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I look at how her body moves when she speaks, how her smile only occasionally reaches her eyes, how her beautifully defined lips quirk in a corner in amusement, yet never form a full smile, how her hands always find a curl in her hair and she rolls it between her fingers, even when she's eating. There's a strange innocence to her, one I can't put my finger on. I obviously already know it's not sexual, there's nothing innocent about that when it comes to this little siren, yet there's something about her, something pure, something untouched, and it's fucking calling to me.
This woman did a number on me, even more than I thought, considering our revelation from only a few days ago. I know that eventually I will have to tell her the rest of the story about that night in the alley... and she's not going to fucking like it. Yet I can't hide it from her.
There's something about her that constantly urges me to fucking talk, like my mind can't process keeping things away from her and no matter how much it pisses me off, I enjoy it. She's different, so fucking different, she's mine, quite literally the woman of my dreams, and no matter how much I rejected it, no matter how much I fought it, I've changed since she came here.
“Okay, boys.” She grabs her plate and gets up from the table. “I'm going to grab a book and head into bed. Dinner was delicious, thank you for cooking.” We both nod at her in response and Con wishes her good night.
“I'll be there soon, okay?” I say, ignoring Con's stare that punches a hole through me as she turns her head and gives me her cheekiest smile.
“What the fuck is going on, Nik?!” He rubs his face in frustration before raking his fingers through his hair. “You're fucking her?! I thought she's been through hell... what the fuck is going on?!”
“You know better than to ask me questions you don't want to know the answer to. You know better than to ask me anything at all.” My demons are seething, and I know for a fact they're giving him a warning glare.
“Fuck it! She's a nice, innocent woman, man, what are you doing to her?!”
I can't help but smirk. There is almost nothing innocent about that woman, at least not in the same sense he's referring to.
“Are you keeping her here against her will?!” This particular question hits differently. I was... I think I still am, but for different reasons now. However, technically, I am keeping her here against her will. I'm not entirely sure how to answer this question. Connor rubs the back of his neck with both hands, letting out a long sigh. “You are... fuck... you are!”
“It's not what you think, calm the fuck down.” Isn't it? It's exactly what he thinks... only small details are different. “The reasons I am holding her here for are valid; however, if you are worried about me hurting her, you can calm down. Nothing and I mean nothing will touch a fucking hair on that woman ever again!” I'm firm as I point a finger in the direction of the bedroom upstairs. “IF anyone manages to, I will fucking decimate them. And me? I will not hurt her.” Not outside the bedroom of course, but that's a detail Connor does not need to know.
His expression shifts, eyebrows gathered in confusion and suspicion and he's rubbing the back of his head, trying to say something, yet all his ideas seem to get stuck every time he opens his mouth. Suddenly, his unnaturally dark eyes soften as he swallows a lump in his throat.
“You're in love...”
His words hit me like fucking bullets aimed at my heart, breaking an invisible shield that surrounded it without me even knowing. It releases an explosion of sensations I never quite understood. Love... an emotion... the strongest one of them all and apparently this is how it feels.
I look at Connor, and I'm not sure what's painted on my face because he surprises me again.
“You didn't know...”
