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I archedbrsts into his hard, sweaty chest I couldn’t get enough of hiroaned intoharder, deeper, until I felt each heavy drive, an invasive, nuushing he in and out Eyes raw, nostrils flared, he rasped, "How could you fall in love with him? How could you do that?"

He always knehen to strike, and I was atlost, feeling found, otten as, gasping,on for dear life, I fell over the edge Broad pulses of sensationwaves froly through my entire, defeated body

Tristan fared no better as shouting, grunting, gasping on top ofhi heavy spurts that were perceptible assex milked him dry

I didn’t speak after He didn’t either, not at first

He lay still on top of h not to cut off n of life in the room for endless ainst each other as theyof our sexes still joined together

Finally, he pulled back to look atwild flared in his eyes The pain, as it always does, was turning into soe

"Last year you told me you were in love with him Those words came out of your h to destroyto h about that one conclusion What do you iine that did to me, to hear you say that? What would the reverse do to you? Tell me"

I just shook my head I remembered so clearly where I’d been when I’d heard a rued It had , but the idea that some other wo line

And I’d planted the same poisonous idea in Tristan’s head about Andrew and iven hi quite well that it would h about it to offer some small recompense

"First of all, let’s be clear You have no claim on our years apart You don’t own any of theolden eyes were filled with a supplication so raw that I couldn’t take it at close range One se back to the pain

I pushed hi him off me, out of me, scrambled back, then stood, and backed up until my shoulder blades hit a wall

"No claim," I repeated I was naked, but I didn’t even try to cover myself from his eyes My body wasn’t the most exposed part of me just then I wanted to cover "But of course I didn’t love him I wanted to love hione pure liquid

I shuddered, then started to shiver, and not froood"