Taking in a stuttering breath, I slowly remove my quivering arms all the while keeping the eye contact. When my arms land in my lap, I let out another shaky breath that shakes my entire body.
Heath touches my back with one hand and draws me closer to him. “These are fucking beautiful just like the rest of you.”
A gasp escapes my mouth, the second he kisses me there.
Pleasure rushes through me and I can’t keep my head straight.
I get lost in him, his touch and his soft kisses.
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We lay in bed awake.My back is towards him but I can feel his gaze burning a hole in me.
I bite my lip to hide my smile as I think about all the lewd things that he just did to me.
At the same time, my breasts hurt a little. But it’s a good kind of pain.
I want it again.
“Rose,” he says. “I know you aren’t sleeping.”
I don’t move a single muscle.
“Your breathing is loud,” his tone carries amusement.
I quickly clamp a hand over my nose. “No, it’s not.”
The covers shift and then his arm is wrapped around my waist and he plasters my back against his hard, warm chest.
“You’re a terrible liar,” he murmurs into my hair as he nuzzles his face into my neck.
I stop breathing.
“Breathe, baby.” He squeezes me.
There is thatwordagain. One that makes a thousand butterflies flutter in my stomach in excitement. When he used it earlier, I was too caught up to process it. But now, it’s the only thing I can think about.
He gives me a squeeze to pull me out of my thoughts.
“What are you thinking?”
“Nothing.”
“That’s not possible.”
I sigh, knowing it is futile. “Should I go home tomorrow?”
He stiffens. “No.”
“Why not?” I whisper.
“Because they don’t get to fucking throw you out like that. I can’t believe they did it.” His tone is full of anger. “It was late at night and raining. Anything could’ve happened to you if I hadn’t come to get you.”
When he says all those things, my chest hurts. Pain spreads like poison, dissolving into my blood and sinking into my bones. The ache is so deep and intense it knocks the air out of my lungs.
I was abandoned by my parents.
That sentence hits me like a bullet, shattering my entire world in seconds.
