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I hug her to my side. “So what do you say we eat something? I’m starving…”
She smiles. “Me too.”
I stand and pull her up with me.
"Great, and then we go back to bed so I can help you scream the place down a little bit more.”
I see her bite her lip a little, and then she blushes scarlet and laughs, and I finally can let go of the breath I kept chained in because this is the first genuine, relaxed sound she made since we woke up.
I clutch her to me and kiss the top of her head.
Like I said, I'll make her see. There's no hurry.
I will really take only what she's willing to give, but I already know we belong together, and I won't stop until I get her heart.
CHAPTER11
Carina
Ijump out of my town car and signal to Thomas that he can leave.
I won’t be going anywhere else for the rest of the day.
I just want to be alone.
I left Derek’s place as soon as there was light outside after a night so fuzzy and foggy with lust I could barely walk in a straight line, my heart breaking with every step I took from his massive sleeping form sprawled in the middle of the huge, rumpled bed.
Derek makes me feel things I never knew existed, things I’ve never allowed myself to experience, to savor. There’s nothing I want more than to go back to his place and wake him up with a long, long kiss, but I can't.
It’s too dangerous.Heis too dangerous for me.
As with all dangerous things, it’s just too easy to lose control.
I’ve got to keep my wits about me.
I can be with him if we stick to the terms we agreed on. Only, it has to be in small doses.
Never again will I spend an entire night in his arms. It was too difficult to leave him to his sleep and pry myself from the warmth of his embrace. I know that if I let it happen again, it would be simply impossible for me to get away from him.
I cross the large hall of my building and practically run into the elevator as soon as the doors start to pull apart.
There’s no way I’m going into the office today.
I’m a mess both physically and emotionally.
I feel like a virgin the morning after her first time, and I'm a total wreck.
I can’t wear my mask today and do a creditable job of pulling it off.
Not to mention that I can't let my mom catch me looking like this. She'll wrest the truth out of me in five seconds flat, and I don't want to talk about it.
I need to think and be away from people.
I need clarity.
I need to play something relaxing that can take me away from my worries and my doubts.
I step out of the elevator and head for my flat, eyes down, hands already searching my bag for my cell.
