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Wanting hih, I ached tohim back as ifue and lips It had been forever since ere like this

The passion

The emotions

I couldn’t remember the last time we consumed one another quite like this

“Fuck…” he groaned into my mouth “Do you have any idea how much I miss this? How much I miss you?”

With a strong force taking overto hear another sad story Our lives were already filled with them

All the rets

All the hurt and devastation

All the I’m sorry’s and I love you’s

The ups and downs

They were endless

Timeless

Destroying us both in the process

He reached for me, and as soon as I felt his arms wrap around my waist, I pushed him as hard as I could His back hit the slider with a hard thud, and I didn’t falter

I went for him

“Why can’t you just let o?!” I hit him, all over his face and body Anywhere I could

He blocked each advance, only triggeringout every ounce of frustration and love I still had for him

All the years of pent-up anger

All the tiry

All the things we’d said to hurt each other, when in reality … it killed us to say them

“Kinley, calrip onto my wrists

“No!” I yelled, striking and shoving him the closer he tried to co me! This is my fault we’re in this place, Christian! I’ive you babies!” Hot tears shot out ofbroken! I’ve always been broken, and I’ether! It’s not fair to you! I’ve never been right for you!”

Thinking back on the night that drastically changed the course of our lives, I cried out, “I should have listened to you! Why didn’t I just listen to you?! What’s wrong with me?!”

In h to hold hiripped onto ainst the glass slider

“Do you have any idea howabout that very question?! Why couldn’t you have just listened to ative tests! There it was! That sa about that night! I could have lost you too!” he roared, his body shaking “Can’t you see? I don’t fucking care! I’ ache for you! Why can’t you see that all I want is you, Kinley?! Why is that so fucking hard for you to realize?”

Those profound words were all it took for me to lose my shit

I sla down on his bottom lip until I tasted blood

He i my wrists with one hand while the other yankedto gather ht, possessive hold Both our bodies trembled with undeniable fire

Every part of our resolve was ha all around us