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“Touch her again and I will end you,” Jesse seethes, his anger exploding completely out of nowhere.
Am I willing to risk derailing my entire life, everything I've worked hard for, just to keep her safe? Just to protect the girl that could ruin it all? Yeah, I think I am. In fact, no one could stop me even if they tried.
“What are you doing to me, Willow?” he croaks out, barely above a whisper. “You’re slowly tearing me apart, but I can’t stay away. I’m not even sure I’ll be able to leave you here and go back to my previous existence, never knowing whether or not you’re okay.”
“Stay.” I have a strong feeling that if he leaves right now, I’ll never see him again. “Willow,” he warns. “I’m not asking for anything. I’m just telling you to stay.” “That’s asking for everything,” he rasps and then stills.
“If it’s so wrong, why do I feel so deeply connected to you? Why does it feel like I knew you in another life? Another time.”
“I don’t like to be touched,” he whispers and the emotion packed into that statement breaks me. I try to look away, subtly giving him some space, but he doesn’t let me. Instead, he growls, moving his thumb to my chin as he turns my head to face him. “Don’t pull away from me now. Not when I’m baring my soul for the first time in my life.”
I prepare for him to pull away, but when his eyes open, they’re filled with something I never expected to see—hope. My heart stops beating. The world stills. And Jesse inches closer to me. “I fucking need you, Willow. And I’m willing to burn for it.”
“If feeling like this is a sin, then I’ll be down there with you. Because I think I want you to touch me again.”
Because God knows she’s etched in my soul, and while that pains me to my core, I know it’s never going to change.
“Promise me you won’t hate me until after I’m gone,”
“Why does this feel like the end when it’s only the beginning?” I ask, unable to hide the quiver in my voice.
I love her. More than I’ve loved anyone else in this entire fucked-up world. And the reality of it is… I always have.
