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The thought of her with any other man awakens the Hulk inside me.
“Flattery will get you everywhere.” I attempt to play off her BS with a light-hearted reply and a gentle kiss. “Seriously, Mia. Why are you crying?”
“Just some feelings.”
“Ew,” I tease, wrinkling my nose and cringing to get a smile out of her.
I hate seeing a woman cry. Especiallythiswoman.
Fortunately, her face softens some at my joke.
“Any feelings you’d like to discuss?”
She shakes her head and offers a tight-lipped grin. It’s forced, burning a hole in my chest.
Is she regretting doing this with me? Did I do something wrong?
She taps my shoulder and tips her chin toward the bathroom. “I should get cleaned up.”
Nodding, I remove myself from her body and hope to hell that’s not the last time I get the honor of being inside her.
Something is… off.
Standing, I grab a tissue from the bedside table and deal with the condom while my thoughts take me careening down dark paths.
The bleakest one ends with her having used me. Again.
What if this entire day and everything we shared were all another manipulation? Just to get me on her side to save Lettie, help her smooth Boss’s feathers, and bring in team members willing to go on the op? Is she sad because she’s about to break me again? Already regretting the death blow she’s about to deal?
She emerges a few seconds later, wrapped in a silky thigh-length bathrobe. Emerald green. The color of her eyes.
Damn.Her beauty nearly blinds me.
She strolls to where I sit on the edge of the bed and kisses me. It’s brief and tender.
Hope blossoms back to life from somewhere inside me.
“I’m sorry I got emotional. That was amazing.”
Like they have minds of their own, my hands grip her around her waist and drag her onto my lap. She welcomes the contact, straddling me and running her hands through my hair until they rest at the nape of my neck.
We sit there for a few seconds in silence, touching and merely breathing each other in.
Some peace returns to me as each second passes.
“You sure you’re okay?”
This time her smile seems more genuine. “This was such a long day. We’ve been up, down, and all over the place emotionally.”
“You can say that again.”
“I’m glad you’re here with me.” Her throat bobs with a tight swallow. “Thanks for giving me a second chance.”
Her words catch me off guard, and my neck rears back. She pivoted from talking about an exhausting and draining day to the status of our… relationship.Is that what this is?
All my words have vanished.
So I just kiss her again, hoping her admission is a sign of better things to come. Maybe one day, I’ll stop expecting her to hurt me.
