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“It’s fine. I’m glad you made time for this,” I manage.
“Of course. Wouldn’t miss your sei whales for an extra inch on my dick.”
That makes me laugh, and for a second I look up into a playfulness in his eyes, breaking through the darkness.
But it only lasts a second, and then it’s gone again.
“Are you sure, though? I keep hearing there’s some big legal happenings going on...”
He sighs.
For a second, I think he’ll tell me what the hell’s been going on. But his blue eyes search my face, the ice in them melted in the midday heat.
He doesn’t speak.
Instead, he tips my chin up and his lips find mine.
He kisses me fiercely, greedily, like he can feel the same thread of our strange fate unraveling, just like I do.
His fingers brush my cheek.
Somehow, it feels like goodbye.
One final kiss made for engraving me in his memory.
I dig my fingers into his shirt, swallowing a whimper, trying to hold him closer, tokeep him.But he breaks away, giving me a stiff smile that doesn’t quite reach his eyes.
Molly whines next to me, pawing at my leg.
“Someone’s impatient. Shall we?” he says lightly, kneeling to scratch below her ears.
No.
Let’s stay here and talk about why you look so worried.
Let’s talk about why you’ve been ignoring me and keeping this legal thing under lock and key.
Let’s talk about how we ever walk away after everything we’ve shared.
But I force a nod, stifling so many questions.
“Now?” I whisper.
“We don’t want to lose the light. It takes a good two hours to get up there and last I heard, the whales are active today.”
“Okay. That makes sense.” I force a smile as Mol leans against my leg, staring up at me with questioning eyes.
Ugh.
I don’t sound good at all.
More like there’s a lizard trapped in my throat.
He doesn’t take my hand as he leads me through the house, and while he gets ready, I slide my phone out of my back pocket, scrolling through the latest notifications.
There’s plenty rolling in from social media, mostly reposts and a few straggler replies to the latest drama when it first blew up.
Nothing new—except for a DM on Instagram from Meghan Tea.
