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I thought of all the pain and bitterness he felt toward er, I thought what Michael and I had was special Ex

plosive and passionate ButEspecially if it could turn tender feelings to poison If it could s …

I wanted hiet, but how could I when I wasn’t ready to forgive hi to fill me up with all the hurt he’d carried for years?

Shivering fro Pain, uniinable pain, swamped me My voice sounded flat, dead, even to my ears as I asked, “Is that what you wanted? Have you fucked me out of you yet?”

Michael braced his hands on the bed at either side of lared at me “Jesus fuck, Dahlia I’m still inside you” With a huff of disbelief, he pulled out, and I shivered as he moved off me

Lying on his back on the bed beside me, I waited for his response

When none was forthcohs tre Because that’s what it was, right?

Michael’s face flashed in s off the bed The way he’d never broken eye contact as he moved inside me

Was that fucking?

Heart heavy, I shook my head and put er and lust e’d come into his apart

Hurrying around the bed, I grabbed my clothes off the floor

I are of Michael in ?”

Not looking at hio”

Hearing hilittered under the bright glare of the overhead light To my surprise, he bent down and snatched up my socks and boots “I need to use the bathroo the boots, “as insurance you’ll stay We need to talk”

“Michael—”