Liam’s POV
The room hung thick with the aftermath of our forbidden tryst.
“One more?” Lucy teased, winking with playful heat. I tuned her out completely, my ears straining toward the faint, unmistakable sobbing just beyond the door.
I knew who it was in an instant. It was unmistakable.
Ava. My precious Ava.
Reality slammed into me like a hammer blow as I whirled on Lucy with nothing but contempt.
Guilt—raw, thick, and relentless—ripped straight through my soul right then. The air still reeked of sweat and s*x, its combined assault hitting me harder than I could have imagined. My body, which had quivered with exhilaration as Lucy rode me gleefully into hell, now trembled only with shock and crushing regret.
“Oh, ignore the noise, Liam,” Lucy whispered again, standing completely na
