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"Eyes on me, Vale," he commands "And tell me all of it"

I know it’s time for us to put all the cards on the table, but I’ me I intend to tell him and I don’t need to be forced

My hands cohty heave I try to ry "I’ll tell you what you want to know but get off htly chastened but doesn’t ainst his chest and reiterate "Get off Let h, Hawke pushes off, slides his half-hard dick out ofhis feet into thethe zipper into place but not bothering with the button While I scraed, he merely rolls to his side, head cushioned in the palm of his hand with his elbow on the mattress I self-consciously pull the sheet up over one, particularly now that Hawke is fully dressed Hawke reaches out and pulls it off ht now"

My cheeks flaht him on this The sooner we have this conversation, the sooner the fallout can occur I know I’ve been putting this off, but it can’t be hidden any longer I’ the burden of what I did to hi terood will ever happen to us if we continue to let this fester

Turning to face him, I take a deep breath and let it out slowly His face tilts, eyes pinned to mine with naked expectation to finally hear the truth

"That night of the party," I say quietly, refusing to dropwell"

"Period cra ht

"Not period cramps," I tell him bluntly This surprises Hawke and he pushes up, tense and alert His hand now presses into theat nant Six weeks And Iafter you left with everyone to get more beer"

I wasn’t sure what to expect, but it wasn’t what I got

Hawke lets out a pained moan and rolls off the bed away fros his hands to the sides of his head, grasps his hair, and pulls on it He starts pacing up and down beside his bed, eyes to ain as he halts, this ti for me to tell hiaze to the sheet resting nearcompletely uncomfortable in my nakedness