Chapter 246 Cross The Line
TESSA
It turned out we didn’t leave.
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As much as my pride wanted me to walk out of that hall with my head held high, the truth was simple–leaving would have been foolish. Kyle and the people of Montrose were too unpredictable, and if they struck again, I wanted to be close enough to help. Francis gave us permission, his word carrying enough authority as Delta, and to my surprise, no one forced us
out.
Which was how I found myself here, in Rowan’s house.
It was buried deep within the forest, untouched by the destruction. Rowan and I were in his room, lying side by side on his bed.
Arden and Cade had taken the guest room a few doors down. A guest room that, unfortunately, had walls so thin I might as well have been sitting in there with them.
“Ah, Cade, right there, baby. So good,” Arden moaned out loud while Cade’s groans seemed to shake the very walls of our room.
“Fuck this,” Rowan muttered suddenly, his jaw tightening as his hands curled into fists at his sides. “Why are they like this?”
I pressed my lips together, trying hard not tough, though the heat rushing to my face betrayed me. “Like what?”
“Like they don’t care who hears them,” he grumbled, ring at the ceiling. “Do they have no shame?”
A muffled sound filtered through the wall. It was Arden’s voice once more, and it was far too loud for my sanity.
My cheeks burned hotter. “Arden’s… hormonal,” I muttered, desperate to defend her even as my entire body tensed from the embarrassment. I could attest to it, though. When I was pregnant, my hormones were truly all over the ce.
Rowan groaned, dragging his hand down his face. “This is torture,” he muttered.
I nearly choked on augh, biting my lip to stop the sound. My gaze flicked to him, and that was when I noticed how handsome he had truly gotten.
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Despite the scratches and bruises still faintly marking his skin, Rowan looked much healthier. rc had done him good; his body carried new strength, his skin sun–touched in a way I’d never seen before. The warmth suited him, drawing out the sharpness of his jaw and the glow of his eyes.
And when he turned his face toward me, resting his head against his hand, I felt my breath catch.
“Thank you,” he said quietly, voice softer than I was used to. “For standing up for me back there. I think that’s the first time anyone has ever done it.”
I nced away, momentarily disarmed. “I was just telling the truth,” I murmured.
“Still,” he said with a small smile. “It meant more than you realize.”
My pulse quickened at his words. However, despite my heart wanting to leap out of my chest, my mind was still cautious.
Just then, the sounds from the guest room grew louder and more impossible to ignore.
“Cade! Baby, you’re so good. Your dick is so big,” Arden nearly screamed.
“Yeah, this dick is yours, baby. You’re going to have to ride it for the rest of your life.”
“Oh goodness,” I whispered, pressing my hand against my burning face.
Rowan exhaled sharply, pinching the bridge of his nose. “They’re doing this on purpose. I swear they are.”
His words should have made meugh, but all I could think about was how close his arm was to mine. How his voice had dropped into something rougher, like even he was fighting against more than just annoyance.
Through the wall came another muffled cry–Cade’s low rumble, Arden’s answering breathless plea.
“You want me to make you pregnant again, huh? Is that what you want?”
“Yes, please,” Arden whimpered as an answer.
Heat flooded me, unwanted but undeniable, crawling up my neck until it drowned me whole.
And then Rowan turned to me fully, his body shifting so we were facing each other on the bed. His eyes searched mine, like he was trying to read every thought running through my head.
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“Tessa,” he said.
I swallowed, my lips parting. “What?”
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The corner of his mouth twitched. “Do you want us to make them ufortable, too?”
His words lit a fire in my chest that spread with dizzying speed.
The way he said it formed knots in the pit of my stomach. Rowan didn’t even have to try. With those words, he could make me crumble, reduce me to nothing but the need I’d been trying so hard to suppress.
I felt myself getting wet, shamefully fast. It had really been far too long. Far too long since I’d let myself want his body.
I knew it had been long for him, too. His eyes darkened every time I caught him staring, the way his fingers twitched like he was holding back from touching me. We had done it before, when I went to Arden and Cade’s wedding, but even then, I didn’t feel like myself. I still carried too much anger, too much hatred. My body responded to him, but my heart had been at war with itself.
But now… it was different.
How would it feel for it to be just the two of us? No anger, no resentment, no shadows of the past standing in the way? Just Rowan and me, giving in, finally, without hesitation. The thought alone made my thighs clench.
I couldn’t lie, not even to myself. I haven’t gone untouched all this time. I’ve touched myself more than I’d like to admit, chasing relief, trying to quiet the ache he left in me. Especially when Rowan was in rc, the center of everyone’s attention, sweat gleaming down his chest while he worked, shirt discarded without a second thought. I tried to resist, but night after night I gave in.
However, none of itpared to this moment. Because now, he wasn’t across a courtyard or standing on some scaffold, He was here, right in front of me.
And that was all it took.
I wrapped my arms around his neck, my fingers tangling in the soft strands of his hair, and I pulled him closer to me. My chest pressed against his, my breath hitched against his lips, and suddenly the entire world faded.
‘Sorry, Cade and Arden,‘ I whispered in my head, my lips curving into the smallest, most dangerous smile. They started this war with their shamelessness, with the walls so thin that every moan and every gasp carried straight into our room. They crossed the line first.
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They wouldn’t mind if Rowan and I crossed it, too, right?