Chapter 278

Her fingers curled into fists. Her face screwed up as she tried to resist the pleasure. “Why? Because you wish to torment us both? There is no acceptable answer. If I say no, you think I was not committed to keeping you safe. If I say yes, you decide I am a puta who spreads her legs to earn the favor of whichever man I am with.”

She wasn’t wrong, but that didn’t make his question invalid. “Yes or no?”

“If you love me, why do you want to know this? Can you not accept that I did my best to help you? Perhaps I did not do it the way you would have chosen, but—”

“No, I can’t accept that.” Mostly because he was a stupid bastard who apparently wanted to torture himself with the answer.

“I am sorry.” She pressed her lips together mutely.

Did she think she was going to hold out on him? Not happening.

He leaned in and stroked her clit in an achingly slow sweep with his tongue, then growled against the vibrating button. “Answer me.”

“Trees…” She sucked