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What is wrong with me?

The kiss changes all at once Caleb’s tongue slips between ether, deeper, andaround his neck before I can stop ht h the thin fabric of my dress I barely felt his hands on my skin earlier, and noant him to touch all of me Every part

Caleb’s hand rubs acrossup into my hair so he can pullof so that can’t be easily contained

One month A month of this Of unrestrained, unexplained passion and pleasure, and at the end of it I getIn fact, thistime

I shift ainst his, and Caleb breaks away froainst the injury on his leg—that’s entirely my fault

The e of the island to regain control of hioes across the room and picks up his wallet off the counter Out of it he takes a handful of bills, and it’s only when he comes back to me that I see that they’re hundreds

“Go buy a dress Tohly, voice not at all hts the stark reality of e’re doing Che, and we have that in buckets It’s packed with tons of TNT and soee of payments

I accept his money

“Don’t …” I s “Don’t do any more demolition without me Please”

He looks at“As if I could”

I can’t fight the wince “I’ll see you tomorrow”