Seducing Her Beast (3 page)

Lily would always be the love of his life. He
tightened his hold on her hips slamming inside her. The build of his climax
shocked him. In the next instant his sperm was rushing out of the tip of his
cock and washing inside her pussy. He knew she hadn’t reached her own release.
Wayne
pulled out of her
then pressed a finger to her clit.

He teased the bud, but her hand on his wrist
stopped him. “I want to give you release,” he said.

“No, I don’t want you to.”

Wayne
stared at her in shock. His fingers lay on her
clit, not moving. “I want to give you this pleasure.”

“I don’t want you to,
Wayne
. You’re keeping something from me. I
can feel it.”

“Let me give you this. Please.” He begged. This
was his last chance to watch her come apart.

She shook her head. Tears fell from her eyes.
Wayne
pulled his hand away
pulling her close. He wrapped his arms around her.

The connection between them had been broken,
and he was the cause. He held her in his arms hoping he was wrong. She fell
asleep without any sobs escaping her. He felt her silent tears on his chest.
The pain pierced his soul at the depth of agony he’d caused. Tears fell from
his own
eyes. He kept her in his arms throughout the night.

Wayne
kissed her temple, and when the sun came up he
pulled out of her arms. Her father had the two youngest kids for the night
while Blake was staying at a friend’s. He knew she’d be alone in the morning,
but he needed to do this now while he still had the strength.

He stared down at the woman he’d fallen in love
with all those years ago. Her body and face hadn’t aged a day. She looked so
content and beautiful. The tracks from her tears distracted him from his
thoughts. He didn’t bother to grab his clothes. There were enough items in his
penthouse down town in the city.

In his office he sat down and wrote a letter
detailing what he intended to do. He spoke of his love and then placed it near
the kettle in the kitchen. It was the only place he could bear to see her read
it. He left the house then put a call through to Richard.

“Hello,” Richard said. His friend sounded
annoyed.

“It’s
Wayne
.
I just wanted to warn you that I’m going through with it today.”

“Are you serious?” Richard asked. There was the
sound of movement over the line.

“Yes. I think Lily will phone Scarlet. Will you
meet me afterwards at my old penthouse apartment?”
Wayne
asked.

“Yes,” Richard said.

There was silence between them.
Wayne
felt his friend’s
disapproval all the way from where he lived uptown.

“We’ll wait for her call,” Richard said before
hanging up.

Wayne
pulled out the driveway without looking back.

He knew he was making the right decision. He
had to be.

Chapter Three

Lily woke up to silence. She opened her eyes
and blinked against the morning sunshine pouring in from the open curtains of
the window. After a stretch she got out of bed. She saw her negligee on the
floor and put it on, then went in search of
Wayne
. When she knocked on his office door
and got no answer she pushed it open to see the room was empty. She went
through each room discovering it didn’t have
Wayne
. Frowning, she saw his car was gone and
decided he’d popped out early.

After brushing her hair with the brush she kept
by the hall mirror, she went in search of the kettle. She knew
Wayne
loved his coffee,
but she’d turned into more of a tea woman in the years since they’d married.
The coffee still turned her stomach after all the kids.

She went to the kettle and saw a letter with
her name on laid up against it. A smile broke free.
Wayne
loved to leave her letters. She loved
reading them. Once she filled the kettle, she made herself a cup of tea so
she’d be able to enjoy what he’d written.

The moment her tea was made she took it to the
dining room then opened the letter. She began reading, and her whole world came
apart.

Dearest
Lily,

First, I
want to say that I love you with all of my heart. You have my love forever. My
love for you is not disputable. It causes great pain for me to have to say
this, but I feel I’ve taken something away from you. I blackmailed you into
marriage, and now it is time for me to set you free.

What I did
was unfair. I wanted you, and I did everything in my power to take you. For
that, I am sorry. I’ll be in touch with a lawyer soon. You can have everything
your heart desires, Lily. I want you to be happy. This has nothing to do with
anything other than a man with a guilty mind. I was called the Beast, and with
you I don’t want to be anything but the man you love. A beast is not what I
want for you.

I hope
with time you can forgive me.

Wayne

Tears poured from her eyes. The pain latched on
to every sensitive cell inside her body and refused to let go. She didn’t know
what to do or how to explain what was going on. Lily had known something was
wrong with him. She didn’t think it had anything to do with him leaving her.

She reached for the phone. There was no way she
could make sense of this letter. She dialled Scarlet’s number. Lily was shocked
by her answering on the first ring.

“Lily, is that you?” Scarlet asked.

“You know?” The sob broke from her lips.

“I’m coming over.”

“He told
you?
When?”

“I’m
coming to see you, Lily. We’ll talk then.” Scarlet hung up.

Lily
glanced down at her sexy negligee. She hated it. Running up the stairs she ran
into the bathroom and vomited in the toilet. Her body felt numb. She couldn’t
think clearly. Nothing made any sense.

Once she’d
flushed the toilet, brushed her teeth, she walked back into the bedroom. Lily
couldn’t look at the bed. There were too many memories that hurt too much. She
changed in a pair of jeans and a black shirt before moving down the stairs and
waiting for her friend.

Half an
hour later Scarlet was knocking on her door. Lily answered the door and saw
Richard stood behind Scarlet. He stared at her with pity in his eyes.

