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“Please enlighten me.”
“You think you can live your life with your heart locked away denying everything you need and desire, but you can’t. You’re gentle and vulnerable. You’re kind and wonderful. I know you think you should be, but you’re not like your father. That’s a good thing. And as a wise man once told me, when you are your true self, you’re rewarded.”
With that, Remy leaned down. Locking his eyes on mine, he closed them and slowly bridged the space between us. As his warm breath brushed against my cheek, I could smell the faint scent of his cologne, a mixture of sandalwood and citrus that sent shivers down my spine. My heart raced while my lips tingled with anticipation.
As if having waited for a lifetime, our lips met—soft, tender, like the hushed stroke of velvet. It was everything I had dreamed it would be. My eyes fluttered closed as I allowed myself to be in the moment. Every nerve in my body came alive as I kissed him back.
His fingers grazed my cheek before gently threading through my curls and cradling the back of my head. Feeling his touch, my arms wrapped around his neck. When his warm body pressed comfortably against mine, our bodies swayed.
As our kiss deepened, the taste of him lingered on my tongue. He was as sweet as the plumpest cherry and I tingled like mint. With my breath caught in my throat, my chest swelled with emotion. In his embrace, I finally realized what was true – this was where I belonged.
“Wait,” I said, pulling away.
“You asked me to be my true self. This is me and I want to kiss you. I’ve always wanted to kiss you. Watching you play with Hil when we were kids, I wanted to kiss you. I’ve never been anyone else.”
“I can’t be the other woman… or man… or person,” I insisted.
“You’re not. You’re the only person. You’ve always been that.”
“What about Eris?”
“What about her? She’s the woman I’m forced to marry to keep everyone around me alive. She’s not who I want to be with. She’s certainly not who I want to have sex with.”
“But you do?”
“Do what? Have sex? With her? It would be like sticking my dick into a bear trap. That ain’t gonna happen. That will never happen. She thinks it might. But I’m telling you, it won’t.”
“What, you’re just not gonna have sex ever again?” I asked doubtfully.
“It’s been this long,” Remy said with a frustrated smirk.
“How long has it been?”
“Since I’ve had sex?”
“Yeah.”
“From the moment I realized that you were the one.”
“And when was that?”
Remy thought. “Well, I would say from the moment we met. But officially… do you remember when Hil got kidnapped and I came to your place looking for him?”
“Yeah.”
“From the moment you opened the door and I looked into your eyes. That’s when I knew I couldn’t deny it anymore. I was yours and I would do whatever I had to to make you mine.”
“Oh,” I said as heat flushed through me.
Not knowing what to do with myself, I asked, “Are you coming to the Outreach Center’s Opening tomorrow?”
“That was my plan.”
“Good.”
“Would you mind if we did something to celebrate afterward?”
I froze. What did he mean by celebrate? It wasn’t that I didn’t want him there or to celebrate with him. There was no one I would rather be with. This accomplishment was as much his as it was mine. Even when he had left me, he had been there for me. Now I wanted to be with him.
