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Because it most certainly wasn’t the way I could practically see the fla soul It couldn’t have been the way his hard lines ofthe fabric of his already tight wife-beater across his chest

Panting He was panting

We stood like that for what see the other to make the firstfor hier, confusion, love…lust, and it all swam around us in the water as we stared each other down

The sky opened up A thunder clap boomed so loud and deep I felt it in my chest The surface of the water rippled, and them came the rain, cold and relentless Every drop sent the river water splashing back up at us, but it still wasn’t enough to interrupt the staring contest that was soat each other, it was a challenge A warning

A power struggle

"You could have told ain, fully prepared to keep up the fight I needed it It’d been too long since we had a true blow out, not since the night of the carnival and I craved the back and forth between us that needed to happen

The night I gave him my heart

"No," he barked "I couldn’t have told you" He raised his voice overme so close, that I could feel he was as affected by ainst irl I am, my knees trembled and started to buckle

"Why?" I spat It was hard to concentrate on our words when I kneas going on just beneath the surface The rain was pouring down so hard itunderwater "Why couldn’t you?"

"Because I couldn’t risk it! If you knew the truth, you would’ve… I just couldn’t risk it," King said

"Risk what? What couldn’t you risk?" I prodded

"Losing you!" He boo wrapped an arainst the soft spot betweento his every word, his every touch A place that craved him almost as much ass around his waist "There was one point I’d made the decision to tell you the truth I owed you that much But then all the shit went doith Isaac and Preppy, so when Iyou a favor by giving you your life back and getting you out of all the shit that cahs around his waist, rubbingme my life back" I corrected I placed my pal for any sign in his eyes that what I felt for hi, but instead what I found was a resounding need to fix as broken between us Tears for’s lips parted He ran his thu his head he kissed his way up ertips across my already stimulated skin I bit my lip and stifled a ot that fucking right," King growled, bendingdown overthrough the water to better line ourselves up with each other It wasn’t pretty

It was need

"I’o," I said into his s other parts ofstilled and heldin unison, ainst his hot hard skin as we panted together Our breaths led in the air He ran his hand down the side of ive you away, Pup I released you"

I stilled "You released me?" I couldn’t hide the hurt inue across the tip of ainst his warmth Chills ran downto do with the temperature of the rain

"I tried to release you, Pup For Max But there was a major problem with that plan, and noconfessed

"Why is that?" I asked, needing to know, but at the sas Relief and release was only a scrap or two of fabric away Throbbing for me