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Chapter 9: Layers Deep

Stuart

All the things I decided,all of it went out the ith Mariska I didn’t knohat I wanted It was all fucked up and wrong, but I’d brought her to this place My place

I’d done et the feel of her lips against one back to Bill’s with one goal in s and stay at the cabin until they were gone I’d be safe here

Then she appeared She touched ht her here, and proceeded to fuck her fourlike soeous promise of a different future, new plans

No I shook my head and slipped from the bed, away from her This was part of the process My as still in recovery It wasn’t her fault It wasn’t anyone’s fault, but if I let it go further, it would all be on me

Walking to the coffee pot, I pulled it out and started the process Water in the carafe, grounds in the strainer My back didn’t hurt Putting thethe On button, I leaned to the side No pain Leaning to the other side yielded the sa

Glancing at the bed again, I thought of last night She’d spenton my back than she had the first time—most likely because ere pretty well satisfied sexually When she finished, I actually did fall asleep I awoke later in the night in the darkness to find her curled next to ht with the women I slept with As a result, I never kne i it could be to ith a hard on and pull her to me Arms around her waist, I couldn’t tell if she was completely awake, but she didn’t resist My hands went under her shirt to cup her breasts My face was in her jasmine hair, and I kissed that sensitive spot behind her ear A little hs froainst me, I move hard and fast Her back arched as I drove deeper, and it didn’t take long before we finished Another ain God, it was fantastic What the hell was I doing?

I heard her sigh, and she stretched an ar, and I turned away froh I brought her here so we could get to know each other better That’s all Sure What the hell kind of lies was I telling myself these days?

“How long have you been up?” Her voice was high and thick with sleep I reached for s and poured two cups of coffee

“Long enough to ar?”

“Just creaainst the headboard as she watched me She pulled my flannel shirt over her naked torso, and I avertedin mine

Stepping over to the bed, I handed her thethen sat on the sofa “Sleep well?”

The fire had gone out, but it was still war very cold out

“Yes” She spoke around a sip of coffee Then a sly tone filled her voice “It seeht”