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He tipped my chin forward My lips quivered

“Letof ed

“I’ to protect you Take care of you Save you when you need saving Push you when you need it Hold you Kiss you Get drunk on you”

I stopped crying “You want a second chance”

“It’s not a second chance I fucking love you, Emily Charles I never stopped I left to spare you And it alht you would be better off if I didn’t co you into darkness, but I didn’t realize that without you I couldn’t find the light again I can’t live like this anymore I came back for you”

I fell into his ar fla me into his arms

I stared into his eyes

The sliding door closed behind us and he carried me to my room He lowered me to the bed, then turned to close the door and pushed a chair under the handle

“Just in case” He winked “No interruptions”

I didn’t care I didn’t care about anything but him He was back Back for me For us

Chapter Twenty-eight

There was a fraction of a second Athe door back to the bed It was the sliver of time I could have backed out The time I should have told myself I didn’t need hiest mistake of my life

But he crawled toward me on the bed I looked into the depths of his eyes He brushed a kiss across ive anything for this For him

I raised my arms overhead as he pulled the sweater from my body His ht on the street Like there was ic between us I couldn’t think about ould happen when this was over All I could do was live in it Too hold him close To love him like I had never loved him before

His hands roa until er overmy nipple until it perk