me, her pliable body pressed up against mine and put her hand against my chest. “I can’t believe you’re really doing this.” I couldn’t believe it either, but I had never been more sure about something in my life. I wanted, I needed to help the woman in front of me. “I promised. I will do this for you, and perhaps then you can forgive me.” “Forgive you?” she whispered as if she’d never heard the word, and of course it was fucking ridiculous of me to think she could ever forgive me for what I’d done, for having kept her like a possession. I silenced her with a kiss, fucking scared of her next
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