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Her lips squish to the side and I change subjects before she overthinks "I’ve heard Hewitt’s been chatting it up with you"
Breanna pales out and that’s not the reaction I was expecting I s the last bite of soup and set the bowl on the nightstand "I know I told you tointo your personal space?"
"He’s acting weird Texting Saying he’s sorry Obviously not sorry enough to tell ood in that he realizes he doesn’t possess all the power, but bad if he’s attaching himself to Breanna He could flip out and I don’t want her anywhere near hie
"You should have told ot shot?" she snaps "A bit hypocritical, don’t you think?"
I scratch my jaw I’m the emotional one of the two of us, whichunderneath Could be Kyle Could be me Could be a combination Most people would have already cracked under the pressure she’s battling The urge is to press her for answers, but even I knohen I’ a land mine "Come here"
She inclines her head in a cute pissed-off way and Ito deny a man who almost died comfort?"
Breanna rolls her eyes, but she crawls up the bed I stretch out and encourage her to settle into erly places her hand on my stomach, careful to avoid the scratches and bruises Her cool fingers burn against my bare skin I should have put on a shirt for hermy body
Exhaustion consumes me the moment my head hits the pillow I nuzzle my nose into Breanna’s hair and her sweet scent relaxes ainst the skin of my chest as she speaks, and if I wasn’t so damn tired, I’d seduce her until she was underneath ood" Now that she’s here
"Is this what it’s going to be like with you? Will I constantly be scared of losing you?"
I turn her words over ina path up and down her arm Goose bumps form under my caress and I love how she reacts toout that "
"I’ve never done this before" Her soft tone dances along uy with a bullet wound? I sure as hell hope this is a first"
She huffs "Not what I uy in a bed before"
The innocence of her state and an ache at the saile as those fireflies froo
Since the day in the field, we’ve kissed and I’ve had blue balls fro our private tiher bra straps off her ar her whisperphysical with me