The Marriage (Darkest Lies Trilogy Book 3), Bethany-Kris [books for 8th graders txt] 📗

do just that. The urge to follow her anywhere was strong, even if it was to yet another unfamiliar bed.

He took another drag from the cigarette as she pulled him into the bedroom down the short hall where the French doors were pulled wide open.

“I don’t ever want to sleep in a hotel bed again,” he told her.

“So buy me a house, and I’ll find you a bed you’ll wanna sleep in every night.”

He didn’t doubt her. Roman liked that idea fine.

Karine dropped the hotel robe down her shoulders, showing off bare skin he’d spent so much time loving earlier. Just like that, his tongue watered, his dick got hard, and he thought he might be ready to go again. Even if every part of this tempting woman had been a lie that could have destroyed him, he still would have happily died just to get another taste.

“What happens now?” she asked him.

For once, he could smile when she asked him that question because the truth didn’t have to be scary. There were a lot of unknowns facing them, sure—he’d never deny that. The mess they had left behind just to stand here together now stretched from the city of Chicago to the bright lights of Vegas, and the gated suburbs of New York, New York.

He was still happy about it, though. Despite funerals to plan, and secrets still between them, what could be wasn’t at all frightening anymore.

“Whatever you want, Karine.”

She only shook her head at that, laughing like he was silly. Maybe he was; with her, who’d care?

“Don’t you know?” she asked him, her grin blooming wider than ever as she came to stand on her tiptoes in front of him. Close enough to kiss as she said, “I told you—I want you.”

“Will you always?”

“Forever.”

“Even if I’m a prick?”

“Even then,” she agreed.

“Even when Masha tells you I almost killed her and—”

“Roman.”

Her amused glower turned into something vicious in a blink. He had to laugh.

She didn’t like that much, either.

“Stop that,” she demanded, poking his chest.

“I’ll have her flown in tomorrow,” he promised.

“Is she okay?”

With the cigarette still burning between his fingers, Roman used the pad of his thumb to smooth away that knot of concern between her eyebrows. “You’re all she has, I think. I tried to keep that in mind for you.”

Karine’s eyes closed at his touch and words, whispering back, “You’re all we have, Roman. Think about that.”

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

The author of too many novels to count, Bethany-Kris is a Canadian, lover of much, and mother to four sons, a glaring of cats, and a pack of dogs. A small town in Eastern Canada where she was born and raised is where she has always called home. With her boys under her feet, a snuggling cat, barking dogs, and a spouse calling over his shoulder, she is nearly always writing something ... when she can find the time.

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OTHER BOOKS

The Darkest Lies Trilogy

The Agreement

The Promise

The Marriage

After Another Trilogy

One Step After Another

One Breath After Another

One Second After Another

Boykov Bratva

Fractured Ties

Essence of Fear

The Guzzi Legacy

Corrado

Alessio

Chris

Beni

Bene

Marcus

The Firsts: A Guzzi Legacy Companion Novel

The Guzzi Legacy: Vol 1

The Guzzi Legacy: Vol 2

Renzo + Lucia

Privilege

Harbor

Contempt

Forever

Cusp

Renzo + Lucia: The Complete Trilogy

Andino + Haven

Duty

Vow

One Last Time

Andino + Haven: The Complete Duet

John + Siena

Loyalty

Disgrace

John + Siena: The Complete Duet

John + Siena: Extended

Cross + Catherine

Always

Revere

Unruly

The Companion

Naz & Roz

Guzzi Duet

Unraveled, Book One

Entangled, Book Two

Cara & Gian: The Complete Duet

DeLuca Duet

Waste of Worth: Part One

Worth of Waste: Part Two

Standalone Titles

Pink

Pretty Lies

Dirty Pool

Effortless

Inflict

Cozen

Captivated

Dishonored

Donati Bloodlines

Thin Lies

Thin Lines

Thin Lives

Behind the Bloodlines

The Complete Trilogy

Filthy Marcellos

Antony

Lucian

Giovanni

Dante

Legacy

A Very Marcello Christmas

The Complete Collection

Seasons of Betrayal

Where the Sun Hides

Where the Snow Falls

Where the Wind Whispers

Seasons: The Complete Seasons of Betrayal Series

Gun Moll Trilogy

Gun Moll

Gangster Moll

Madame Moll

The Chicago War

Deathless & Divided

Reckless & Ruined

Scarless & Sacred

Breathless & Bloodstained

The Complete Series

Maldives & Mistletoe

The Russian Guns

The Arrangement

The Life

The Score

Demyan & Ana

Shattered

The Jersey Vignettes

FANTASY ROMANCE

The Hunted: A 9INE REALMS Novel

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