“In the beginning, I wanted to just get you out of my system.”
“Finally, some of the truth.”She turned to the door and grabbed onto the doorknob.
“Xolani, please.Don’t do this.”
His voice stopped her before she could twist it open.
“You did this.I was in a relationship with Ricky that had been built on lies.I will not be in another one.”
“What we have isn’t built on lies.”He moved so fast that she didn’t have time to react other than gasp as he grasped her forearm.
She looked down at his hand holding on to her.She should be repulsed because of what he was.However, his touch even with her knowing his true form did nothing but excite her libido.
“Don’t,” he said.
That one word jolted her from staring at his hand on her and the electric feeling rippling between them.Swallowing, she tried to focus on her need for him to go rather than to stay.The burning in her chest intensified as she pulled away from him.An unsettling feeling came over her as the realization that she was in love with him hit her.
“I have to,” she choked.“If I don’t, the lies will never end.You’ll be just like him, going from woman to woman behind my back.Eventually, you’ll put your hands on me.”
“I’d never do that!”
“How do I know that?Do I even know you?You lied to me about what and who you are?Hell you fucking played me like a damn chessboard moving me into place.Wherever you wanted me!”
“Xo—”
“I was prey.And it was so fucking easy for you to do what you wanted once I was asleep.”
“It wasn’t like that?”
“What was it like then?”
He sighed and turned away from her, raking his hand through his hair before he turned back to her.“You’re right.In the beginning I was using you and toying with you.For that, I’m sorry.”
She drew in a ragged breath, his words cutting her deeply.
“I promise you Xo, this isn’t a game anymore.I...you...you changed me.You made me want to be better, to do better.To give you the world.”
“No, get out!Now!I will not do this with you.Your lies and scheming are over.”
“You can’t deny what you feel for me,” he argued.“I can feel it.”
“The funny thing is I am not denying that you make me feel things I’ve never felt before.”
“Then there is hope.”
Xolani laughed.She kept on laughing until tears were streaming down her face.“Everything that you’ve made me feel has been...pure ecstasy.”A small smile broke through the tears though a sob escaped her.“Not hope.”
“If you want me as much as I still want you, there is always hope.”
“I am a human and you’re a demon.How long before you start missing other women?How long before you turn missing them into anger?And that anger turns into you hurting me?”
“I’d never hurt you, Xolani.”
“But you already have, Dima,” she sobbed as she twisted the knob, opening the door.
He moved forward as if to leave but stopped right in front of her, placing his hand on her waist.“I don’t want other women, I want you.”
“You justthinkyou do.Now leave.”
