“I shouldn’t have threatened you like I did,” he said slowly, the words so quiet they were barely there at all, but something unfurled in my chest as he made the admission. “You don’t want to hurt me then?” I asked, watching his hands as he unhooked my top button. “I didn’t say that,” he replied, his fingers slipping down to the next button as he loosened that too. “I desire your pain more than you could possibly understand.” My heart beat harder at the words which should have terrified me but instead I felt myself growing calmer. Because despite what I might have liked to think about myself,
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