But I so badly want to be able to touch her freely, to feel her soft skin against my palm without restraint, to know the way her tongue tastes as it grazes my own. I’m thankful that I no longer have to wonder what it’s like to feel her. Elijah never deserved her—the thought of them together actually makes my skin crawl. However, it was never my choice to make; never my place to lure her away from him simply to be able to touch her when she clearly loved him. I’m not that guy. I’ll never be that guy. That’s what makes this new advancement just that much sweeter. She wants this, she wants
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