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“I don’t have siblings,” I tell him, my eyes closing. “I was an only child.”
Lex inhales but doesn’t release it, he just sits completely still behind me, holding his breath.
“Brenda became my legal guardian when I was twelve.”
He exhales a little, his hand slipping into mine, our fingers interlocking.
“Why?” he asks softly. “There has to be a reason.”
“My parents were…awful.”
Well, that is another word for it, but I don’t tell him more than that. I will, just not now.
“You’re lucky you had Brenda.”
“I am. She loved me when no one else did.”
Lex slides his hands up my chest. “Do you love her, William?”
“How could I not?”
“Yeah, I know. I so fucking know.”
We’re silent for a while, the movie playing in the background, his hands moving up and down my skin tenderly. I can practically hear his mind churning. It’s always moving, always plotting.
What does he want from me right now?
“I had no one,” he replies suddenly, his words just whisps of letters and syllables.
I squeeze his hands against mine because I know. I fuckingknow.
We’re more alike than he thinks.
I glance to my right and see a small camera in the corner of the room, and I know it’s recording. I wonder if he’ll sit in that chair of his and rewatch this in his free time—the two of us holding and comforting each other, content in the moment together.
I hope he watches it and feels the same as I do now.
CHAPTEREIGHT
LEX
Iwake up pressed against a sleeping William. He’s lying on his stomach facing me, the pillow cradled in his arms.
God, he’s a sight. All those freckles, the red hair and fair skin.
I run my hand along his broad shoulders and feel my cock jump to attention. I am so fucking attracted to him, just a total goner.
I have felt this way in exactlynever.
My mind flashes to him sitting between my legs last night, our hands interlocked—I’ve never done that before either, and fuck if I didn’t enjoy it—and then I remember how he opened up and gave me just a small glimpse into his past.
Why did he share that with me? Was he hoping I’d open up and bare it all, like some kind of reciprocal bullshit?
I never fucking do that. Not for anyone. Except with Emery, but he’s my best friend and we basically grew up together. So those revelations happened organically, especially with all those terrible nightmares he had. But at the moment, I don’t have any inclination to share my shitty life story with anyone.
But I’d just assumed William had it all together. That his life was picture-perfect. Even though Brenda had hinted multiple times that it wasn’t…. Fuck me.
I’m dense. I should have known what she was trying to tell me. I guess I didn’t want to hear it. It was easier to hate him when I thought his life was grand.
