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Then let me go slow.
Another vibration.
Ruby:
You didn’t go slow today.
I smile.
Me:
Would you like me to apologize?
Ruby:
No.
There it is.
The truth under everything.
I write back:
Me:
Then I won’t.
I wait. Five seconds, then ten.
Her next message is small:
Ruby:
I can’t think around you.
My heart clenches.
I answer:
Jaxon:
I don’t want you to think.
I want you to feel.
RUBY
I sink into my chair.
My heart is a disaster. My body is a disaster. My life is a disaster.
But his messages…
God.
He wants me.
Not just physically.
