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“But it wasn’t with her? Or you were just willing to chance it with her?” My insides empty. “This is all I want from you. This one thing, to show me you love me.”

“I do love you.”

“Okay then, I’m ready.” I circle my hips to entice him. “I love you. Show me you feel the same.”

His warm gaze connects with mine. “It’s gonna hurt, Lily, but I promise I’ll be as careful as I can.”

“I know. I trust you.”

He kisses me and pushes into me at a slow pace. The burn steals my breath and the pain is almost blinding, but I don’t care.

It’s transformative. I’m nowhere else but here in my body, with Callum buried deep inside me. It’s all I want, even if everything about it is wrong. Those repercussions can be dealt with another day.

Chapter Twenty

CALLUM/CASH

Then

Sugar On The Cutting Edge

Some illusions taste like love…until the crash makes you question if it ever was.

Livianna curls into me as we catch our breaths. “We can’t stay in here for long, but I want just a few minutes before we need to get back out to the party.”

“That’s fine.” I hold her in my arms. “Are you okay?”

“Yes. That was perfect.” She kisses my chest. “Was it good for you?”

“Out of the world, fantastic. Better than I’ve ever had and I mean that.” My stomach does a corkscrew kind of spin right up into my throat. “But we should’ve used a condom.”

“Oh well. Nothing’s going to happen. It never does on the first try.”

Try?

“We’re hoping to avoid you getting pregnant, right?” I shift to find her gaze.

“Of course, Callum.” She pushes up and out of my embrace. “I thought it was perfect.”

“It was.” I sit, still trying to piece together why she had a meltdown.

Faith…or Zara means nothing to me and I thought I made that clear, but it was like Lily couldn’t hear a word I was saying. She moves to get out of bed when someone knocks on the door.

“Fuck. That’s probably Bren.” She wraps the sheet around her and gets up to answer the door. “Bren, is that you?”

“Yeah. Open the door. I’ve got what you need.”

She does and he slips inside.

He eyes her up and down. “Ah, Liv. Why do this now?”

“I wanted to and it helped calm me down.” She turns to me and flashes a weird, fake kind of smile.

I’m sitting naked on the edge of the bed, trying to grasp what crazy mistake I just made. I love Lily, but this was reckless as fuck. I just felt hopeless watching her fall apart and wanted to make her feel better.

Bren gazes over at me. “There’s blood all over the sheets. What the fuck is wrong with you two?”

My forehead crinkles up. “What?”