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A couple sips later, I was done.
Somewhere on the floor I heard a vibrating noise.
I stepped from the kitchen and saw my wet jeans shaking as though they were shivering.
I crouched down and wrestled my phone out of my damp, clingy pocket.
The immediate regret hit me hard and hit me fast.
Last thing I needed to see was a somewhat romantic text message from Steven.
Chapter Twenty-Nine
JOE
Total obsession.
That’s what washed over me and I wasn’t ashamed or afraid to admit it.
Anna had always been mine.
My girl. My love. Mine.
That didn’t mean I was about to steal her away and marry her.
Having her in my arms for the night was good enough for now.
I could keep her safe, protected, and most of all, I could make sure she knew what this should have felt like.
I hated the idea that so many years between us left her feeling unloved, and untouched.
Even if the thought of another man touching her made me want to throw someone through a window.
I wasn’t sure when sleep took hold of me but at some point I shut my eyes to blink and opened them to find the sun creeping through the window and across the bed.
It felt like a universal spotlight hitting Anna.
Putting her on some kind of display.
All for me?
She provided me with a sense of calm in my heart.
I sat up a little and watched her as she slept on her right side.
Still wearing my t-shirt.
When she came back to the bed last night after her glass of water, something was different.
The realization of what we had done?
Regret?
The urge for more?
I pictured my life now.
I imagined Anna in it.