They both
escorted her into the sitting room. Lily sat on the floor unable to bear
sitting on any of the furniture. The sofa where Richard and Scarlet sat was
where she’d cuddled up to
Wayne
as he read her a story or where they watched the television together. In both
chairs they’d made love.
So many memories that were tearing
her apart.

“How did
you know?” she asked.

“He
called, Richard this morning,” Scarlet sat down on the floor in front of her.
Lily looked over her head at Richard.

“You knew
before then?”

Her
friend’s husband looked uncomfortable. “He mentioned something last night. I
didn’t think he’d go through with it.”

Tears
poured out of her eyes. “He’s feeling guilt for what happened back then. I
don’t understand. I love him and forgave him for all that. It’s Christmas. What
am I supposed to do?” Lily asked.

Richard stood. “I’ve got to go and see him.”

“You’re going to be the one to divorce us?”
Lily asked. “It is kind of poetic seeing as you were the one to bind us
together with that prenuptial agreement.” She chuckled.

Scarlet kissed her husband and shooed him off
before turning back to her. Lily didn’t want to come between the two. She heard
the door open and then close.
The finality of the sound made
Lily wince.
“Richard won’t handle the divorce. I know he won’t.”

“It’s business to them, Scarlet. I don’t expect
anything less.”

“What are you going to do?” the other woman
asked. She tucked a stray curl behind her ear.

“I have no idea. I know I should have some plan
or something. Isn’t it the twenty-first century dream for a woman to be
divorced or something?” Lily rubbed the tears from her eyes. More fell in their
place.

“
Wayne
is giving you an opportunity to live your life. He feels he’s taken something
from you because of him blackmailing you.” Lily stared at her. “Richard doesn’t
keep anything from me. I know you told me the basics of what happened, but he
gave me everything.”

“He shouldn’t have done that.”

“You’re my friend, Lily. I want what’s best for
you.”

“Then you shouldn’t judge me when I say the
best thing that ever happened to me walked out that door with the intention of
divorcing me. All I ever wanted in life was someone to love me back and a
family.
Wayne
gave me everything I ever wanted, and now he’s about to take it all away.”

Scarlet wrapped her arms around Lily.

“I’m not going to judge. It takes a lot out of
us to fall in love.
Wayne
is being an asshole. He’s using his business head instead of his heart,”
Scarlet said. “He’ll come around.”

“I don’t know, Scarlet. I know him, and if he
feels he’s doing the right thing then he won’t stop until it’s complete.”

****

Wayne
opened the door to his friend. Richard walked
in and refused a drink. They were both silent for several minutes. Richard
wouldn’t even look at him.

“How is she?”
Wayne
asked.

“How do you think she is?”

He shrugged his shoulders. The desire to pour
himself
a whisky was strong, but he wouldn’t do it until he
knew she was all right.

“For a supposedly clever man, you’re actually
really fucking stupid,” Richard said. His hands were on his hips as he glared
at him.
Wayne
took a seat waiting for him to say his piece. “You really don’t care?”

“I care about her, which is why I’m leaving her
to be free.”

“Bullshit. Lily is falling apart. She doesn’t
understand what is going on. You married
her,
got her
pregnant, and now you’re going to leave her because of your suppressed guilt.
You’re a fucking coward.”

“You can rant at me all you want, Richard. I
know I’m doing the right thing.”

“Then find another lawyer. I’m not going to do
this. Nor will any of my partners or members of my firm. You find someone
else,” Richard said.
Wayne
was shocked. He had always thought Richard would stand by him.

“You’re going to represent me,”
Wayne
said.

“Not in this. You’re wrong about this one. I’m
one of your best friends, and I’ve stood by you when you’ve needed it. This is
not one of those times. You’re wrong, and if you go through with this, if you
let Lily go, then it will be the biggest mistake of your life.” Richard turned
to look out of the window when a knock on his door came.
Wayne
left his friend to open the door to
Tony and Opal. Before he got chance to talk Opal slapped him ‘round the face.

“How dare
you?” Opal shoved him then walked past into his apartment.

“She
wouldn’t let me drop her off at Lily’s. ‘I want to see the stupid asshole
myself’.
Her words.
Not mine.” Tony walked past him.

“Are you
seriously going to represent him in a divorce?” Opal asked, glaring at Richard.

Wayne
didn’t know what to
do. They were all crowding around him too fast. He needed more time.

“I’m not
representing him. I refuse to help him in a decision that I feel will be a big
mistake.” Richard shook
Tony’s
hand.

“What I
don’t get is the fact none of us could get you to change the path of getting
Lily all those years ago, and now when you have everything, you’re more than
willing to let her go? I don’t get that,” Tony said.

“I don’t
expect you guys to understand my choices. This is my decision, and I feel it is
right.”

Opal
growled in frustration. “Do you realise what you’re doing? Lily is a hot woman.
She knows her own mind, and from what I’ve been told and seen myself, she’s
grown in confidence by being with you. You’ve already started the ball rolling.
You’re putting her back on the market.”

“So?”

“I see
what she means,” Tony said. “You’re stepping aside and letting her be free.
Think about it,
Wayne
.
How are you going to be able to cope with seeing her with another man? You’re
giving someone else an opportunity to take what is yours.
A
stepfather for your children.”