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We should be that excited about our futures. Kenny should be excited to really embark on a life that she gets to choose, but she seems totally dejected. Even as Hadley shows her image after image on her cell, her smile and excitement are fake.
Her dejected attitude totally kills my appetite, and I even struggle to finish my steak, much to everyone's surprise. I'm just not feeling it. All I want to do is get Kenny back to her room and hope that things improve, that she'll return to her normal self once it's just the two of us behind closed doors.
By the time we leave the excited love birds in the elevator to find our room a floor below theirs, I'm damn near desperate for Kenny to tell me that everything is okay.
As the day has gone on, I’ve felt her slipping further and further away from me.
Pushing open our hotel room door, I let her go through. But the second we're both inside, I snag her wrist and push her up against the wall. My hips pin her in place as my arms cage her in.
"K, I'm worried about you. Talk to me please."
"You don't need to be worried, Con." Her eyes soften as they look into mine and I begin to relax. "I just... I know it's stupid, but I feel like I'm being left behind. You three have these insane lives ahead of you and I just... well... don't."
"K, babe, you can have anything you want. Your past, where you come from, what you've been through… it doesn't have to define your future, the rest of your life. It's okay to break free from it and want something better."
"I know that, I do. I don't know, I'm just being silly. I'm just a bit hormonal or something, I don't know."
"A lot has happened, K. There's nothing wrong with feeling anxious about the future. But I'm here, whatever you decide, whatever you want, all you've got to do is tell me and we'll face it together. We're a team, you and me. We face the future together."
She swallows almost nervously before nodding. Her lips curl into a smile which is the most genuine I've seen all day. I can't help but return it.
"We're good, yeah?"
"Yeah, Con," she says, lifting her hand to my cheek. "We're good. I love you."
My chest constricts. It's the first time she's said the words since we were in the storage closet at school on Thursday. I was starting to think she only said it because I demanded it of her. I don't realize how much it was bothering me until I hear the words.
"I love you too, babe. Want me to show you how much?"
I brush my lips against hers, pressing her harder into the wall so she has no choice but to feel what her closeness does to me.
"That would be nice."
"Nice?" I chuckle. "Is that your word of the day or something?"
"Less talking, Con. More action, eh?"
Lifting her, I wrap her legs around my waist and pull her from the wall.
"Better?" I ask, squeezing her ass in my hands and plunging my tongue into her parted lips.
"Uh-huh."
I lower her down on the bed and crawl over her body, not breaking our kiss for a second.
"I'm going to fucking devour you," I warn against the soft skin of her neck.
"Ah, so that's why you left some dinner. Saving room?"
"No, I was worried about you. But now I know you're okay, I'm suddenly ravenous." I pull the neck of her shirt down and nibble on her collarbone. "Clothes are in the way."
Lifting her, I push her jacket from her shoulders before pulling her t-shirt up and throwing it across the room.
"Better," I whisper, staring down at her lace-covered breasts.
I push her shoulders a little harsher than probably necessary and watch as she falls back down, her chest heaving temptingly.
"Fuck, you're so beautiful, K."
