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a wisp of breath dances on your lips right now because you won’t dare inhale
“Rule number one: Don’t ever fall for the sob story.” I flick my eyes between his, swallowing thickly. “Rule number two?” “I’ll let you figure that out.” I stare unashamedly at his tempting mouth, whispering, “Don’t let his magnetism cloud your senses.” Those sensuous lips curve into a dangerous smile, and I almost whimper out loud. “Good girl.”
“I hate you,” I tell him, my voice shaky with emotion. “For everything you put me through.” As my throat constricts, I swallow past the thick lump. It hurts to offer him this mercy of his hand in mine. Despite everything he did to me, I still can’t truly hate him. “But I also love you,” I whisper, staring at the side of his wrinkled, gaunt face. A deep sigh rattles my chest. “That doesn’t mean I’ll ever forgive you, Dad.”
Don’t mistake familiarity for security. That’s what you told me, right?” I’m on a roll, the words ripping from my lips in a stream of hurt and anger. “We’re way past that. I trust you so much that I’d let you approach me on a darkened road. I am that nice girl who would agree to help you carry whatever shit you need to the car because you pretend you’re injured. Remember that time when you approached a girl with a cane, pretending you were blind and fucking lost? Yeah, I would have helped you too. I. Trust. You.”
We always want to hear those magical thoughts. I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have hurt you. I regret what I did.
a whisper of a kiss on his neck, just enough to mark him for the reaper.
“Is this what death feels like?” I ask Robbie, who silences me with another kiss. “I’ll bring you back from the dead again, I promise.”