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"Nothing worth repeating She’s a sick, selfish, disgusting person I’ot the hell away from her I understand your affection for this"--he nodded at the trailer--"place" He finished without bashing it this time "I’d prefer this too Hell, I’d prefer one of these boxes and a dark alleyway than living in the sah It wasn’t funny but it was exactly how I felt The corner of his mouth lifted but the sadness in his eyes didn’t et these inside I have another one then et this done so I can hold you"

I started walking toward the trailer when he started talking, but his last comment caused me to pause mid-step I almost tripped Hold me? Was I asleep? Would I wake up soon and all this be a drea , I unlocked the door and Bray sat the boxes down inside As he walked past me on his way back outside he stopped, bent down, and pressed a kiss to ly sweet kiss

It was after he was getting the other stuff fro ly It was a new sensation Bray Sutton was beingsweet No deentle touches And it was rocking my world I didn’t feel balanced

The boxes sat in the e S written on the front I had no idea what she decided not to give to charity I was almost afraid to look inside But I had to face it Whatever she kept I needed to decide if I was going to keep Not with Bray here watching me I’d have to find time alone

Bray walked back in with another box and sat it down Then the duffle on his arm he dropped on the table that was built into the left wall of the camper

"The rest can wait," he said his voice low

I opened my mouth to ask him what his plans were, but his hands clasped h But with entleness than I expected froht

Bray’s eyes held so I wasn’t familiar with I couldn’t look away froe to curl up against Bray and cling to hi

He backed up and sat down on the s hts he pulled me into his lap and held ain, he was doing exactly what I wanted And it was a in the past led to sex I’d never felt like he wasn’t working toward getting my panties off Not that he’d ever had to try very hard At thiselse, but just as powerful

His hand came up and cupped the side of hed as I rested there Listening to his heartbeat Content Safe It was as if the deet ood he felt, how , and how much power he had to crush me

"Scarlet," he said quietly, his mouth so close to my ear that I felt the warmth of his breath

"Hmm?" I asked, unable to form words as I shivered fro aveBray Sutton say them I knewI knew that wasn’t possible I’d feared this was a dream One of the many I had escaped into in er than others It was as if my psyche knehen I needed to escape reality and held er

This was one of those dreams I’d wanted to believe it was real but the drea Bray say words that were ialone in hter aroundfor air as I waited for this to be ripped away from me My life thrown back in ive o

I reached up and grabbed his arht As if the dream couldn’t take me away from him if I had a hold of him His muscles flexed under ot worse Hoould Iexperienced this? How unfair My subconscious wasn’t thinking about how this would ruin what headway I hadalone