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“You left,” I blurt.
Her brows furrow. “Uh … no. I’m pretty sure I’ve been here the whole time.”
I shake my head. “No, the recording room. You left when I went in.”
“Oh.” She looks away, nibbling her plump bottom lip.
My eyes zero in on her lips and I’m helpless to look away.
“Why?” I ask.
It shouldn’t matter.
Itdoesn’tmatter.
Lies.
It does matter.
She shrugs, wrapping her arms around herself. “It’s too much,” she finally responds after a moment of pause.
“What is?” I ask, and somehow I’ve moved closer to her without doing it consciously.
She swallows thickly. Her impossibly blue eyes, so striking with her red hair and creamy skin, look helplessly up at me.
“Feeling.” Her answer is no more than a whisper. Barely a breath.
“Shouldn’t feeling be a good thing?”
She shakes her head, taking a step away from me. “Not this kind.”
“Why?” I approach her. I’m afraid if I let her get too far she’ll flee. I wouldn’t stop her, but I don’t want her to go. I guess it makes me a selfish bastard, but I already knew I was one.
“I don’t wantyouto make me feel anything.”
A stab to my heart. I’ve never had words pierce me before. Not like hers do.
“Why are you afraid of me?” I ask, my voice low, my head angled toward her.
“I’m not afraid,” she says vehemently. “But I won’t have my heart broken—not when I know better. I know your type. You use, you use, and you use again andagainwith no care for who you hurt, even yourself. I won’t be a part of it. I’m too smart to fall for it.”
“You think this is an act?” Anger laces my words.
She nods.
“I wouldn’tpretendto get in your pants if that’s what you’re thinking. I’m as confused by this as you are, but you can’t deny it either can you?”
“Deny what?” Her eyes shift away.
She already knows.
“The chemistry, this thing between us. You felt it the first time we met too. I know you did.”
“Stop it,” she growls out, throwing up her hands. “Leave me alone,please.”
“I wish I could,” I admit. “It’d be easier. I risk everything with every second I’m near you.”
“Why?”
