Swallowed (Devoured #2) by Hazel Kelly Read Free Book Online

that
again,” she said. “Hopefully that over and over again.”

Kirk
     
     
    Kirk threw his gym bag in the backseat and sat
behind the wheel before peeling a banana and the foil off the top of his blue Powerade. 
    His legs were sorer than they’d been since his
wrestling days. Ever since he met Julianna in the music room he had been a
machine, running at the gym every day, sometimes up to ten miles at a time. He
needed the release.  He’d only met her a few times, but the affair had given
him a boost of energy he didn’t know what to do with. The running was an
attempt to harness it, to try and use it for good.
    As far as Madeline knew, he was working out again
because of the stress of the study and because he’d gained a few pounds. She had
no idea that he was working out to get rid of the nervous energy caused by his
compulsive infidelity. She didn’t know he was coming home showered because he’d
been washing Julianna’s spit off his dick, her smell off his fingers.
    They didn’t even talk. It was all about sex. She
would show up looking irresistible and he would use his pent up sexual
frustration like a sexual weapon and punish her for being so tempting, for
making his life even more complicated than it already was.
    And it had to stop. Meeting Julianna was getting
easier and more comfortable all the time. Things had escalated too far, and it didn’t
feel healthy anymore. He knew that every time he met her, he was making it
harder for both of them to walk away.
    The irony wasn’t lost on Kirk that instead of simply
studying addiction, he was acting like an addict. He recognized the behaviors,
the symptoms. Meeting Julianna in secret was a thrill and fucking her senseless
was a high. And then afterwards, he’d suffer the low that came from knowing
what kind of man he was becoming, had already become.
    Not only was what he doing to Madeline unforgivable,
but it wasn’t fair to Julianna. She deserved to meet someone who could be there
for her on an emotional level, someone who could love her if love was what she
wanted. And Kirk couldn’t be that guy. She was wasting her time and her tight
pussy on him.
    Kirk’s phone vibrated in the cup holder. “Madeline,
hi. I’m just on my way home now.”
    “Good,” she said. “I want to talk to you about
something.”
    “What is it? Is everything okay?”
    “Yeah… fine.”
    “What’s going on?”
    “I guess I can tell you now.”
    He steadied his hand against the top of the steering
wheel.
    “Kirk, I know I’ve put you through a lot. I know how
I’ve been carrying on and it’s, it’s totally unfair to you. To us.”
    He slid his hand around to the bottom of the wheel.
    “Are you there?”
    “Yeah. I’m here.”
    “Anyway, I’ve been thinking about it. A lot.”
    “Uh-huh.”
    “And I’m ready to try.” She hesitated. “I want to go
to counseling. I want to be a wife again.”
    Kirk’s shoulders collapsed and he stopped holding
his breath. “Oh Madeline, honey. I’m so happy to hear you say that.”
    “Yeah?”
    “Yeah. This is the best news ever. And I’m going to
support you every step of the way.”
    “Thanks.”
    “I have to stop somewhere quickly on the way home,
but I should be in soon. Twenty minutes tops.”
    “Pasta okay?”
    “For dinner?”
    “Yeah. We don’t have to have it if you don’t wa-”
    “Pasta’s perfect.” Kirk’s eyes smiled and his chest
swelled with happiness. “I’m starved.”
    “Okay, babe.” Madeline’s voice sounded more cheerful
than it had in months. “See you soon.”
    “Can’t wait,” Kirk said. “Love you.”
    “Love you, too.”
    Kirk wanted to jump out of the car and do a happy
dance and a cartwheel and scream at the top of his lungs. His wife was okay! Or
at least she wanted to be! They were going to be okay!
    And then it hit him. Assuming Madeline made the
effort and went to counseling with him and got better, there was only one thing
that could keep him from getting his