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“I know I should feel emasculated, but that’s the hottest thing anyone’s ever said to me.” Don’t know if I believe that, but I’ll play along. “Masochist much?” I joke. “No. But with you, absolutely.”
I stop in my tracks. I don’t know what it is about this girl, but she gets all my wires crossed.
“Lick whipped cream off the person sitting next to you. Anywhere below the neck,”
“Don’t move, or the guys are going to see the raging hard-on I have right now, and I’ll never hear the end of it.”
don’t know what kind of voodoo witch shit Aeris has used on me. Hell, I didn’t think I’d even want to be exclusive with anyone after Macy, but Aeris has proven me wrong.
I’ll forever be in awe of her.
“I’ve never found guys with piercings that hot, but I think you could definitely change my mind,” she flirts. “Aeris, was that a compliment?” “And…I revoke it.” “Nope, you can’t. You already gave it to me. I’ll cherish it for the rest of my life,”
“If you don’t move your hands, I’ll pin them to the fucking ground. You’re not hiding from me. You’re not keeping any part of your body from me. Right now, you’re mine. You’re going to let me worship every inch of you, and you’re going to like it. Do you understand?”
“Look at you, soaking the blanket like such a greedy girl. How long have you been like this?”
“How do you want me to touch you? Fingers or tongue?”
“There you go. Let it all out,” he coos. “Let me feel you squirt all over my tongue. I want to be able to taste you long after this, Aeris.”
I’ve never been a religious person before, but after today, I think I’m gonna need to go to confession.
“You don’t need to wear makeup, Aeris. Your rawness is gorgeous. Your scars are natural, and I love them because they’re a part of you. Trying to cover them up is doing a disservice to your beauty.”
“I know. I want to. And since you’re my favorite subject, I’m never going to shut up.”
“I should’ve taken a kitchen knife and sliced his hand off in front of the whole fucking party. He had no right to touch you.”
Hayes flashes a high-voltage grin before answering, “Aeris Relera is my better half.”
I never used to get nervous around women before Aeris, but to this day, I still get butterflies when I’m around her.”
to remind myself that there’s a God in this world, and that he’s made every valley and curve of her body to be adored by me.
KIT: In what fucked-up universe? HAYES: This one, bitch.
I’ve been poked, prodded, and nearly blinded by a life-sized cutout of Hayes in his hockey uniform. Which I’ll need to take after the celebration…for scientific reasons.
“If you really regret everything—which I know you do—you need to show her. You can’t just tell her. You need to show her how much she means to you, and you need to make her believe it. You need to win her back.”
“No, I’m serious,” he says. “I don’t expect you to forgive me. I’m not here to clear my conscience. I’m here to tell you that I haven’t stopped thinking about you. I don’t know if you saw…well, if you saw the interview. I really, really fucked up. I never wanted to hurt you. But I did, and I’ll be paying for that mistake for the rest of my life. I should’ve fought for you. You deserve the entire world, and I want to be the one to give it to you.”
He gets on his knees. His knees. “These flowers don’t even begin to scratch the surface to show how sorry I am. I want to earn your trust back if you’ll let me. If you want me to leave you alone, I’ll leave you alone. If you want me to prove my love for you, I’ll prove my love for you. I already bought you a nectarine orchard in South Africa, but I’ll buy you a vacation home out there, too. I’ll build you your own personal library, so you never run out of books. I’ll—”
