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When we’re done, I lie on his bed and listen to his breathing

His nose is atme

He strokes my hair from the top of my head to my back

Once under the covers, his ar us flush

I feel relaxed, and so content, tracing the words "I love you" on his chest with ertip as my eyes flutter shut I’ne and a touch--light and tender, almost as if it’s alien to a man like him

I stir awake to a voice in the distance and Callan’s ar out fronize , "Carmichael!"

My eyes dart around the room in search of my clothes as I watch Callan leap into his slacks and head out of the bedroolance at the clock and realize he od!

Fuck

Fuuuck!!!

I dress haphazardly and try--really try--not to lose uiltily as I tiptoe down the hall I can hear Tahoe His voice is low Lethal Furious

"This isshoes, this is her fucking ring You touchedto break you in two!"

I run over to thelance ranite as he clenches it He shoots me a dark and powerful stare, then he puts ly--ade you to make sense in the next few seconds, take the path to the front door, and get out of my home I’ll be happy to discuss this with you--alone"

Tahoe’s face is getting redder by the second, the veins popping out of his neck as he charges "YouTahoe in his tracks Callan shovese that I stay there

A screalares atNow"

Callanhim "Don’t," I plead in his ear

There’s a tense silence as the ly, his eyes shooting fire at et about anything else Iand tuck it under et these tay from each other

"I’ll be back," Tahoe warns