Rough Around the Edges
“The truth leapt to his lips, and finally, his voice came out clearly. “Hell yes. I still want you around – I can’t stop wanting you, even if I don’t deserve you.”
“I’m not going anywhere, then. After Saturday I was afraid you really didn’t want to be around me. Now that I know the truth, I want to keep seeing you.” That stubborn note was still ringing in her voice, heaping agony upon him like hot coals. It was so hard to deny her, to resist the urge to wrap his arms around her and pull her so f...ucking close they’d practically become the same person.
“Ally—”
“Don’t! I know what I want.” She placed a hand against his chest, heating his bare skin as his heart beat against her palm. “I know we haven’t known each other very long. But if we keep seeing each other, one day you’ll realize that you’ve really gotten to know me and that I’d never leave you because of your injury and the things it does to you.”
His pulse rang in his ears, keeping time with her words.MoreLess
“I’m not going anywhere, then. After Saturday I was afraid you really didn’t want to be around me. Now that I know the truth, I want to keep seeing you.” That stubborn note was still ringing in her voice, heaping agony upon him like hot coals. It was so hard to deny her, to resist the urge to wrap his arms around her and pull her so f...ucking close they’d practically become the same person.
“Ally—”
“Don’t! I know what I want.” She placed a hand against his chest, heating his bare skin as his heart beat against her palm. “I know we haven’t known each other very long. But if we keep seeing each other, one day you’ll realize that you’ve really gotten to know me and that I’d never leave you because of your injury and the things it does to you.”
His pulse rang in his ears, keeping time with her words.MoreLess
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