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“And if you need someone? If you get scared or want to give into whatever the fuck happened last night? If you want to run like I know you were planning to do? Then you come to me. You understand? You don’t have to be afraid.”
“And I felt the way you wanted to let go last night. The way you were aching to be touched. The way you needed to be shown that you deserve it so you can move on with your life and find the lucky bastard who’s the match to this sweet, beautiful heart. I see what’s inside you. I see what you need. And I know what you’ve been missin’.”
“Promise you, these hands will never hurt you, Charleigh. They’ll only ever bring you pleasure.”
“I’m not your responsibility.” I dipped down until my lips were a breadth from hers. “Yeah, baby, you are. The second you ran through my door? That’s what you became. My responsibility. So, thank you, Little Runner, for runnin’ to me.”
“The way I’m going to make you feel might knock you out for a minute or two, but believe me, Charleigh, pretty sure it’s me who’s not going to survive you.”
“Can’t fuckin’ wait to show you what it feels like to be touched by me. Can’t wait to adore this body. I’m going to explore every inch of you. Show you that bastard no longer has any control over you.”
“That sound good to you, Little Runner? You want me to show you what it’s like to have so much pleasure you won’t be able to think of anything else but me? Gonna write myself so fuckin’ deep.”
“Looking at you is like looking at the sun breaking
on a new day and wishing I could hold onto that moment forever. That’s what I’m going to give you, Charleigh. A million new days where you get to wake up and shine all your light. Shower this world in your beauty because there’s so fuckin’ much of it, it’s a disgrace to keep it hidden. Gonna make you shine, Little Runner. Fuckin’ glow.”
“How could it be too fast if I’ve been waiting on you my entire life?”
“Because I love you. I’m so fucking in love with you. So caught up I can’t see a future
where you don’t exist in it. I can’t imagine a day that I wake up without you in my arms. You fuckin’ struck me the first time I saw you, Charleigh. Pierced me all the way through. Stole some part of me when I inked myself on you. But you have all of me now. If you want it. If you’ll take it.”
“I’ll take it. I need it. Because I love you, too. I think maybe a part of me fell for you that night. Because I was dead inside. So dead, and you lit the last vapor of hope that I possessed. Stoked it and brought it back to life. And I want to live. I want to live. And I want to live it with you.”
