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I can’t take it anymore, I let the tears flow from my eyes as all the pent-up anger releases.
Standing up to her was the best thing I’ve ever done in my life, and I’ve never felt so free.
Poppy
Itoss and turn but I can’t sleep, no matter how heavy my eyelids feel. Jasper rolls onto his side and his eyes pop open. My stomach feels queasy as if I’ve been on a boat ride and I’m feeling seasick.
It must have been the greasy takeout we had for dinner.
Jasper places his hand on my breast, and I hiss, slapping his hand away. My breasts are sore. More sore than usual. I think I’m about to get my period soon.
He sits up and rubs his eyes. “What’s wrong, Poppy?”
I’m not going to tell him that I feel under the weather because I don’t want to worry him, but I need to tell him about my mother.
“I went to see my mother today.”
He laces his fingers with mine and kisses the back of my hand. My heart melts like butter. I search his eyes for judgement, but there isn’t any.
“How did it go?”
“Not so well,” I tell him. “She wanted money—more money.”
“What did you say?” he asks.
“I told her no. You were right about her. She is jealous of me. I couldn’t see it before because I wanted her love. I needed to earn it and forgive myself for making her a single mother. That is the guilt I’ve been carrying around all these years. That’s why I wanted to gain her approval. She often blames me for the sacrifices she made, but I realize a parent is supposed to make those sacrifices for their children. I was carrying a burden that wasn’t mine to carry. I was… I was being stupid, Jasper.”
He lifts my chin and uses the pads of his fingers to stroke my cheeks. “You weren’t being stupid. You just wanted to earn your mother’s love.”
I smile. “I learned I don’t need her approval, or anyone’s approval, to be loved. You taught me that.”
He kisses the bridge of my nose, sliding me onto his lap. I kiss him long and hard, then I pull away. “Make love to me, please.”
He nods, planting kisses on my neck, then making his way down to my shoulder blades. “You’re so beautiful—”
“I choose you,” I whisper, cutting him off.
He looks up, casting me a curious glance.
“I choose you over my fear. I’m choosing you to love me without conditions, and I’m choosing you to love me for me.” Tears well in my eyes.
I have never felt this free and this much in love with someone, and I don’t understand why I’m turning into such a sap.
“Hey, shhh. It’s okay,” he placates me, soothing me.
I nod as he proceeds to kiss my collarbone, making his way to my breast. “Your breasts are swollen,” he notes.
“It’s my hormones, they always swell when I’m about to start my period.”
He cocks an eyebrow. “Hmm. I never noticed it before. I’ll be gentle.”
He leans down and sucks on my nipple, and I let out a loud moan. He lays me on the bed, kissing down to my belly button, then he kisses my hip bone
“My favorite part,” he says before placing his mouth on my clit.
He uses his tongue to circle my nub as I shove my fingers into his hair and pull gently. I squeal when he slides his fingers inside of me. “J-Jasper. I’m going to come.”
He removes his mouth. “Good. Come all over my tongue, Angel.”
