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Perfect

Perfect

That’s what this h perfection isn’t supposed to exist

Gasping, our tongues and legs tangle together My fingers circle one of her wrists and I start to move her arm above her head, but I pause when she winces

"Don’t stop," she begs, her fingers traveling down my stomach toward the button of my jeans "Please, Ryler, don’t stop"

The ache in her voice ainst the rational part of le ounce of emotion I’ve kept trapped insidepours out, I realize just howin it

Drowning

Drowning

Drowning

So far down in the water I’ain

And I’m not sure I want to

Chapter 11

Lost My Damn Mind

Emery

I’ve lost my damn mind, more than I already had I don’t even knohy I opened up to Ryler He was saying all those things about Aura, and he seemed so human, so real As someone who understands what it is like to have the people you care about hurt you, I ot who he works for, saw a different side of him, one I almost feel like I can trust Like me, Ryler has hurt someone unintentionally