Heartless (Enemies to Lovers 1)

He’s ruining me. I’ll never be the same again.

A quickening feeling builds in my abdomen, and I dig my fingers into his ass, trying to keep him there.

A low moan escapes my throat and I throw my head back, pushing my body into his, trying to get closer still, as he rocks into me.

He moves his hand to my butt and keeps me locked to him. I didn’t even notice I was moving. His hand holding me in place is exactly what I need because I feel him so much deeper as he starts to thrust harder.

He speeds up and with every powerful push of his hips, he drives his cock inside me. Tingles start in my toes, and my body turns to liquid ecstasy as I clench and contract with one wave of pure deliciousness after the other.

I can’t moan. I can’t breathe until the last ripple ebbs away, and I feel Carter shudder as he’s overcome with pleasure above me.

His eyes are burning like twin coals, alive with passion. He’s so beautiful that it makes my insides quiver. I can’t believe I just had sex with Carter Hayes.

Damn

. That was amazing.

Tears well up in the back of my throat because this moment is so perfect that I don’t want to give it up. I want to be selfish and stay here with him.

I reach up and trace my fingers down the side of his face. He places a chaste kiss on my lips.

“Be right back.” I miss his warmth the second he pulls away from me. He gets out of bed and walks to the toilet.

When he closes the door behind him, I sit up and look around me.

The sheets are crumpled around me and the smell of sex hangs heavy in the air.

His phone starts to ring somewhere in the room. He comes out of the toilet and quickly pulls on his jeans. Fishing the phone from his pocket, he looks down at the screen. I catch a glimpse of the phone and see the name Charlotte.

He moves away from the bed as he answers it.

I hear a high-pitched voice on the other side.

Carter gives me an awkward smile and walks to the door. He’s just about to pull it shut behind him when I hear him say, “You’re not interrupting anything. What’s up?”

That’s when I realize all his words were lies. Empty lies and I fell for each of them. He just won the bet. I let him have me for four hundred dollars.

Humiliated, I get dressed. I struggle with the stupid shirt I was wearing, and grab one of his instead. I slip my sandals on and rush out of the room.

“Just stay calm. I’ll leave right now,” I hear him say and the words just make everything so much clearer. I was just a screw.

I run down the hallway and rush down the stairs and out of the house.

I get in my truck and break all the speed limits to get back to the apartment.

When I run into my room, the tears start to fall.

I’m an idiot.

I throw my belonging in my bags and take everything down to my truck. When I’m done packing everything I remove my key from my keychain. I close the front door and lock it, before shoving the key under the door.

If I hurry I can be back in Saluda before midnight.

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CARTER

When I see Charlotte’s name flashing on my screen, I know it can’t be good. She’s been Dad’s PA and right hand for so long she might as well be family.