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“Yes?”
“Kiss me.”
He blinks at me, droplets falling from his lashes. He must see my need for him in my eyes because he leans in and presses the softest of kisses to my lips. It’s only a few seconds, but it’s everything I need in this moment.
“This is the worst time to say something like this, but I feel like I need to tell you. I don’t want you to think that I’m leading you on. I don’t want you to think for a moment that I plan on hurting you,” he confesses, his forehead resting against mine. After a couple of heartbeats, he leans back so he can look into my eyes. “I love you, Lilly. I have for a very long time. I will always be by your side, for whatever you need. If that's only as a friend, then I’ll be the best friend you could ask for. If you want more, I’m all in, I’m all yours.”
My lower lip wobbles as my heart fucking explodes. But my head is still a mess, and I don’t know what to say right now. I don’t know how to answer him in a way that would make any sense.
“Shh.” He kisses my forehead. “Don’t say anything right now. Think about it, okay?” I nod. “I’m going to go change while you finish up.”
“Okay,” I whisper. He kisses my forehead again before getting out of the shower.
I clean what he couldn’t, hissing at the pain in my core. I feel sick when I see the red still on the cloth. How am I still bleeding? I thought it would have just been a little.
When Bishop comes back, I’m stepping out of the shower. He grabs the towel and wraps it around me. I want to cry with how fucking sweet he’s being as he dries off my body and hair.
Something trickles down my leg, and I look down to see a pink drop. My gaze flicks up to his, seeing his reaction.
He’s cool as a damn cucumber as he goes over to grab a pad from under the sink. Then he grabs my panties and comes back over. “Sit,” he tells me, nodding to the toilet seat.
“You gotta stop,” I reply, trying to say it in a lighthearted way, but it comes out broken, emotions fucking with my head.
“Stop what?” he asks as he grabs the washcloth and brings it over, wiping up my leg before tossing it in the sink. He grabs my panties and urges me to put my feet in the holes.
“Being so damn good to me. I don’t deserve it.”
He pauses and looks up at me. He gives me one of his signature grins that makes my heart skip a beat. “Get used to it, il mio cuore. I’m gonna be so damn good to you that you’ll become spoiled. Because you know what, you do deserve it. You deserve the whole fucking world, Lilly. I can’t give you that, but I sure as hell can try.”
He leaves me stunned, lips parted in awe as he puts the pad into my panties and pulls them up my legs. “How do you know how to do thats?” I ask him as I stand up, letting him dress me.
I don’t know why I’m so relaxed about this. This is a very intimate moment, and Bishop and I have only shared a kiss before tonight. But it feels right. I trust him, I feel safe with him. And right now, I need someone to take care of me for once.
“With a house full of women, my mom wanted to make sure I knew how to take care of my woman when the time came.” He chuckles. This man doesn’t stop, no he grabs my PJs and continues to dress me.
If it were any other time, any other situation, I’d jump him right now. Boyfriend goals is what he is, and he’s not even my boyfriend.
I plan on changing that. Doesn’t matter my feelings for Toby or how fucked up everything is. If Bishop is willing to be patient with me, and it seems like he is, then I’m not going to let him get away. I need him. I want him. So I’m going to fucking take him. He did offer himself to me.
“There,” he says after I’m all dressed. “Let’s get you to bed.”
I’m about to start walking when he scoops me up in his arms. I can’t help it, I laugh. “You're too much.”
He chuckles. “Nah, baby, I’m not enough. But I’ll keep trying,” he teases with a wink. He’s wrong, though; he’s more than enough.
He lays me down in the bed, tucking me in. “Do you need anything? Are you sore? I can grab you something for the pain. Water? I’ll grab water. Fuck, did you eat?” He runs a hand through his still-wet hair. He’s so damn adorable fawning all over me; my heart is so full.
“No.” I pull back the blankets. “I only need you.”
He pauses and my breath catches with the emotion that fills his face. “I’m here.” He climbs into bed, laying down so I can cuddle on his chest.
I close my eyes and sigh, loving the feeling of my body against his.
“Bishop,” I whisper as we lay there in silence.
“Yeah, baby,” he murmurs, his fingers playing with my hair. It’s relaxing and slowly starting to put me to sleep.
“About what you said in the shower.”
