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It startled a laugh out of him "Did I really used to take my shirt off at every show?" he asked, like he couldn’t re about all of the htly

Looking up at hi the way he looked back, I started to just freak

I took two steps back away fros away in sootten about them, had never failed to realize they were there, but I’d convinceddirectly at them, they would hold no sway overup on hter, e to look, the pull of it, consu would, I was sure

Even when I’d known better, I’d just decided that those feelings could be put off But how long could a thing like this be put off?

I was shaking, head to toe

Slowly but inexorably, I was coether Not for another day Not for another ht it, so inside ofits finish, and I was not prepared

Tristan moved to put his hands on my shoulders, but I warded him off with both ofmy head vehemently

"Tell me, sweetheart Whatever it is, I’ll fix it"

I closed

"Oh sweetheart," he said, softer now, closer now

"I feel so lost"

He took ht here I’ve got you"

"There is this hollow place inside of me, where my faith in you used to be I am so full of fear, and I do not kno to let th to do this Not again"

"I’ve got enough for both of us" Heyou lean on o, and I had wandered into deepest waters, with depths far too vast forout to saveme all the while? Had I been so blind?

Still, even knowing he was rescuing ht hi to roaned and pulled me even closer "You can You don’t think you can trust ain, and I understand that, but you need to learn However long it takes, you need to learn that being with me won’t turn out the way it did before I won’t let it"