“I will never take that trust for granted, Poppy.I want you toalwaysfeel safe with me.I take that very seriously and will never intentionally do anything to hurt you.It’s okay to let yourself feel this way with me.No matter what happens, I’ve got you.”
She nodded as a stray tear slid down her cheek before she quickly blinked the rest away.
Eleven
Poppy
It hadn’t even beena full forty-eight hours of me staying with Patrick, and we already had sex.Not that I was upset about that, because I wasn’t.Sex with Pat was phenomenal and better than anything I’d ever had before, but I wasn’t sure he felt the same way.While he was still being his same friendly self, I could sense the barrier he was trying to put up between us.We had the opportunity to have sex several times already this morning, and he seemed to avoid all of them.He seemed to thoroughly enjoy himself last night, which left me wondering if his avoidance of me had something to do with my cousin and his warning to stay away from me.
I was sitting in the kitchen at the table when he came in and arched an eyebrow at me.
“What are you eating?”he asked.
“Breakfast,” I replied, showing him the bag of mini Oreos.
“That’s breakfast?”
“Yep.Breakfast of champions.”
He shook his head and walked to the stove, where he grabbed a few pans and set them on the burners.
“That’s not breakfast,” he countered.
“Sure it is.”I shrugged, popping another tiny cookie into my mouth and grinning at him.
“There’s nothing nutritious about that.How are you supposed to have energy for the day if you eat junk food for breakfast?”
“I don’t know.”I laughed.“I guess I never really gave it much thought.I usually just drink coffee and go about my day.This is a big step for me because I rarely eat in the morning.”
“Why not?”
“I’m not usually hungry.I’ve never been a big breakfast person.It used to drive my parents crazy, but then again, there wasn’t much about me thatdidn’tdrive them mad.”
“Well, it’s a little late for breakfast, but I’m going to make it anyway.Are there any breakfast foods you like?”
“Oh, there’s plenty,” I said as I got up and threw my empty bag in the trash.“I love breakfast foods, I just don’t eat them in the morning.”
