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I opened the door to find Dewayne instead Not who I wanted to see thisinside like he owned the place He s, but this house was mine
I left the door open because I didn’t like the idea of being closed up inside with him I was mad at him My arm had a black-and-blue bruise on it in the shape of his ht and kept my arm on ice Didn’t seeht--" he said, then stopped as his eyes zeroed in on my bruised aroing to pass out It was ugly, but it wasn’t that ugly
"Holy fk," he swore, walking over to ently in his hand so he could lift my tender arm and look at it "I did this," he said
I just nodded Who else did he think had grabbed ht?
"I need to be shot," he said as he gently touched his fingertip to the , caused me to shiver "I didn’t mean to hurt you I’d never hurt you Know that I would never hurt you I didn’t knoas you last night when you slapped me, and I had drunk too daister that it was you God, Sienna, I’ht the urge to co a man his size with his temper from behind had been a bad idea
"It’s okay," I told hied my hand free of his and put some space between us
"No, it’s not That isn’t okay," he said, and his hands fisted up "That will never happen again I swear it I’ll fking stop drinking That shit is not okay Ever"
Micah would be here soon, and after seeing Dewayne’s reaction to er sleeves Micah would be upset too I didn’t want hi hiet to the point before ht To explain why I went to check out your date But, shit, I can’t get past your ar hurt you Did he know I did that?"
I nodded
Dewayne’s face darkened "Fucker should have hit me You need a man with some balls, and that dipshit knew I hurt you and didn’t even co should be handled with violence? And as that so incredibly hot? I needed to seek mental help Violence was not sexy Even if Dewayne’s ht
"You need to leave," I told hi stupid
Dewayne started to say so, but I held up my hand to stop him "I know you didn’t hurt me on purpose I know you checked out Caet it Now please leave I need coffee, and I didn’t sleep well last night, and I--"
I stopped talking as Dewayne took two steps toward er-than-life hands cupped ister, his lips were on rabbed his ar into a puddle on the floor Dewayne Falco’s ue slipped along my bottom lip, I opened up for him and was lost The minty taste of him consumed me as he nibbled and explored my mouth I just held on It was all I could do My entire body was under his co had ever been like this Ever
But then, I had only kissed one other And we had just been kids then
Dewayne’s hands slipped down ainst his body His tongue danced along and teasedme crazy
A moan came from somewhere, but I wasn’t sure whose it was He heard it too, and it was like ice water over the fire that he’d wrapped us inside Before I could steadythe length of rabbed the chair behind me and hoped I didn’t sway on my feet
Dewayne’s eyes ild as he breathed heavily At least he seemed as affected as I was Because I was affected No, I was marked For life I may not have been kissed by anyone other than Dustin before this, but I knew that no one was ever going to compare to what I’d just experienced
"We can’t I shouldn’t have," Dewayne said, shaking his head Then he all but ran out of my house I stood there and listened to his truck door close and the engine start up I stood there long after his truck had pulled out of et away froh It wasn’t like I had asked him to kiss me Had he expected me to push him away? Was I a bad kisser? Had that moan beenso damn clueless at this
"Momma? Why is the door open?" Micah’s voice asked, and I snapped out ofata beat
He smiled and ran over to ed him
"Did you have fun?" I asked
He nodded but pulled back and looked up atMama T offered to make me biscuits, but I wanted to come home and eat Pop-Tarts with you I reiven me one Saturday off aAfter what had just happened, leaving Dewayne at
"I can do better than Pop-Tarts How about pancakes?" I asked hirinned "How about chocolate chip pancakes?"
"Sounds perfect," I said "Let et to work"
I didn’t let hih to see my arm before I slipped out of the kitchen and into -sleeve T-shirt
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