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I wasn’t afraid of Joey.
No, I was afraidforhim.
“Now, you listen here, asshole.” Snatching up his chin, I pulled his face down to mine, forcing him to look at me. “You are going to wait this out in my room, and you are going to do it without banging your head off any more doors.” With my hands on his shoulders, I walked him over to my bed and pushed him down. “You are going to sit down and take a breath.”
“I can’t sit down.”
“You can,” I argued, pushing him back down when he tried to stand.
“I need to move.”
“You need to do what you’re told.”
“I can’t breathe.”
“Yes, you can.”
“Something’s wrong,” he groaned, shaking his head, as he reached a hand behind his head and yanked his jumper off. “I can’t breathe.”
“Joe.“
“I can’t fucking breathe,” he strangled out, chest heaving, as he sprang back up and tried to side-step me. “Let me go.”
“Yes, you can.” Pushing him down on my bed, I stepped between his bopping knees and pulled his chest flush against my belly. “Look at me.”
“I’m suffocating.”
“Joey?” Holding his face between my hands, I tipped his chin up and forced him to look at me. “Breathe.”
“Molloy –”
“Breathe, Joe,” I coaxed, feeling panicked now that he was panicking. “Just breathe, okay?”
Blowing out a frustrated breath, he attempted to inhale a deep breath, but stopped midway to say, “I can’t. I can’t. I need to move—“
“Shh.” Lowering myself down on his lap, I took his hands in mine and placed them on my waist. “Just breathe.” With my eyes on his, I inhaled deeply, held it there for a moment, and then slowly let it out. “Just like that.”
He never took his dark eyes off mine as his hands tightened on my hips, and he mirrored my actions, taking a deep breath and then slowly letting it out.
“Good,” I praised, settling my hands on his shoulders. “Again.”
Still trembling, Joey took another deep breath, held it there, and then slowly released.
“Just like that.” Threading my fingers through his sun-bleached hair, I stroked his cheek with more affection than was appropriate and continued to breathe in and out with him over and over again, never once taking my eyes off his.
The more he watched me, the harder I felthimgrow beneath me.
From my perch on his lap, I could feel all of him straining against me, and I would be a liar if I said it didn’t make me ache.
“How are you feeling?”
“Like I want us to get naked and fuck.”
Jesus.
“Well, that’s not happening,” I whispered, feeling my entire body tremble. “So, stop thinking about it.”
“I know it’s not.” Looser with his actions now that his mind was hazed, he pulled me closer to him, fingers kneading the fleshy part of my hips, as he slowly rocked his hips against me. “But we will.”
