“Why do you think I was unfaithful?” (Patreon)

“I never considered marrying someone from my father’s world. I wanted someone normal, someone…”

His cutting look of censure stopped her from finishing her sentence.

“Someone like the dozens of losers you fucked the year you still had my name and hid from me?”

Even as her stomach clenched, she forced her lips to curve in a mocking smile and ignored the shame that snaked through her belly. “I guess that makes us even.”

His eyes narrowed into slits. “Did Maximus tell you I was cheating on you?”

She wasn’t aware that she moved, only that she was on her feet. Her body reacted to her flight instinct quicker than her mind, her only thought that she had to avoid this topic at all costs. She took two strides before Roth grabbed hold of her.

“You wrote that in your series that my character, Rex, cheated. Why?”

“Let me go.”

“What the fuck did I just tell you?” he growled as he swung her around and put his hands on her shoulders. “No more running. We’re sorting this shit out.”

“Oh, is it confession time? Ok, Roth, why don’t you tell the class what my dad blackmailed you about! Inquiring minds what to know!” she said with rabid good cheer.

He dipped his head, grim-faced, focused, a predator with a one track mind.

“Stop deflecting. Why do you think I was unfaithful?”

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