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My heart warms as he says the words, even though I should be a little terrified he's been sneaking into my room…
“How many times?”
“Just the once.”
I level him with a stare. “Okay, twice. I didn’t stay long. The first time your cat was makin’ a racket that you seem immune to.” Like that’s any excuse.
“Rock?” I don’t wait for him to answer. “I want to be with you. I want you inside me. Do you understand?” I don’t say the word fuck, because that isn’t what that is, and he knows it. This is so much more. “I don’t want Priest or any other guy. Just you.”
“You want my dick?”
I shake my head. “I want you.”
“Why?” He looks so lost. “I’m broken, babe. I don’t know if I can ever be fixed.”
I frown, realizing we’ve gone from panic attacks to something else.
The darkness, I realize. That cloud that hangs over him.
“Did something bad happen to you?” I let the question linger between us.
He swallows hard.
“Rock?”
He nods.
“Do you want to talk about it?”
He shakes his head.
My poor Rock. What the fuck happened?
He looks so fucking lost that it breaks my heart… I don’t know what to do for him….
“I want to run you a bath,” I say out of nowhere.
He frowns. “What?”
I press my lips against his, forcing a kiss from him as I let go and fall out of his arms.
“When Priest was helping you, I googled it, and it said that a hot bath can be therapeutic for anxiety and help calm your nervous system.” I walk backwards as I explain, then I turn and dash down the hallway to my bathroom and start the water running, squeezing my Chanel bubble bath under the flowing stream of water.
I smile at my own idea. I get to bathe Rock and get him naked at the same time.
Win-win.
When I move back into the lounge, Rock is still in the same place.
He lets his hair down as I move toward him softly. It’s like if I make any sudden moves, it might set him off again.
“Don’t do that,” he says out of nowhere.
I frown. “Do what?”
“Act tentative around me. I’m not gonna break that easily.”
I crawl back into his lap, and I relish the feel of his hands around my waist.
