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The etness of his tongue is thein the world He takes his ti at hs I tense with anticipation He circles his hands around s led cry

Park’s tongue delves deep inside ofacross h The sensations he’s pulling from my body are almost too much to handle Delicious heat coils low in liding into the rhyth against ers into his hair as I shake with ecstasy

He places one last kiss there and sits back "This is mine" His eyes meet mine to verify I understand before his teeth nip at my breast "This is ue over the nipple "This is mine" Next he skims his lips over my mouth "Mine" A kiss to my forehead "Mine"

Park lies beside rips ainst hiet lost in uides me toward him "All of you Mine"

He rolls us and leans over the bed Taking a condom out of his wallet, he tosses it on the bed beside me, and I smooth my hand over the silky shim, but I can’t take it anymore I need to kno it feels to have hi His eyes ot you"

Most people say I love you in this situation, whether they mean it or not Park’s three words ht now No bullshit about the past or the future Just thiscare ofthe condos around him and nearly screa forh my hair His mouth reat rhyth pattern It’s such a contradiction and I realize somewhere in the back of my mind--this is Park A chaotic contradiction

He draws his lips overinside, growing, rising higher

"Harder," I plead breathlessly He corowls as he nips s so I can thrust my hips up to meet his

Park moans and pushes ers as he watchesover his hip "I want you to co like that I’ tolips He brushes them over my chest and then my neck

"Oh,for All I know is I can’t take a second ood This euphoric

"I got you," he says again as he works his hand between us and his thu quickly over my sensitive spot My entire body clenches as I spiral out of control I cry out his name loudly and he covers my mouth with his He thrusts into me twiceas he rolls to the side He pulls entle circles into my back "I just want you to know, if I end up homeless tomorrow--totally worth it"

I don’t knohat I was expecting the uess not e sleeping form beside me, I’m a mix of shocked, excited, nervous, and extre it all

He stayed

I take a shaky breath as I look at his face, peaceful and relaxed in sleep His lips are parted, his sooty lashes lie on top of sculpted cheek bones, and his dark hair lies untamed froers over the tattoo on his arht I saw it up close in his drunken state What does it mean to him? I want to trace every black inked line of the words scripted around the dark roses and figure out the significance behind it

But I don’t

I’ talk in the heat of theto him, but I don’t kno much of that was true

Every word of it was real for me

But I can’t be sure about him--no matter how much I want it to be

I slip out of my bed slowly, careful not to jostle him, and pad softly to the bathroom I start the shohile I brush my teeth My whole body blushes pink as I recall the details of the night before The way Park’s hands felt when he touchedmy toothbrush in the holder before I step into the shower I pull the curtain and let the spray beat down onhere alone under the hot water, I come to terms with the fact that it may crush me if Park takes back what he said

I want more A lot more

I hear the door open and close softly The shift in the air chills htens as I peek around the shower curtain Park’s standing in front of the sink in all his naked gloriousness He cocks his head to the side and grins at me as my eyes soak up every inch of his body

"My toothbrush still here?"

I nod, feeling ridiculously shy, which is ludicrous It’s a little late for that "In the medicine cabinet"

He finds it quickly and I can’t help staring at hi breath--while he’s naked His eyes drift over to me and he smirks around the plastic in his mouth With a shake of his head, he spits into the sink and straightens up

"Lucy, I’ive you a closer look"

Before I can respond, there’s a knock at the door and s from me to the door and back Without a word, he pries the shower curtain out of ht in front of ain "Yeah?" I call

"I needin"