Conquered

Chapter 14 - Pleasure: One half of the coin

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Chapter 14 - Pleasure: One half of the coin

Aria
"You look pissed. What did he do?"

"I loathe your brother with every fibre of my being."

He pulled me in for a hug.

"I'm sorry you had to deal with him. I should have gone myself."

"No, it's fine. You two would have probably ended up fighting, and things would have been much worse."

"He needs to get his ass kicked."

"I agree, but that wouldn't help either of you right now. You seem calmer than you were a few minutes ago. Are you back to being my Zane now?"

"Wasn't I always your Zane?"

"You were scary earlier, not to me, but it's a side I've never seen before."

"I'm sorry."

"It's okay."

I buried my face against his chest and inhaled his unique smell. I wasn't going to think about what happened earlier. As far as I'm concerned, it never happened, and therefore does not exist in my memory.

"I'm going to go take a shower."

He raised one perfectly sculpted eyebrow.

"Was it that horrible?"

"You have no idea."

I wanted to wash away the guilt I was feeling for allowing Eli to put his lips on me. If Zane ever found out what he did, it would drive a wedge between them. I shook my head. "No. He can never find out."

I was so distracted by my thoughts that I didn't even hear when Zane entered the shower. It was the familiar feel of his arms wrapping around me that alerted me to his presence. I sighed deeply and relaxed against him, allowing the water to cascade over our bodies.

"I'm sorry we had to come back before you could get peace of mind."

I didn't respond right away. So far I've been pushing all the bad memories to the back of my mind because I wanted to give us a chance to be happy without my past getting in the way.

I turned in his arms.

"I'm not so sure I want to go back." It was the truth. I had Zane. Revenge didn't seem so important to me anymore. "I just want to be with you."

"And I just want to be with you, but are you sure you'll be able to live with yourself if you let the chance go?"

"I honestly don't know."

"Okay. How about we stay here for a few days and if after those days you want to just let it go, I'll agree to it."

It was a good enough suggestion, but I'm not sure I wanted to be anywhere near Eli after what just happened. I needed to stay as far away as possible from him.

"If you don't want to stay in the palace we can go to the apartment in the city. It would be just us there."

I didn't want to think about any of those things right now. I wanted my mate. The feel of his skin pressed up against mine was doing things to me. I wanted to feel him buried deep inside of me until I didn't know where I began or where he ended. That was the only thing I wanted at the moment.

He opened his mouth to speak again but I placed a finger against it cutting him off.

"Zane."

"Hmm?"