Chapter 6

Jackson's POV

“I can’t take this anymore! I’m sorry… I hope you forgive me,” I rasped when I tore my lips away for air. My chest heaved, my throat raw, but the fire in me wouldn’t die.

The ten-day contract had been my excuse, my safety net. Ten days until my doctor returned, ten days until the pills arrived, ten days until I could cage this beast clawing inside me. If he had been here now, none of this would have happened. But he wasn’t.

And she was.

Vera Santos. The one woman who made my body betray my mind. She was a drug I couldn’t quit, and tonight, I didn’t even want to try.

I grabbed her shirt and ripped it open, buttons scattering across the floor like broken rules. Her breasts tumbled free, firm and soft, tipped with pink buds that begged for my mouth.

I gasped, my control snapping. I latched onto one nipple, sucking hard, biting lightly until she cried out. My hands slid lower, grabbing her ass roughly, kneading and pulli