AllFreeNovel
Share Us
She laughed lightly. “If he’s not worth the effort, walk away now. If he is, then take the time. It’s pretty damn simple.”
“Yeah, yeah.” I lowered her to her bed, and she collapsed with a sigh. “Get some sleep, okay?”
“I definitely will,” she mumbled. “I’m proud of you.”
My throat swelled.
Axel might not have been happy that I’d ditched him in the forest, but I was proud of me for doing it too.
When he hadn’t treated me right, I’d walked away. If I’d been able to do that years ago, my life would’ve been so damn different.
Then again, I might also have gotten murdered for doing so in Mist Valley.
So… it wasn’t really an option, then.
But now, I was free.
And Iris was right; Axel was worth the effort it would take to have an uncomfortable conversation or six. The good times between us had been really, really good. I wanted more of them, so I had to do something about it.
Granted, I wasn’t excited about that.
But excitement didn’t determine my happiness; I did.
NINETEEN
I grabbedIris’s keys and locked her door behind me as I left. Though I knew Moon Ridge was safe, she was pretty damn incapable of protecting herself at the moment. She could call me when she woke up, and I’d bring her keys over and help her back down the stairs, whether she liked it or not.
Axel was still standing on the porch as I crossed the grass. It was soft against my bare feet, and I tried to focus on it so I wouldn’t have to look at the man waiting for me.
Which failed, of course.
He was too damn pretty.
His arms were crossed over his chest, his muscles bulging. And of course, after watching me cross the lawn, his erection was practically waving at me.
“I didn’t know arguing would turn you on,” I drawled at him, as I stepped past him.
He caught me by my damned yoga pants, dragging me back to his chest. His erection met my lower back, and I ignored the way my body flushed at the contact.
I was pissed at him—or at least trying to be—and he wasnotgoing to distract me from that.
“Fighting doesn’t make me hard. The way you move does.” His words were low in my ear. “We’re going to the shower. You smell like clothing stores, dirt, and your friend, and it’s screwing with my head.”
I huffed out a frustrated breath. “I don’t want to shower with you while we argue.”
“We’re not going to argue. We’re going to get ourselves off together in the shower, so we can have a calm, rational conversation about all of the shit that just happened.”
I flashed him a scowl over my shoulder. “No.”
“Yes.” He leaned forward and flicked his tongue over the tip of my nose. The motion was so fast that when my flames kicked in, he had already backed away.
“You’re a bastard,” I told him with a sigh.
“Yourbastard.” He squeezed my hip lightly. “Shower with me, Mo? I need to watch you come undone. I need to see that you’re still okay, that I haven’t fucked up everything between us.”
“Well, I need…” I trailed off.
Honestly, I wasn’t sure what I needed.
