behind us, commenting how the storm had come out of nowhere.

I navigated us to the penthouse elevators, being careful to not let her slip on the slick marble floors. She gazed up at me with bewilderment in her eyes while I pushed the button that would grant us access to my suite.

“What?” I led her into the elevator. “Why are you staring at me as if you’ve never seen me before?”

“I’ve never seen you like this.” She reached up on her toes and kissed my jaw as the doors shut.

“Unprepared?” I laughed. “Sloppy?” I glanced down at my Armani pants that stuck to my thighs. “Soaked?”

“I am taken over how hot you look when you’re wet and caught off guard, but that’s not what I’m talking about.”

“What are you talking about?” I wiped her wet cheeks with my fingers, admiring how sexy the thin, white material of her dress clinging to her rain-soaked flesh was.

“I’ve never seen you so light and soft.”

“Soft?” I shook my head when the doors opened. “I promise you, I’m not soft at all.” As we exited the elevator, I took her hand and pressed it to my impatient cock. “See.”

“That’s not what I meant.” She smacked my arm as I swiped my phone against the panel on the door. “Maybe it’s because since we left Greece, we haven’t had many moments to just be us. Do you know what I mean?”

“It’s been a little hectic.” I pushed on the door with my shoulder and guided her into the suite. “But now that we’re alone that will change.”

“How?” She smoothed her hands along my chest and kissed my neck as she yanked my shirt from my pants.

“I have a few ideas.” I skimmed my fingers along her sides. “They all start with getting you out of this wet dress.”

“I like where this is heading.” She unbuttoned my shirt and slipped it from my shoulders. “When you walked into the restaurant tonight, all of my anxiety and fears dissolved and were replaced with hope and renewal.”

“Why were you afraid?” I had sensed her stress as soon as I saw her with Leo. “What did I walk in on?”

“It doesn’t matter.” She scratched her fingers along my beard, and that subtle, probably unconscious action on her part calmed me as much as it settled her. “You saved me.”

“What did I save you from?” I kissed the tips of her fingers. “What happened before I arrived?”

I backed her against the wall and grabbed her hips, waiting for her to respond.

“My father informed me of his future plans for me and that hotel.” She gazed at the floor, reached down and took off her heels. “And other things.”

“What other things?” I forced her chin up so she had to look at me.

“I said it didn’t matter because I’m never going to let it happen.”

I must have gotten to Leo if he revealed his absurd plan to her. I would have thought he would have let it play out long enough to manipulate Capri into complying. He didn’t count on me fucking it all up.

“Did you think I would stand by, little minnow, and allow another shark to take what’s mine?”