Claiming me.
Worshiping me.
Making me feel like nothing has happened in the last six months, and he only wants me—like no other woman exists or ever could, going forward.
The doorbell rings, and I barely hear it. It rings again. “I think someone is here,” Xander mumbles against my lips.
Ipull back. “What?”
The bell rings again. My face flushes. “Oh, the food. Let me find my purse.” I jump off his lap, confused about what this means.
Does he remember everything now? Does he still have feelings for Billie?
“I got it.” Xander goes to the door and buzzes the delivery guy in. He steps into the hallway for him to arrive.
I try to pull myself together, still breathless and telling myself not to freak out.
Xander comes back in the kitchen with food, and I open one of the cabinets, but I stare, not sure what I’m trying to accomplish.
I must have stood there too long because Xander comes behind me and wraps his arms around me. “Hey, you’re shaking.”
I close my eyes, wanting to stay forever in his embrace, but I take a deep breath. “I’m fine.”
“Charlotte.” He turns me to face him. “I’m sorry if I made you uncomfortable.”
He thinks he made me uncomfortable? “You didn’t.”
He scans my eyes. “No?”
“No.” I tell myself not to ask him, but my mouth betrays me. “What else about me do you remember?”
Xander takes a deep breath. “That’s the only thing I remember, besides my dreams.”
“And do you remember anything else...about your twenties?” I almost say her name, but I don’t.
His face falls, and he shakes his head.
My gut drops, and I blink away tears once more.
Xander cups my face. “I’m sorry.”
“You have nothing to be sorry about.” I let out a shaky breath.
Xander’s thumb circles on my cheek. “Maybe things will come back now. This memory has to be good, right?”
He’s right. But it hurts that he still has feelings for another woman. I’m so over my head, and I blurt out, “I don’t know what I’m doing anymore.”
Xander’s jaw tenses. “Do you want me to stay away from you?”
I reach for him, pull him into my body, and blurt out, “No!”
He hardens against my stomach as my pulse increases and my sex throbs. Heat fills his eyes. I throw all my worries and thoughts away about how he has feelings for anyone else besides me and succumb to the moment.
“Charlotte—”
I put my finger over his mouth and stare at him.
He kisses my finger while his eyes never leave mine.
