Just us.
No past.
No present.
Until reality catches up with us.
Her fingers dig into my chest, and I smile against her lips as we end the kiss that should never end.
I have to leave, and this has to be goodbye.
I keep them close for just one infinite moment and lean my forehead against hers.
A moment that I’ll take into endless space with me.
“Take care,” I say as I open my eyes, let go of her, and take a step back. I want to see her one last time.
Those ice-blue eyes. Staring right through me into my soul.
I bite my bottom lip. Her cheeks are flushed. I’ll never forget the day I made cold and perfect Lilian Anne Knightly flush.
“No,” she says and grasps my hand.
“I have to,” I say. “They will come for me. And I’ll take them down with me. That’s the plan.”
“Well,” she says. “You'd make a better plan then, because there is no way in hell I will let you go.”
“Watch me,” I say and turn.
“Gods!” she curses and rolls her eyes at me. “You are such a stubborn little brat!”
I snigger.
“No,” I say, and my voice gets dark. My eyes flash through the room, and I see Hanningan backed off by the door, pretending to be stone and not listening. Not that I’d care. “You don’t tell me whatto do. I played brat for you, but I am a dominant. There is my way, and none other.”
She stares at me, and her gaze strips my soul bare. The one I didn’t even think I had until I met her.
She tilts her head slightly, and I see a fire lit in her eyes. One I have seen before whenever I am about to be challenged.
“Really,” she says sardonically, and sinks to her knees without breaking eye contact with me, and I can’t believe what is happening.
The moment her shins are on the floor, she places her hands on her thighs, palms up, and her eyes snap down.
I bite my lip so hard it starts bleeding, because I can’t believe she really did that. I close my eyes briefly and slowly shake my head as I process what she just did.
She knows I can never walk away now.
Never.
I walk up to her and grasp her chin to pull it up. The world around me has disappeared.
It is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen.
“You…” I breathe out as I shake my head in disbelief.
The corners of her mouth turn into a knowing smile.
“You shouldn’t have done that,” I say. “How can I ever walk away now?"
