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His jaw hs heavily “Always too s closer

He hovers over ray T-shirt and pull hi there in time”

His lips press against ht away The coldness of his touch The lack of passion Really, the lack of anything “Seriously, you can’t still be upset that I swan-dived into that guy?” I ask, the second his lips leavedeal”

He leans away, giving ot us into this mess in the first place If you didn’t feel the need to protect ht now”

“That’s stupid,” I tell him sternly

“Stupid?” he repeats

“Yes, stupid” I push off the sheets a little, revealing the hospital gown, as ardless of the fact that we’ve been intimate”

“I highly doubt that,” he states ain “Until this is all over and I know no one else is involved, this, us, is a bad idea And you’re hurt This isn’t the tiive in to lust”

This isn’t the tiive in to lust I’m shell-shocked at what’s come from his mouth Ryder is lust He breathes it like fire Lust is e got built on I search his eyes to understand where he’s co from I’m not sure how I didn’t notice it before, but there’s coldness in his eyes that I remember It’s the same coldness I’d seen in his eyes for the entire year that he’d put the wall up between us “That whole speech right there is stupid, too Sex with you will make me feel better, and will et hih hell and back Co for him

He frowns, steps back “We are in a hospital, Hadley”

That would never have stopped him before, and I know that Ryder’s kinky—he’d love some random sex in an unexpected place, especially with ardless of the stone wall he’s placing between us

Deep down, I know I can’t let him shut me out We won’t ever recover Because the second he refu

ses the lust between us, it’s over Because in iveto get a connection with hiuards outside not to let anyone in”

He snorts, crossing those ar his biceps that I ever so badly want to touch “How do you know there are guards outside the door?”

“Because you’re you and I know you would ensure that there are”