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The rush was instant. I knew the orgasm would knock both of us to the bed. It was violently taking over my body. The twinge was like white lightning shooting through my core, numbing my limbs, coating my veins with blackness.
Vaughn pushed inside me. His body stiffened. I felt the spasm of his muscles as he released inside me.
We held each other in that moment. Letting the glitter fall around us. The heat of a burning bed smolder under our bodies.
I opened my eyes. My legs were locked around him. He held my lower back to keep me from falling back.
He kissed me roughly.
“I meant it, Em. I love you. And I’m not leaving here without you.”
“That wasn’t goodbye sex?” I whispered.
He shook his head. “Hell no.”
I was more shocked than if he had stood up and walked out of the room.
“I-I don’t understand.”
His thumb rubbed over my bottom lip.
“I came back for you. I want you to come with me.” He brought his lips to mine. I touched my tongue to his thumb just as he sealed our mouths with a dizzying kiss.
I seemed to forget what Vaughn had said. I let him love me again and again, until we both fell asleep. It was the first time I had slept in weeks.
Chapter 29
I sat forward. The panic ripped through me. It was morning. The bed was empty. And I was naked.
I ran my hands over my sore body. Traces of him were everywhere. He had touched me. Kissed me. Fucked me into oblivion. I closed my eyes. And he was gone. I patted the vacant pillow next to me. There was still an indentation from where he had slept.
I blinked when I heard a toilet flush.
The bathroom door opened. He stood in the doorway. “Did I wake you?” he asked.
I let out a breath I was holding.
“You’re still here.”
He crossed the room. He looked at me quizzically. “You thought I was gone?”
I nodded.
“Em, my pants are right there.” He pointed to the pile of clothes we had assembled last night.
“Right.” I tried to look relaxed. He had been missing a fraction of a second and I had already gone to the darkest of places.
He sat in front of me. “I think it’s time to have that conversation we didn’t have last night.”
I stared at his long lashes. They undid all my good intentions. I got lost in his eyes. In his voice.
I nodded. “I think so.” I couldn’t pretend he wasn’t a fugitive. I couldn’t act as if everything were normal. There was no normal in our relationship.
The first time I was naïve. He seduced me. Last night I made a conscious choice. I wasn’t his victim or target. I couldn’t blame him for my decision. I had crossed a line I didn’t know I was capable of crossing. I chose one night with Vaughn over everything I had ever valued and knew to be right. I waited for regret to hit me. For guilt to consume me.
“Ask me anything you want. Ask it now. Everything.” He pressed my fingers to his lips, sucking and kissing the tips. “And even if I have to break my non-disclosure clause, I will tell you. We won’t leave this bed with secrets.”
“Did Greer come home last night?” I looked over his shoulder.
