look at herself

eyes that glistened with guilt-and memory. The taste of Ad

ed him

should have slapped him. She should have ended it right there. But she hadn't

nausea. Gregory had trusted her, given her a home, his n

, startling her o

r chest, exhaling shakily.

irs, the hallway was empt

Adr

olded across his chest, veins running thick across his forearms, his T-shirt hug

ed, heart thudding.

," he sa

r w

deliberate. "For you

d, forcing her voice steady. "What happened yest

ce overwhelming. "A mistake?" His voice was low, dangerous. "Is that wha

She opened her mout

g her ear. "You want me, Elena. Yo

ainst the wall for support, desperate to c

oice crac

reath hot against her cheek.

sts in his hands, holding them against the wall. His grip wasn't

e hammered i

think locking your door, avoiding me, will erase what happened? You're mine n

lently. "No," she whis

again, and the memory of his mouth cra

in her belly, be

his hand slid down her arm, lingering against her skin. "Gregory will never touch you the way I do,"

d, her lips par

past him into the living room. She put distance between them,

hissed, voice trembling. "Don't y

? He doesn't deserve you. He doesn't even see you. But I do. Every

ace flush

spered, though it cam

shing, his voice low and raw. "Yo

between them, ch

ered so loud she sw

rming toward the stairs. "Stay a

h her room, his voice cha

. But the next time I touch you-" his tone dropped to

d. Her breath cau

erself for know

desperate to escape the suffocating weight of guilt and longing. She avoided the k

lly drove her down

use wa

qu

e didn't see him there. She opened the fridge, pull

was already leaning agains

a startled cry, shattering

d. "Careful, Ele

uickly. "I can't live lik

g toward her with slow, delibera

fridge. She had

ace mere inches from hers. His scent wra

ng her lips. "Admit you think about me when

ed her eyes

cracked, betra

t move. Then, slowly, deliberately, he brushed his lips against h

s nearly

ed darkly. "You'

, he stepped back, leaving her tremblin

nst the fridge, h

hate

ed hers

ated how badly she wa