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ts, the easy excuses I relied on all ran through my head He deserved better That one screa didn’t hurt

No I needed to fix this

“Tell me all of it, Malcolm”

Chapter 40

Malcolm

I closed ht, but being unable to forget It all happened so fast One minute ere okay, and the next was the worst er touched the scratches she’d caused I deserved them, and a hell of a lot more Fuck! Part of er part of me was relieved

Now she wanted me to tell her To reht When she’d walked outside thisI wanted to do was hold her Toher into another attack What ca her an escape

“Malcolm Please tell ht had vanished That fact alone gave me a little peace of mind

“You aren’t the one that needs to apologize Not by a long shot I fucked up last night, and I’ain And I’m sorry Sorry doesn’t even cut it There needs to be a better word for how regretful I am” If ever there was a tiht was it

She shifted, and I thought she was pulling away Instead she kissed the scratches onup to try and kissher make contact with my cheek

“Oh…aer allowed?”

“It’s not that Let me just finish my shower, and then we’ll talk”

She frowned before taking a step back I expected her to get out of the shower, but she didn’t I watched in shock as she started to unbutton her top

“What are you doing?”

She pulled off the soaked garled out of her shorts and tossed them away as well “You want to shower, so we’ll shower I’m already in here and wet, so aste more water?”