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He’s lying tothat will be too painful for him I’ve learned that now Miller Hart’s dark past needs to reht

‘OK,’ I say, but I don’t mean it at all I’m not OK, and neither is Miller What I want to do is tell hi uidedmyself that, yet I wonder where I’d be had I not followed all of the natural reactions to him and responses to the situations he’s presentedto be happy with my solitary existence My life may have taken an about-face, been injected with drama to make up for the lack of it in recent years, but I won’t falter in h his battle I’s about Miller Hart, and deep down, I know there areAnd the answers, whatever they may be, won’t make an iota of difference to how I feel about Miller Hart It’s painful for him, which makes it painful forhinore the niggling corner ofout that maybe, in fact, I don’t want to know

‘I love your bones,’ I whisper in an attempt to distract us from the aardness of the moment ‘I love your fucked-up, obsessive bones’

A full bea his di blue eyes ‘And my fucked-up, obsessive bones are deeply fascinated by you, too’ He reaches up to feel my jaw ‘Does it hurt?’

‘Not really I’m used to wallops in the head these days’

He winces, and I realise ihten the ise when the loud screech of Miller’s phone rings in the distance

I’m removed from his lap and set neatly to the side, and he kissesover to the table and scooping it up ‘Miller Hart,’ he says with the usual detachment and coldness as his naked body paces towards the study He has shut the door behind him every time he’s taken a call since we’ve been here, yet this tin and ju on the threshold, looking at a naked Miller reclined in the office chair, his fingertips working circles into his temple He looks irritated and stressed, but as his eyes lift and find ative e blues I put my hand up and turn to leave

‘One minute,’ he speaks into the phone abruptly and pulls it away, laying it on his bare chest ‘Everything OK?’

‘Sure, I’ll leave you to work’

He taps the phone lightly and thoughtfully on his chest, his eyes running slow trails up and down my naked body ‘I don’t want you to leaveto his stateerly over to him, surprised by his de within me

Miller looks up at me, a hint of a smile on his face, then takes s me forward until I land on his naked lap, every es itself between ed to recline, and my back finds his chest, my head nuzzled in the crook of his neck