Fool Me Twice

by Carrie Aarons

This is for Catherine. I will not develop feelings for this man. Sex and connection are separate entities, and Lincoln will never see the true nature of my emotions. In order to go through with this, I need to put ice around my heart. And freeze it I do in that moment.

“Come on my fingers, Henley. I want to taste them hours after we leave here.”

I notice the way he doesn’t kiss me after I blow him, which is basically the equivalent of a fuckboy saying he doesn’t want feelings involved.