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“Yes. We’ll work it out. I’m not letting you go again.”
She settled into me even more, if that was possible, our limbs tangled together and our breathing synced. As we fell asleep, I felt better than I had in years.
No, I wouldn’t ever let her go again. I knew at that moment, I’d do anything to keep her.
nine
After wakingin Drew’s arms, I realized I was the biggest idiot in the world.
A happy, well-sexed idiot. But an idiot, nonetheless.
I should have never left him like that. I might have thought I was doing him a favor, but hurting him like I did was worse than I could imagine. And now that he had forgiven me, even without knowing the full truth, I couldn’t stop the rush of emotions I felt for him from bubbling to the surface.
Drew woke me in the middle of the night by making me come with his mouth, and I almost cried. And after he got on top of me and pulled two more orgasms out of me with his rough movements and naughty words, I’d almost blurted out the three word phrase that had been on the tip of my tongue since he walked in on me in the tub.
I loved him.
I knew I did. I even knew it back at Christmas. But it felt crazy to admit it. We barely knew each other. But then why did I feel so at home with him? Why did my soul feel at ease? Why did it feel like hesawme, more than anyone ever had?
I didn’t want to scare him. But I was confident in my feelings. So after waking—in the morning, this time—I left him with a kiss and went downstairs to make breakfast.
There was a boxed pancake mix in the cupboard, so I set about making some. After I mixed the batter, I poured perfect circles onto the griddle and went to check my phone as they cooked.
But as I looked at the screen, my blood ran cold.
They found me.
I didn’t know how, but they had found me, here in Moon Harbor of all places.
“Lock your door, bitch,” the message had said. But Charles and his henchmen knew I’d moved out of my apartment. So that meant they had to have somehow found me and followed me here.
I needed to get out of here. But this time, I wouldn’t leave Drew. I would tell him everything. It wasn’t his responsibility to fix it. I’d gotten into this mess all on my own, but I needed to come clean and let him know he could be in danger.
Just as I ran out of the kitchen to head to the stairs, I saw a flash of movement from the small hallway to the right. I tried to scream, but a gloved hand covered my mouth. I remembered the self-defense class I took and tried to hit, kick, squirm, but it was too late. I felt a painful prick in my neck and a warming sensation as the injection entered my system.
I could only think of Drew as everything went black.
The End, For Now
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