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“We can talk” He reaches out and settles his hand on h as they stroke ly and my heart rate has kicked up I think of how Colin touchedhappened

I think of ho merely looks at me and I immediately want to shed my clothes and bare my very soul to hioing on” He squeezes my arm and I squeeze my eyes shut, overwhelood “I need to apologize for the shitty way I treated you”

An apology is a start in the positive direction Imyself but I want to hear what he has to say I need an explanation “Okay I’d love to hear an apology fro to make me say it now?”

“For the first one, yes” I nod

“There’s going to be lance in his direction to see he’s teasingat me, the smile on his face “Definitely,” I say with another nod “I want the first one now Before we leave the truck”

He schools his expression, looking incredibly solemn and serious “Fable I’m sorry” He lifts my hand and brushes a kiss across my knuckles

His mouth onThe playful way he’s acting doesn’t help matters either I need to reht state of , I promise” He er “Scout’s honor”

“Were you really a scout?”

“No” He smiles “But you can trust ive ht and I also want him all over me I’ether

We get out of the truck and I follow hiuide h I can feel his presence behind me I inhale sharply when he sets his hand low on ht direction

He doesn’t reet to the front door Like he needs that connection

I need it too

When he unlocks the door, he indicates for me to walk in first and I enter his quiet, dark apart a roo chair and a flat-screen TV There are no pictures, no knickknacks, nobeyond the basic essentials