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I was no stranger to barbarity, but those lips on my skin paired with the mewl that left them, abandoned me with nothing but ferocity. He’s mine.
God, are you trying to give me Stockholm syndrome?” “I did not kidnap you.” “No?”
Do you plan to kill me? Sell my body parts on the black market?” As if I would let anyone with a weapon near him. “Your body parts would be of no use to anyone, Toby. You’re sick.”
I was in charge and I wasn’t planning to let him leave—lucky for him; I was going to make it so he never wanted to.
“I haven’t gotten you a job because I’d miss you. There’s nothing more than that. I’m selfish, Toby, and I want you to be here when I come home—wrapped in those goddamn butterflies, waiting for me.”
“You are mine.” His voice was thick, dripping in certainty. “My baby. If you need something, I’ll provide it. If you’re sick, I’ll fix it. Your smiles, your laughs, your freckles, and those godforsaken tears all belong to me.”
“Are you obsessed with me?” It was meant to tease him—ease some of the heavy tension before I came in my pants beneath him. He cocked his head, eyes burrowing into me. “Yes.” He rasped. “I am dangerously obsessed with you.”
“I think I look like an old carrot.” “I love old carrots.” “Lucky me then.”
“Monogamously.” He spat the word. “You understand that, right? I will not share my baby.”
I hadn’t actually done anything on my own except fall asleep in the right place at the right time.
He looked at me, amusement painted throughout his handsome face. “Baby.” “What?” “Do you think you are alone when you go out?” I cocked my head. “I’m sorry?” “Toby, my men follow you everywhere. You never go anywhere alone—not to ballet, not to pizzeria’s, and sure as fuck not to lunch with Dan.”
“I hate when you cry.” “I cry a lot, Benji. I have the emotional capacity of a four-year-old.” “No.” He pressed his forehead to mine. “You have the emotional capacity of a man who’s been left behind his entire life.
“He has an obsession with the fucking Eiffel Tower.” “You telling me you’re going to buy him the entire monument?” “It’s not for sale.” I checked.
Loving him made me insane.
“You gave me friends, ballet, and made me healthy enough to get a job. It’s breaking me a little… that you’re now taking them away from me.”
I mumbled a quiet mantra of gratitude each time rain pelted me in the face at high speed. This year, I had heat. Hell, I had a coat.