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So through me There’s an implication, whether he meant for it to be there or not, that he hasn’t always been able to help it

That he has hurt people Because he had to

A dozen questions filter through ue There are so on, and this feels like one of theer netic, mysterious man any better than I know him now

I already gave him too much of e, the strange, undeniable bond between us grows stronger

So I just nod in acknowledgement of his answer Then I pull the bedroom door the rest of the way open and slip outside

I was lost in a haze of lust when he carried s, so when Marcus steps out of the bedroo him down the hallway and the ooden stairs in the foyer

When we reach the front door, he grasps the handle and pulls it open for me

My pulse picks up a little as I step forward Me kissed by hih my mind, and heat flares inside me as I move to pass by him

His hand shoots out before I step through the door, catching rasps my chin and tilts my head up

His lips don’t crash against mine like they did the first ti a soft breath before running his nose over entle kiss to my cheek

It’s so unexpectedly intiincoherent and pointless as I dart out onto the stoop

I trot quickly down the front steps and am partway down the ay that leads to the street when I notice the dull thru

Glancing up, I see an expensive looking sleek gray car idling in front of Marcus’s house

The tinted passengerrolls down, and bright blue-green eyes twinkle at me as Theo dips his head to peer out the

“Oh, hey Did somebody call for a bus?”