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His s to my insides, “There is no shame in e’ve shared”
“No—I agree None” I continued dressing and with each article of clothing he et dressed Not like I can show up nude”
“If you were mine, I would insist on your nakedness…” He waved his hand to express so, then added with a chuckle, “Always! You would always be my pale, exposed princess”
I giggled and liftedmyself, “Easy access?”
“Ahhh—yes indeed!”
We both laughed, but it was tainted with a deep sadness at our parting When I did leave, he held my hands in his and confidently stated, “When you are ready, return to me, and you will be welcome always”
I was entirely sincere this tiid protective emotional barriers, “I wish I could, Amir I just can’t I have responsibilities I must start my life now”
His response haunted me “Your life is with me”
CHAPTER TWELVE
After a teary goodbye to Anna, I flew home I slept almost the entire trip, alone in the massive bed on the private jet I dreained When I returned to my tiny apartment, I felt more alone than I’d ever felt my entire life I went to bed and slept more I hardly ate for an entire week—but I slept It was al up for all the years of not sleeping
I kneas in a sort of depression, but I didn’t care I missed Aether for years—multiple years—a lifetime of years! My small bed felt eic ed—and yes, I tried We’d hardly talked—it had
been entirely physical—butseparated from him
I had no choice, though, no other avenues before me I had to start back into life I took rand out h stuff to ht home with me from Dubai
As life will do, time flew by, and it was soon ales to my resume and three local interviews—none of which I wanted to take I was hopeful that a big conglomerate corporation based in New York—the intervieas in teeks—would be the one I kneanted to work for them, now I just needed to make sure they wanted me
I Skyped with Anna whenever we could, even though the drastic tiht forme as many questions as the both of us could co chit-chat, to more serious stuff, like how I alone could achieve world peace