Total pages in book: 58
Estimated words: 55271 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 276(@200wpm)___ 221(@250wpm)___ 184(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 55271 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 276(@200wpm)___ 221(@250wpm)___ 184(@300wpm)
“I do have one question, Ella. Were you really ever pregnant with Montgomery’s child?” If she was, a part of me would honestly ache for her. Losing someone so precious to you, born or unborn, is hard. I witnessed it firsthand with my best friend, watched her mourn like you would a person you’ve known your whole life. Grief is a bitch like that.
“Tulsa,” Ledger warns under his breath. Either way, it’s going to hurt. May as well rip the Band-Aid off in one go.
“You’d love to know, wouldn’t you?” Ella stands up from her chair behind the desk. The computer is off to the side, paperwork on top, nice and neat, making it appear like she’s organized when everyone in this room is knowledgeable in the fact Ella barely does her work. I watch her, the mannerisms, the low-slung shirt that gives more than a hint of cleavage, the short skirt, and sky-high heels. Everything clicks into place, the reason why she returned my letter, how she tried to tear me down when I was sixteen, and how I knew she wouldn’t tell Ledger I called him.
“Actually, I don’t need to know. Not anymore. You never loved Montgomery; he was a means to an end for you. I bet you were after Ledger all along.”
“Oh, shit,” Chase says, arms crossing over his chest.
“I’m also willing to bet you weren’t ever pregnant, and that’s low, really low, even for you.” With that, I’m through. I’d like to say I knew my brother like the back of my hand. In a sense I did, so for him to stay with Ella after he figured out how cruel she really was, it’s highly doubtful they continued further on.
“You’re nothing but a little whore, thinking you have everyone in this town wrapped around your finger, having Ledger always going after you, every single month. Everyone knows you were his little side piece while you were gone. It’s all too telling.” My eyes go from his to Ledger’s, unaware of what she’s talking about. I stagger backwards. The man I’ve loved for, well, ever catches me and pulls me closer to him, wraps his arms around my chest and steadies me all while I have more questions and no answers.
“That’s enough, Ella. If you won’t leave now, I’ll call the Sheriff and have you escorted off the property, then charge you with trespassing.” I close my eyes, abhorring myself for hating Ledger even though the entire time I was gone, he was near me in a way I never knew. Ella grabs her purse and walks around the desk. All four of us take a step back so we’re not in her path. No reason to get any closer than necessary to the vindictive bitch.
“And for your information, I had an abortion,” are Ella’s parting words, sucker-punching me in the gut. As much as I want to believe Montgomery wouldn’t have dipped his wick without a condom inside Ella, it could be the truth, and now I have the ick once again.
“Well, this has been fun. I should have grabbed a bottle of Jack Daniels on the way out of the house,” Heather says, remaining more composed than me.
“I think there’s one in Ledger’s office from the last issue the company had,” Chase says.
“Good, we’re going to need a few shots,” Ledger says. I turn around, my head lifting to his, his arms still wrapped around my body. Mine do the same, and everything fades away. He tips his head, letting me know everything is okay, and with Ledger in my heart, I know it will be.
23
LEDGER
“I’m tired yet wide awake.” We’re lying in my bed. There’s only so much I can take on her too-small mattress at her place. We’re both naked after taking a shower together. I thought she’d be plum worn out after I kept her body against the tile wall, legs hitched around my waist, the underside of my cock sliding along the seam of her pussy, and I watched her head tip back as she came, my cum coating her pretty body.
“You keep rubbing your slit against me, and I’ll tire you out since the shower didn’t do enough,” I tell her, rolling us until I’m between her thighs, sitting on my knees, and holding her open for my viewing pleasure.
“Too bad you’re all talk. You’ve yet to slide inside of me, Ledger. Why is that?” She’s right. I haven’t yet. There’s a reason behind that matter, one I’m about to deliver, no matter how blunt it is.
“You want the truth? I’ll tell you the truth, Tulsa Rose. The second I get my cock inside your sweet cunt, I’m not leaving. You’re not on birth control, there will be no damn condom between us, and I’m not pulling out either, which means I’ll fuck my cum into you until you’re full of me, tying you to me in the basest way possible. Not giving you an option either. If you want my cock, it comes with possibly planting a baby inside your stomach.” I should have known the beauty lying beneath me, hair spread out along my pillow, hazel eyes riddled with nothing but lust, lips plush and blowing out a puff of air not in disgust but in desire. Fuck me, Tulsa Rose was made for me, made for my cock, made for my heart, and made for my soul.