Chapter 5

"I'm not letting you go. We can get through this, together -- "

She slapped him as hard as she could. "Shut up, you bastard. I'd have done anything for you. I gave you my days and nights. My body and soul. God, my love. I love you, Christopher. And it means nothing. None of it does. It was all a game to you. What do you and Sarah call this? 'Let's Screw the New Girl?'"

"I never intended to hurt you." He pulled her into his arms. "I can make this right, Lacey. First let me deal with Nora, and then -- "

Lacey dragged his mouth down to hers, and kissed him with all the pain and fury burning inside her. She made him take her tongue in his mouth, jabbing it in and out in mimicry of sex. His taste got to her as it always did. She began savoring him, relishing the dark seduction of his midnight forest scent, and pressed closer.

Christopher made a strange sound in his chest. She lifted her head, anger b