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He turns slowly, almost purposefully so, and stares at me. His eyes are blank, he’s shut all of him emotions down now which he does when things get too much. I know this about him now, I know a lot.
“Yes?” he grumbles while stuffing his hands into his pockets. “You come to tell me to leave?”
“No, I…” I point behind me. “I had to say goodbye to Gary. I couldn’t be rude.”
He actually lets out a little smile at that. “You and your perpetual politeness.”
I half expect him to close the gap between us in his usual commanding way but he’s hesitant. Not in the way that Gary was when asking me out, but in a way, which suggests he wants me to put him out of his misery. Either way, he just wants to know. I watch him for a few seconds, idly admiring the way his strong chest rises and falls with each raged breath. I’ve never seen him so open and vulnerable before and I like this raw openness to him.
“So?” I give a half shrug and move a little closer myself. “Where do we go from here?”
“Why are you here?” he demands in a gruff tone. “That’s a good place to start, don’t you think?”
“Isn’t it obvious?” I giggle. “Because I want this…” I point my fingers between us both. “I want you.”
“You do? I mean, you’re sure about this? You’ve really thought it through?”
“I think everything through all the time and it doesn’t get me anywhere.” I touch my chest. “I know how I feel and that’s good enough for me. I don’t want to hide from it anymore, not when it feels so good.”
“We have to make it right this time.” His insistent tone touches me. “I want it to be correct.”
“Is this your way of asking me something?” I raise an eyebrow. “You can just come out and say it, you know.”
I reach up and crawl my fingers up his stomach as I tease him. I can’t help it, it’s nice to be the one in control when it comes to us. It happens so rarely, it buzzes up and down my spine and makes me shiver lightly.
“What do you want me to say?” He rests a hand on my cheek. As our skin sets alight with electricity I know that this is right. However good it could have been with Gary, it’s boring. It’s not like this. I feel completely in control around him and while I like the power, for Alistair I’m willing to give it up. “You’re mine.”
Mmm, those words feel delicious. They felt good when he yelled them at me in the restaurant as well. I belong to him, I do, I am his, it’s been that way ever since we hooked up in that cab. But it isn’t just that way.
“I don’t want you to just say that though.” My thumb runs over his bottom lip. “Because this isn’t just a one way street, is it? I need to hear that you belong to me just as much as I do you.”
“So, you’re admitting that you belong to me?” he replies with a much too pleased smirk.
“Don’t deflect. Tell me what I want to hear. No, tell me what you want to say.”
He dips his head down to kiss me, but before his lips can brush against mine I pull back. I’m not going to kiss him until he says it. If those words can’t come out of his mouth then we’re done here.
“Okay.” His forehead rests against mine and I swim in his gorgeous eyes. “I belong to you.”
Relief flood me, finally we’re in a place where we can admit our feelings. It swims through me and lifts me from my feet, spinning me around wildly. I feel loose and free, happier than I’ve ever been before. This time as his lips search me out I let them find me and he claims me. We claim each other.
His fingers knot up into my hair, I mold my body into his, we blend into just one person. This man strays me ever further away from my well thought out life plan, but I think it might be time to screw that up and toss it in the bin. Screw it, who needs it? I don’t when I have these strong arms wrapped around me waist, keeping me safe. For the first time in my life, I’m prepared to really go with the flow.
“Oh, by the way,” he murmurs as we pull apart. “I think Logan and Tamara already know about us.”
“They do?” My eyes pop wide. “How… oh, I suppose that’s how you ended up here.”
“Yep, it sure is. I didn’t mean it, I just lost it when I found out about your date.”
I giggle at the thought of him losing it over me. I assumed I was in too deep. It’s amazing to learn that I’m not. All the fear, all the guilt that’s been fixing me in place, it all floats away. “Oh wow, what did they say?”
“Not much. I think they’re a bit confused to be honest. But we can explain it later on.”
“What do we do?” I can’t seem to stop touching his face. “Right now, I mean. Where do we go from here?”
He lifts me from the ground making me squeal. He leans me in to him and our heads touch one more. the whole world melts away and it becomes just me and him. Me and my man.
“Home,” she growls while rubbing his nose against mine. “We’re going home.”
