Page 543 of Call Me Baby 2: Side B

There’s an attack on my heart.

It's beating wild and frantic,

trying to fight back.

And my breath—God, my breath…

It feels like it’s being dragged along the bottom of the ocean floor.

Five.

Four.

“Andrew.” I bite down hard, my hand at the back of his head curling into a fist.

His face drops into my neck,

where he sucks and licks,

wet, unhurried,

trailing his lips along the skin.

“Allison, fuck—you keep sayin’ my name like that.” He presses down on my clit, pins his cock deeper each time he thrusts in harder.

“Andrew,” I whimper,

my thighs tensing.

His mouth crawls back to mine, and he kisses the corner of my trembling lips.

“Andrew—I⁠—”

But then…

it falls out on a whisper,

“I think I love you.”

Three.

Two.

Andrew stops.

Just freezes inside me.

Then him freezing makes me freeze.

Fuck—I stop myself from breathing.

Waiting, waiting.

I don’t know how long I wait.

But still, I wait. And I wait.

When nothing comes,