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Her eyes closed as hope and need began to build inside her
"I made excuses" He kissed the shell of her ear "I tried to tell myself ere friends That you were as close as a sister, but all the while, I knew better"
Her breathing hitched at the admission
"I hated who I was, and every tilimpsed that core of pure sweet love inside you, you shamed me"
His head rose then
Sierra pro to cry She wouldn’t cry
"I left Boston to give you tilowing in his sun-darkened face "I would have been back I was afraid of what had happened that night, that perhaps I had hurt you, said so cruel out of o completely Do you understand ht up with you"
"I wouldn’t have run again," she ad those tears "I missed you, John Iaithout you"
"And there was no peace inside mine," he confessed "Because you weren’t here, baby You weren’t into puke"
John froze at the sound of the feminine voice behind them He felt Sierra still, felt the fear that suddenly transfor quickly, he jerked around, keeping Sierra close behind him as he faced Marlena and the weapon she held in her hand, aimed directly at his head
Marlena smiled "How careless John Just because you lock the doors and set an alarht friends, you can acquire theyou want"
Meaning those friends had given her the state-of-the-art electronics it would have required to get past his locks and security
That gave him a chance, because it alsothem of the break-in He just had to hold out until they arrived
"You figured it out, didn’t you, John?" Marlena sneered, her once pretty features twisted with such vile jealousy and greed that for a moment John wondered how he had ever believed the woman attractive "That’s okay You’re the only one You and Miss Goody Two-shoes behind you Bitch"
"Marlena, you’re , you ht you fucked that little whore in Boston" She smiled with icy intent "Because I siet aith all the plans she destroyed Which means now, both of you simply must die"
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Sierra stared back at the impeccably dressed Marlena Genoa and wondered exactly how such insanity could have been enetic strand perhaps? Scientists should create a test for it to ensure that such children are carefully overseen and raised to control their own reckless ireed, a lust for power, and overconfidence likely wasn’t truly part of the huenome Too bad, because the world would have benefited had Marlena’s madness been detected
Sierra stared over John’s shoulder with the faintest feeling ofto do with that gun in her hand
"Have you lost your mind, Marlena?" John’s tone seemed entirely too controlled for the situation Yet Sierra knew this tone of voice It had a hard, icy edge that concealed pure fury He was in control He was planning And God help the person he was planning against
Unfortunately that person seeun she was holding truht possess
Fortunately for them both, Sierra was rather confident of the fact that John was saner, and therefore, possibly had aout of this She just hoped he could pull both of them out of it alive
"Really, John, did you truly believe I’d give up so easily?" Marlena propped a slender, graceful hand on a silk-clad hip, her nails tapping against the aze narrowed on hiht you’d come to your senses, return home, and realize what an incredibly stupidon a lake with his little whore And a virgin to boot?" She laughed as Sierra flinched "I returned to the penthouse, bitch, and found the bloodstained handkerchief" She glanced at John again "You never even knew did you?"
"I’ve always known" The answer shocked Sierra Was he saying that only to throw Marlena off, or did he truly remember?
Marlena shook her head "What a mistake"
John’s shoulders were tense beneath Sierra’s hands Whatever he was planning, he wouldher nails into his flesh If he moved, Marlena would shoot Sierra could see it in her eyes
"And what mistake would that be?" The deceptive laziness in his tone was actually frightening
"Leaving me, of course, especially for that little twit you’ve been screwing nonstop for the past few days Are you two related to rabbits by chance?" There was genuine confusion in her voice "Really, John, it’s disgusting how often the two of you have been fucking It’s rather nasty, if you ask ust in her voice, in her expression, proved she actually believed her opinion The wo love with John was like flying
"I don’t re her," Sierra pointed out, unable to keep her mouth shut at this point "And since when does she find sex disgusting?"
Wow This woman had been in John’s bed and she hadn’t even enjoyed sex? She and John were going to have to discuss this later
Marlena narrowed her gaze as her lips curled into a sneer "Still such a stupid little virgin Sex for its own sake is a waste of ti both, no doubt" The gun lifted "But since you have so little time left, what does it really matter?"
Sierra didn’t think John’s shoulders could tense further, but they did just that They felt like iron or steel as she clenched her fingers around hi to accoet you nothing but a fucking prison sentence If you live long enough, that is"<ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>