Riot Rules (Crooked Sinners)

by Callie Hart

“I bet he fucks like a demon.”

“Stop trying to save me, for fuck’s sake. Just… I want you to be real with me. That’s all I’ve wanted from the beginning. Everything’s a front with you. An argument. A game. A lie. I’m so sick of it. I just want the truth. I just want…I just want you.”

“My darkest fantasy…has always been you.”

“Something good is coming out of this, then. You realized what you wanted.” “I always knew, Stella. I always wanted you.” Perhaps I shouldn’t say it. I’ve kept it in for so long now, though, that it’s impossible to hold back. What does it matter, anyway? I’ll be getting on a plane in twenty-four hours, and then it’ll be too late to say anything at all. Carrie ducks her head, hiding behind her hair. “And I always wanted you, too.”