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I switched back to reality “Sorry, I’ve been funny lately” I tried to cover up the fact that I was beco to leave uy and there I was, falling for the bad guy, when I had a very good guy as falling forAlise

He looked distracted byas he watchedHe had to have askedthat would satisfy his question and we could move on

He leaned in very close, I was taken aback but I never budged His hot breath tickledas about to happen

He never closed his eyes, even though he was an inch froine the taste of his mouth He smelled like Heaven It was the s I couldn’t place I wanted to fight es and pull away froi He had charmed every inch of me—inches I didn’t know existed

After a very long moment, he moved in the last inch and his lips brushed mine It was so soft, I couldn’t stand the torture I leaned in, but he seeht His soft lips brushed razed ain I didn’t knoas happening, but the control I worked everyday to e I had no sarcased breath, as mine had become inconsistent I didn’t need air; I needed his kiss to deepen and relieve me of the build of tension

He pulled away though, leavingthere

I watched hiht had switched on I felt my face curl into a frown, and I wanted to cry I understood crack addicts’ need for their addiction I needed his skin to touch

“Aimee, I'm cursed”

I didn’t care Bad luck had rained down on ht more into the relationship To be completely honest, it was probably me that made him feel cursed

He continued softly, “I aedy and accident” His words never made their way to , but I couldn’t comprehend, as I was still in a cloud of wanton lust

He grabbed ht shake “Aimee, I am an immortal Do you understand?”

I nodded, watching his lips hts panicking in there, but no one responded to their demands

He smiled “What’s your name?”

I nodded again

He stood up, taking the sudden warht inside of me went to the other side of the room with him It was still attached to him

He stood there by my door and held his hands out He smirked at me one second, and in another, he was across the roo room, but I didn’t even see him take a step

He knelt at ain and smiled “I am not like you,” his voice was a whisper

I didn’t knohat to say He had lied to o to such extreme places to make up stories Not when the plain truth was there in front of me He was a conman I was cool with it

"I don't kno to be with you, but I can't seem to be without you"

The disappoint was toome, no doubt from the physical reaction I had to hi whatever I could s for hio from love and adoration to despicable hatred in between the beats of my heart

As I clawed out at hie and screa down my cheeks He pulled me into hiht hi He looked at my open , and before I could properly talk him out of a murder suicide, he jumped

I saw the ground in a flash and then I didn’t see anything My grip on hi my hands and I felt like I would throw up any second WeThe motion was too hing chest I couldn’t believe he would laugh at this moment

I felt a hard bu lowered to the soft sand Lastly, as the fear and terror started to subside, I heard the ocean I looked around me I was at the hidden beach I knew it instantly because it was a sandy beach On the Northwest Coast, we did anything we had to in order to find one It was the only one I knew of

It had taken seconds for us to get there Or had it? Had I blacked out? I kneas a forty-hest terrain frohway on the outskirts of town Had he hiked with ain?

The night air was cold against my panties and tank top The cold sand sat firmly beneath me, but I still had to touch it to be certain I was really there A h s