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"God, I love fucking you," he says as he pounds out his orgaslad when he rolls off of me and lands by my side He pulls the pillow fro s the covers up over us, and I fall asleep to the beat of his heart
Saently slide out froht that her hand is tucked beneath me I try not to wake her yet, because she has a bus to catch in an hour and I want her to get all the sleep she can get before leaving
I get dressed quickly and go downstairs to get her some coffee at the hotel coffee shop I don’t even know if she likes coffee, but I’et her started
There are tabloids next to the checkout counter and I freeze when I see that one is about the Zeroes On the cover is a picture of Peck with her lips locked against a man He has his arm wrapped around her waist and she’s bent backward, he’s kissing her so hard
Heat travels up my body and floods azine I buy it and the two coffees, and I go sit down at a table to read what it says
Zeroes drue to read where it’s continued There’sas the other She ith soht before I married her She was in sout clenches
I thought ere a sure thing I asked her to ht that ed usually means two people--not two people and occasionally someone else And she definitely had someone else He’s wrapped all around her
I fold the paper and put it in o upstairs When I get there, I can hear the shower running and she’s singing softly to herself
I pace from one side of the room to the other I don’t even kno to ask her about this
I know that I feel like someone has laid me open Like all my nerves are raw and exposed Like I can’t catch my breath
The shower cuts off and she comes out wrapped in a towel "There you are," she says with a s to tell one "Tell you what?"
"Were you going to tell ain
She stares at me "No," she finally says She blows out a breath "I wasn’t going to tell you"
I’m…floored "Didn’t you think I deserved to know?"
"I did, but I didn’t want to hurt you" She sits down on the edge of the bed "I’ain, I’d do it differently"
"I can’t believe you did this"
"Saht I knew you"
"You do"
"I don’t"