senses and realized he wasn’t inside of the woman he loved.
If this were the woman he loved, there would be nothing between them. He never wanted anything between them. He had planned to marry her and bury his seed so deep inside her that it had no choice but to plant a life that would tie them together forever.
Marcus opened his eyes and blinked back the moisture. Julia came into focus, and he could see her face was flushed, and her nostrils were flaring. He felt disgusted with himself. He just fucked her brains out while thinking of another woman and she was looking up at him like she’d just fallen in love.
He would never love her, not the way he loved her . That he knew for certain, but the one he wanted was planning her wedding to another man and this woman gave herself to him willingly. She just trusted him completely with her body.
Marcus pulled out of Julia and pulled the gag from her mouth. She gave him a beaming lazy smile as she looked up into his eyes. Marcus untied her wrists and rubbed them to bring back the circulation.
He didn’t mean to flinch when she touched his chest, and he hoped that he covered it well when he wrapped an arm around her waist. She snuggled into his arms and placed her head on his chest.
“That was amazing,” she panted.
“Mmm,” was all that he could say.
This was a mistake he could never undo. He felt like he betrayed his love, but it came crashing down quickly that he was not the one that started this. It was time for him to move on. Julia was here, and she was ready.
He kissed the top of Julia’s hair and ran a hand down her bare back. He would just have to get used to Julia and the feel of her. He couldn’t hold out hope anymore. What he had four years ago was over. This was the woman he was with now.
Chapter 11
Three months later…
“ D addy,” Rita squealed as she jumped into her father’s arms.
“Look at my little girl. It has been too long Rita. It’s a shame when a father has to come all the way across an ocean to see his only daughter because she won’t come home,” Thomas teased.
“I’m sorry,” Rita murmured. “I’ve just been so busy with Marie taking on more jobs and then changing majors. I swear daddy if she changes majors one more time I will willingly come home and let someone else take my assignment. It’s a good thing she thinks we are such best friends that I am willing to change majors as a BFF thing.
“The girl is wearing me out. Between the Mairetties and planning this wedding I’m swamped,” Rita sighed.
“Well baby, I’m so glad you brought up everything I came all the way here to talk to you about,” Thomas said gently as he sat down and patted the seat next to him. “Have a seat.”
“Ut-oh,” Rita groaned and winced at the look on her father’s face. She was wondering how long it was going to take him to call her out on marrying Anton. Her father was no fool, and she was sure he knew she wasn’t marrying for love.
“You’re going to be twenty-five soon,” Thomas sighed. “I never intended for you to do this work long term. I want to see you married with a family. You and Marie have graduated with your business degrees, and now she wants to go to law school. I know that that is not what you want to do. You have given up so much to do this job I just want to see you happy.
“Nate and Bobby have been cooking up some plans so that you kids don’t have to work so hard and knowing how those two get when they set their minds to something I think it is safe to say you can walk away from this soon.
“Marie has been calling James with talk of wanting to come home. She has even talked him into giving that boyfriend of hers an interview. So it looks like you’ll be coming home one way or another kid.
“You can fool everyone else with this nonsense wedding of yours, but you are not fooling me…
“But daddy,” Rita tried to cut him off.
“Listen to me Rita. You have played a
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