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Playfully, I fought back, beating hs After sliding inside me, he pinned my hands outside my shoulders

I grinned up at hi anymore His eyes smoldered in the dark as he moved above me, and my smile faded He didn’t kiss h that I felt his breath on s and wove ht—ame

Not his body buried deep inside mine Not the fiery heat between us Not even the words he spoke as he rocked his hips above me

“I don’t love you” His voice was low and raw, straining with urgency “I don’t love you”

And he crushed his mouth to mine before I could say it back

Afterward, he rolled out of bed quickly and yanked his jeans on “I have to work toirls on Sunday Will you be around?”

I tried to keep things light, even though the intensity of our last round had re out?”

“No That’s another good thing about ogres” He pulled his shirt over his head “We are very self-sufficient I’ll lock the door I can’t have anyone elsewith my princess”

“Thank you”

He caht”

“Night”

When I heard the door shut downstairs, I flopped onto my back and lay there for a moment starfish-style My heart continued to pound in a way that scaredspecial, this was sos ritten about

This was it

I bolted upright

“No, it’s not,” I said quickly, scra off “I’ to you, heartbeat This is not it”

I hurried into the bathroo water while I washed my face, then the buzz of“Yankee Doodle” loudly and off-key while I putI could think of that wasn’t about love

Then I jumped into bed and buried my head under the pillow

On htstand, my phone vibrated, and I sat up to reach for it When I saw the text, I started to laugh

What the hell is going on over there?

That’svoice

Jesus

My choir teachers used to ask me to mouth the words at concerts

Can’t say I blas in or is the concert over tonight?