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She looks up at ht this was just sex I thought that was all Linc Caldwell didjust sex"

I want to reassure her that is not all there is to me I want her to know that for soreat fuck "Evereveryone grows and changes Maybe I' me"

I had hoped to see relief in her eyes I had hoped she would kissfantastic I wanted her to say that so in her life too until she met me

Instead, she shakes her head sorrowfully "I'm sorry, Linc But I just don't feel that way I can't feel that way"

Then she steps out of my arms and walks off the dance floor

I' in bed next to Linc He has htly aroundis even and relaxed

I a but

Yesterday had actually threatened to destroy s But yesterday, when Linc and I had sex on the deck, so shifted inside of me It was like that hard block of ice aroundto expose a vulnerable crack His actions were intense and raas stripped naked, but he made me feel more exposed and vulnerablestripped to my corewith the way he moved inside of me

And then at the cowboy bar last nightmy stomach actually lurches at the e from the intense e lose ourselves to each other sexually But then he ruined it with his words

I think so until I met you

He said that to ainand I swear, I could actually feel a crack run down the ht of Marcand my fatherand I knew that I could not take what he was saying as truth I reasoned to h on ourthe perfectness of sex into so deeper

Yes, Linc was starting to ain

So I said the words that needed to be said I told him that I couldn't feel that way about him

His lookjust before I walked off the dance floorhe was crushed A sharp pain ran throughhurt, but I steeled ainst it I had to protect myself

I didn't have it inme I just couldn't risk it

When we got back to the cabin last night, I had every intention of telling Linc that it was over That we couldn't continue on this sexual odyssey upon which we had embarked Every ti But he took me in his arms, and told me that he was sorry for the words he had said He told me that he didn't want to freak me out, and that he understood that I had just come out of a bad relationship

He had said, "Ever, I can be satisfied if sex is all we have We'll make it work"

And just like that, I melted into him He had reassured me that our hearts would remain detached and our bodies satisfied And I chose to believe him I needed to believe him

And it had becoether, our clothes just seemed to dissolve We fell into bed and fell into each other Rather than think about all of the ways that both of us could get screwed out of this deal, I chose to concentrate on the way he made my body feel And he didn't disappoint He never disappoints

I look at the clock beside the bed I need to get up I still have to pack so I can catch ht I have a layover in Houston, then I'll fly direct into Raleigh and to my mom I can't wait to see her To sit on the front porch, and drink sweet tea, and talk about our lives

GingerlyLinc's arm off of me, I start to slide away froht His arhtens around ainst my butt and my body immediately floods with desire I can't wait to seeup in his arms

Linc wastes no ti, he is inside of o faster He kissescontact with our lips Our bodies are so in tune with one another, the h me, he follows me to completion

As our heart rates slow, he nuzzlesfor as long as I can

"Well, we better get up and get us packed," he says

I thought it was a slip of the tongue "You et me packed"

"No, Iwith you to North Carolina"

I push out of Linc's ar to North Carolina with me"

"Yes, I am"

"You weren't invited, Linc"