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What this woman does to me isn’t natural.
She holds her ground much like the last time we were alone, and I tower over her, our chests brushing together as I bend down low enough to speak against her ear.
From this angle, I can see the quick flutter of her pulse in her neck, can hear every quick breath she draws over parted lips.
She’s frightened.
I’m angry.
And for some reason I can’t explain, the need to touch her is damn near impossible to resist when we’re like this.
“I said I want to see you without your top on. I want to taste your fucking tits. Can you do that for me?”
My voice drops to a demeaning croon.
“Don’t worry about money, Blue. I’ve got plenty for you.”
Lips curling at just one corner, she turns her head enough that our eyes can meet.
“Like I said. A junkie. You need something. Just man the fuck up and admit it.”
My hands fist at my sides, my entire body hard as stone.
It’s a fight not to shove her against a wall and taste the arrogant words that drip from her lips.
“Yes or no, Blue. Will you give me what I want?”
It’s out of my control at this point.
This need.
This addiction.
I’ve never felt this before, not like this, not with some woman I barely know.
It’s driving me harder than when I itch for a fight. It’s filling my veins faster than any alcohol I’ve ever swallowed. It’s crushing me so thoroughly that the pain in my heart and the words in my head are numb and silent.
For once.
For fucking once.
No, not for once.
I’ve felt this before.
But where Emily was a peaceful and safe spot I could run to and hide, Blue is a blazing inferno that razes everything around me. She splits me apart and reveals all my scars. She draws the anger out of me like a needle to a vein, all while standing so confidently within my storm.
Where Emily healed me, Blue destroys.
So effortlessly that it consumes me. So thoroughly that I can’t remember where I’ve come from or where I’m going.
My hand splays over her stomach in challenge, and the heat of her skin matches mine. It burns the tips of my fingers and scorches my palm.
I’m daring her — fucking daring her — to say no. To do the intelligent thing. To take back her bullshit comment that I’m simply a junkie here for his next fix.
Blue refuses.
Her stare holds mine.
