I stopped at the window and looked out at the quiet street. "You may think I'm despicable for doing this, but you haven't left me any other choice. You belong to me, Celeste. You belong only to me. I made a mistake once, and I'm going to correct it. But you can only end up with me, in this life. Only with me."
I checked my watch. Ten minutes. Ten goddamn minutes.
"Come on," I muttered. "Come on."
I paced the length of the room, back and forth, restless, hungry. I hadn't touched Celeste in so long. I remembered the months near the end of our marriage when I had stopped touching her entirely, and I regretted every one of those nights now.
Back then, with Seraphine and a dozen others keeping me satisfied, sex with my own wife had felt boring. I liked being wild with those women, treating them like objects, like holes to fill, and then coming home to normal sex with Celeste had felt flat. I couldn't bring myself to treat her the way I treated them. She was special. She was my treasure.
So I had just stayed away from her, telling myself it was a phase, that I would cut the others off soon and everything would go back to the way it was.
Things had spiraled instead. That phase had cost me my marriage.
Never again. After today, I would never look at another woman. I had already cut off every reason Celeste might have to stay away from me. Seraphine was out of my life. My mother and sister were out of my house. And once Celeste was back with me, I planned to buy us a new house, somewhere with no memories of any of them. Whatever she wanted, I would do it for her. Anything, as long as she came back.
I sat on the bed again and reached out, stroking her cheek. "You're so beautiful, Celeste. And I love you so much."


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The readers' comments on the novel: Two Can Play (Celeste and Dominic)
Agent Frost better teach Tasha how to protect herself if anything gets out of hand or if she’s ever in danger or forced again...
I need some good news for Tasha. Special Agent hear her out and don’t let her get back into that life. Do I hear a romance or someone Tasha can truly count on besides Scarlett??...
I hope Tasha is let off and helped by this detective and gets away from all this maybe a twist for this novel is she gets on the good side of things and gets away from that life completely even if she has to separate herself from Scarlett but it appears Tasha gets hurt by Scarlett’s and sparrow’s stupidity as she’s blamed for Scarlett’s decisions...
Her life is ruined and Scarlett’s been living a luxurious life through it all...
I officially hate everyone for hurting Tasha and allowing things to happen to her. This whole Sparrow and Scarlett situation is some BS....
It’s a bit stupid that as powerful and ruthless sparrow is he and Scarlett sure do a lousy job of protecting and having guard on Tasha. Like how did all of this happen to her if he was supposed to be protecting her based on the contract??...
More Chapters Please...
I thought it said 10 chapters a day??? It’s been like 2-3 days and no update after chapter 574. The release time is so inconsistent, I have started to just loose interest....
Just find Tasha and get her some help. How did she have sparrow’s men watching her if she really cared so much. Scarlett’s character is so suspect…...
Storyline is interesting it’s just so much sexual content I have to skip through just find out the main context of the story....