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room. The single bedside lamp at my side of the bed bathed the room in muted go

cute she was and I was sure she'd st

beside her. I had no plans of mauling her, not now at least and not without her permiss

ing the room into darkness.

dnight." She

waist and tugged her into my body. She yelped a

to sle

ered. "I-

e as stiff as a board." And why wouldn't she be? Cathleen wasn't one for cuddling and neither was I. It had always seemed like one of those too cliche things people did. I

ns when I'm manhan

e dark. "I like m

scof

silence only interrupted by th

leeping?"

. W

ed." She

ess into her hip. "What do you wanna

e you perv." She said and I could practica

was- unexpected.

ouldn't be able to see anything. "You're not sure?

who had a cat. It used to act like a saint when she was looking then try to claw me to ribbons when h

ust before there was a brief st

en you're in bed with your fiancee. Don't th

pped classes to go out

ughed. "Are you thin

nd love and I've never been in a place where I had enough free ti

. They didn't even need to teach this in guy code class to know I had just stepped on a land mine and I was ab

the life I didn't have. I know it seems silly, but for me, if all my hours were occupied, I didn't have time to think of anyth

you rather

But job security is independence for me, and being independent means I d

have envisioned her sounding. Not even in a million

morlessly. "You

at you work your ass off. You've achieved what many people can only ever dream of achieving and if you decide to sp

" Her voice

rong thing. I wanted to tear my hair out of it's roots. When it cam

C

ight,

e or even putting them at ease. My job demanded me to be ruthless and cold. I watched companies that people had put in sweat and blood to build up crash and burn

man, Sinclair."

nto the night, replaying her last words in my head and basking in the fit of her body ag