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I re this moment to be about lust and sex I need her to see what she really ive me" The words rasp fro everything on the line Every fucking thing "Please"

"I want to" She closes her eyes and a tear escapes, sliding down her cheek I stop its progress with ht of her pain "I want to so badly Iin London without you just about killedather cheek, thankful she’s not pushingowns me

I’m in love with her The moment she walked out of my apartment I knew it Knew that I couldn’t live without her This was ain I needed to play right by her Show her just howto your confession that night I’ve never been so hurt I was--" She presses her lips together and sighs heavily "I was falling for you, Ryder So hard And you stomped all over me like I didn’t rab hold of her ar with me as we exit the room She protests mildly as we hurry down a darkened hallway toward the back door of the restaurant, saying she forgot her purse, her phone I glance overin her still tear-filled eyes Stopping, I runtears as I can, then I lean in and kiss her forehead "Your sister will get your purse and phone Just … co?" she asks softly

"I don’t know All I know is … I need you" I close ainst the swell of emotions that threaten I won’t fuck this up I refuse to ruin this We can start fresh, Violet and I That’s all I want All I need

Violet

We enter her darkened apartrab hold of her before she starts toward the la the darkness "Are you really okay withher forehead against my chin "Yes," she whispers "Everywhere I look, you’re here Even when you’re not"

I slipthe feel of her body against mine It’s only been days A week And I feel like it’s been months Years since I’ve seen her Held her Touched her Kissed her

"Will you forgivefor her face, I cup her cheeks and tilt her head up so I can look at her, barely ht the cracked blinds let in "Tell ether and slowly nods "Y-yes"

I hold herin love with you You’ll probably tell me I’m not because I don’t kno to love, but I’m one hundred percent positive that’s what I feel for you"

"Oh,She said I broke her heart Seeing her like this is breaking mine, slowly but surely, into a ether again Let her put ain "You don’t ain I swear I’ll be nothing but truthful with you for the rest of our lives" I give her head a little shake and she opens her eyes, staring at me "I’ lips together and ss I see the gentlein, I press ainst her skin, "Tell rabs hold of ht I took her against the door How I fucked her and left her like a coward immediately afterward

This womanbut hard Unfeeling I didn’t like it then I hated it

Now, I crave it Need it Need her

I brace myself for her answer

"You broke me, Ryder You were the first man I felt truly safe with and then you hurt me so bad with your words, with the truth I didn’t know …"

She pauses, and I s her to know I need to hear the rest Nome, I have to know "You didn’t knohat?"

"After I left your apartive you for what you did" A choked sob escapes her and I releaseainstthe fabric

"Don’t cry," I whisper against her hair "I’m not worth your tears"

"Yes, you are You’re worth all I have to give Don’t you see that?" She lifts her head and I push the hair away fro over her every sweet feature I can’t believe she’s back in o "I hate when you say you’re not worthy of me"