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asshole. You were the one who came after me!” Her glare was
hot enough to evaporate water. “I didn’t even know you knew how to
use a computer.”
    Large drops of rain splattered to the ground around
them as the storm intensified. “But you enjoyed how well I know how
to use a computer, didn’t you, Pain-Bow ?” He let his gaze
roam over her, taking in her heaving breasts and the flush of anger
on her cheeks. “What happened, princess, you got lonely in your
ivory tower? You wanted to rub elbows with the peasants? Wanted to
lose your precious virginity to a mortal?” And that pissed him off
even more, to think that she’d been having “sex” with someone she
thought was mortal when she hadn’t looked at BC once at work.
    To his complete shock, her anger melted away and
something like despair filled her face. Her throat worked, but no
words came out for a long time. When she did speak, it was with
great dignity that made him feel like a fucking bastard.
    She swallowed a couple of times. “Look, I didn’t mean
any of this to happen, okay? It was a mortal game and, and it
doesn’t matter. I don’t want to fight with you over this because
I’ve never been much of a fighter, you know?” Her lips curled into
a sad smile. “I’m sorry you’re disappointed.”
    She turned to leave, but he grabbed her arm and spun
her back around. “No. You’re not leaving until I know what the fuck
you thought you were doing,” he said in a near shout because the
rain started to pelt down harder. He shook her as something
irrational and dangerous reared its ugly head. “Why would you waste
yourself on some mortal?” Why couldn’t you have looked at
me?
    Iris tore herself out of his arms and glared at him.
“It wasn’t a waste! I loved him, okay? He was everything I ever
wanted to have for myself, but couldn’t because you all look at me
like I’m so perfect and untouchable.” His face must have betrayed
his surprise because she laughed bitterly, rain pouring down her
cheeks like tears. “Yeah, while everyone’s out enjoying themselves,
finding lovers, I’m left behind because I’m too sweet and innocent
to be tainted with lust. Well guess what? I like sex! I want it all
the time. I want to have it with someone who’ll hold me after,
who’ll make me feel special and loved and, and I’d like to fuck
something other than a godsdamn vibrator!”
     
     

Chapter Four
     
    Iris slapped a hand over her mouth, appalled by what
she’d just screamed into a very surprised Briareus’s face. But it
was his fault. It really was. She’d never felt so betrayed, like
he’d peeked into her soul without bothering to ask permission
first. Her heart ached because the love she felt for her
Thunderkiss didn’t exist. It couldn’t, not when he didn’t
exist.
    Briareus stared down at her, his gray eyes reflecting
the storm clouds overhead. His hands still gripped her arms like
brands on her bare flesh. His hair was plastered to his head, beads
of water sliding over his face. His black T-shirt clung to his
chest like a second skin. He was just so big and sexy, but he
wasn’t her Thunderkiss. He hated her, thought she’d manipulated him
when all she’d ever wanted was for someone to love her, to look
past the “perfect princess” façade she lived and take her.
    He continued to stare at her, the storm raging around
them stronger than ever. She knew the storm was a manifestation of
his anger, but it turned her on. It shouldn’t have. He wasn’t the
sweet mortal who’d accept her for who she was. He was a god who was
angry at being betrayed. By her.
    “I’m sorry,” she said in a shaky voice but was cut
off when he dragged her up against him and sealed his mouth over
hers.
    For a moment, she was paralyzed by shock. His tongue
surged inside her mouth, taking what she wasn’t sure she wanted to
give. He stared into her eyes as he traced every inch of her mouth,
flicking his tongue against hers before beginning a slow