Chapter 94. Why Did He Ever Doubt?

AXEL

It hurts.

Goddamn it, it fucking hurts.

I hadn’t been ready for the pain I felt when I saw her. I wasn’t prepared. It hurts so much and there’s nothing I wanted to do more than keep her locked up and take out all my frustration and anger between her legs, but now I have gone soft, and I’m not sure I would be able to get it up again.

I just wanted her to ease my doubt and uncertainty. I wanted her to take away these six months of torture.

But all she did was… cry, her body shaking uncontrollably beneath.

“Stop crying,” I whispered, kissing the back of her neck gently. “It hurts enough as it is. So why add to that pain with your tears?”

But it was like I said something wrong and her sobs only increased. I groaned, flipping our position so she was lying on top of me, her head on my chest. I cradled her head gently, kissing her hair over and over.

It hurts—yeah, it fucking does—but her pain hurts more than mine. What I was feeling rig