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He’s aggressive and euy I will crave incessantly when I’one
"I promise, next time will be in a coht to keepat his words but I can’t, and I’ainst his neck, I greedily accept that I want a next time I want it desperately I want it now
It was probably a ht the sky as Cain walksback to his condo but I declined, barely able to get the excuses past the stabbing lump in rocery shopping
I need to take h, and I don’t know if it’s because the suggestion was not meant to be serious or because he took my excuses as a refusal of hi to him and it pisses him off
The car ride home was unusually silent and, as exhausted as I a for two days, as sated as I a inside ht have
As I slide my key into the lock and push the door open, I sense Cain’s body step closer toto invite himself into my apartment Afraid because I’ll have to send him away Afraid because I would so rit my teeth for just a moment before I pull on aan e emotions in the past thirty-six hours--both the best and the worst I can’t even think straight Thankfully, I’ , only now the ache in my heart is all the more pronounced
Finally, I turn around to face Cain, to soak in those warm brown eyes that peer down at me, his apprehension poorly veiled within thein, but I choke Coet out, "Thank youfor everything" Why can’t I keep it together? Just for a little longer, dammit!
A deep furrow skitters across his forehead, but he sether at her house this afternoon Kind of a celebration for her fiancé, Dan" He holds his phone up absently "Just got the text Anyway" His voice drifts off as his eyes drift down to ive him a pathetic attempt at a smile "Sure, I’ll think about it" I’ll think about it as I’ that looks like disappointuilt to my stoainstthere, as if unsure that I would allow it
I don’t hesitate to turn toward him to steal one last kiss, to try to convey with my body how much he has come to mean to me in a short period of time, how much I wish this could continue
How much I will miss hiainst his body,ue dives in
Cain doesn’t see that withto happen I close th as I lose ins to course through my body
At some point, my knees buckle and I find I can’t lift htless within Cain’s arms The soft cushion of my mattress is like a cloud as Cain lays me down