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ghter fills the tiny space between us. “You’re crazy.”
“Crazy for you, K. Only ever you.” Conner wraps his arms and legs around me, trapping me in his embrace. He rolls us onto our sides, grinning at me like a goofball. “Hi.”
“Hi.” I return his grin.
“There’s my girl.” He captures my lips in a slow, toe-curling kiss.
“This... this is what I want,” I whisper, the weight of my words threatening to make the walls of our temporary sanctuary crumble.
“You have me, babe. Every last piece.” He traces his fingers over my heart.
Silence settles over us as our time together slowly runs out.
For as amazing as this moment is, it isn’t reality. It’s a dream. A bittersweet fantasy that has to end.
“I wish this didn’t have to—"
“Shh.” He presses his thumb to my lips. “Just pretend with me for a little while longer.”
We lie there together, skin touching, hearts beating, pretending that this is forever.
The knock at the door startles me, my heart lurching into my throat.
“Relax,” Conner chuckles, kissing my head. “It’s just Shelbie.” He climbs out of bed and pulls on his clothes before padding over to the door.
“Yeah,” he says. “Okay.” The tightness in his voice has me bolting upright.
He closes the door and turns around, his expression making my stomach sink. “We have a problem.”
“Warren.” His name is like a gunshot to my heart.
“He’s in the bar.”
“Shit.” I leap from the bed and begin pulling on my clothes. “You have to go,” I rush out. “Go, Conner.”
He crosses the room and pulls me into a bear hug. “It’s okay, babe. Everything is going to be okay. Shelbie isn’t down there, so he doesn’t know. Get dressed and take a minute.” He cups my face, his blue eyes calming the storm raging inside me.
“You’re sure?”
“I covered my tracks, I promise. Clean up, and Shelbie will take you down to meet him.”
“What will you do?” My bottom lip trembles as pain splinters through me.
“Don’t worry about me. Now go.” He gives me a little shove toward Shelbie’s bathroom.
I hurry inside and quickly clean myself up. There’s a bunch of girly products on the counter so I spritz myself with some perfume and steal some toothpaste to finger-brush my teeth. I hate washing Conner off my body, but if Warren even so much as gets a whiff of a guy on me, I don’t want to think about the consequences.
For either of us.
Warren isn’t stupid. He knows the only guy I’d risk everything to be with is Conner.
When I slip back into the bedroom, he’s right there, pulling me into his big, strong arms.
“Soon it’ll just be you and me, K. We’ll take off, just the two of us.”
“Where will we go?”
“Anywhere you want, babe. The world is our oyster. You’ve just got to hold on a little while longer.”
