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I frowned. “What?”
“He used to, ah, punish me if the apartment was a mess. If I didn’t fold the clothes right.”
“I seriously should have killed him,” I ground out, gripping the shitty hospital blankets in my fist.
“I was scared to tell you about him. Scared he would ruin everything. You wanted me to be safe…”
“That’s enough,” I declared, voice gentle but also stern. I rolled on top of him. Well, because of the way the bed was tilted up, I basically straddled his lap. When I leaned in, I was careful not to apply any type of pressure to his upper body.
“I’m not with you out of a sense of obligation. I’m not with you because you somehow manipulated my emotions.” Tilting my head, I smirked. “Though, I think that uncut dick of yours might be magic.”
Lars smacked me playfully in the chest.
“For real, though, babe, when you slid your foreskin over my head…” I shuddered.So. Fucking. Hot.
Lars’s icy eyes rolled, and I caught his chin, holding him so he had to look at me and nowhere else. The lightness of his eyes seemed even more shocking today because of the bruised skin darkening the area around one.
“I’m with you because your presence in my life—in my heart—is so profound that your absence is near crippling. I choose you.Allof you. Don’t hold anything back. The good. The bad. The fucking worst. I’ll take all of it as long as it’s part of you.”
Lars’s lip trembled. “Win.”
“I do want you to be safe. I will always want that, but it was wrong of me to put that on you. To make you responsible for my own emotional well-being. I am terrified to lose you… but I’m more terrified of pushing you away. Don’t be afraid to tell me anything. I won’t run. I won’t leave. I’ll stay at your side and fight. I’m sorry you were scared to come to me. Sorry I made you feel that way. We’re anusnow, remember? We’re gonna do this together.”
Tears rained over his cheeks, proving my angel was the rainstorm I always knew him to be. Funny, I didn’t mind the rain so much anymore. I think I liked it better than the sun.
“I used to think of you as a big dumb dog.” Lars wailed. “But I like dogs.” He went on, pushing his palm into my chest. “Dogs are my favorite.”
I laughed, and he fell into me, burying his wet cheeks in the crook of my neck. “It’s not funny,” he accused, swiping his snot on my shirt.
“I love you,” I whispered, hugging him close.
He sniffled. “I love you too,min hund.”
I smiled over his head. “Lars, did you just call me a dog?”
“I called youmydog.”
My heart somersaulted. “I mean, yeah, okay. I’ll allow it.”
Actually, I fucking lived for it.
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Lars
Bzzzzzz.
The low hum of the trimmers filled the quiet bathroom as I bent and contorted myself into frankly awkward positions, trying to shave off what little body hair I had.
“I can’t believe they do this,” I muttered. “Stupid Americans.”
Spreading my legs even wider, I grabbed my inner thigh while gliding the clippers higher, and I prayed I didn’t cut my balls or anything else in the immediate area.
Behind me, the door swung open without so much as a knock. “Angel, why aren’t you in be—Ahhh!” Win exclaimed, sounding like a herd of elephants as he fell back into the doorframe. “I thought it was the morning, but I see the moon!”
His excessive abruptness and over-the-top behavior made me jolt, the clippers gouging into my, ah, nether regions.
“Ow!” I jerked them back, skin stinging.
