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A humorless chuckle left his lips then, the soft puff of air caressing and
tickling my skin too. I sensed him come a step closer, and my heart raced.
“But I am a man of my word.”
My breath hitched in my throat when his lips came into contact with my
neck once more, that time remaining there a heartbeat longer.
Aaron’s fingers trailed up my arm, reaching the other side of my neck and
cupping my face. Just how he had done earlier. “Do you want me to step
away?” His thumb grazed my jaw slowly.
My lips parted, and all I managed was a weak shake of my head.
An approving hum left Aaron. That sound alone did crazy, dangerous
things to my belly.
“You want my touch then.”
I did. Oh God, did I ever. But—
“Good.”
His fingers trickled down my throat, reaching the neckline of my sleeping
T-shirt, liquefying every rational thought. But there was a warning in my
head somewhere, something I should be remembering.
“Aaron,” I whispered.
The contact of his skin against mine was so gentle, so impossibly
delicate, and yet it had the power to make me lose my mind. To ignite
something in me. Just how he had proven ever since the fundraiser.
“Aaron,” I repeated.
His fingers halted, lifting off my skin right above my collarbone. I felt the
loss of his touch immediately.
“What are we doing?” I asked, sounding desperate to my own ears. I
released all the air in my lungs very slowly, grieving the way I had felt a
heartbeat ago. But this was important. I had to say something to feel safer. To
make sense of this. Otherwise, I’d sink under my own weight. I knew I
would. “Is this … still pretending?” I swallowed. I hated my own words, but I
couldn’t stop myself. “Is this just for practice?”
A loud voice in my head yelled at me to shut up. Not to ruin the moment
and to let myself take as much as Aaron was willing to give me. But the truth
was that I was terrified. Deep in my bones, I was shaking. Beneath all the
ways my body kept reacting to every touch and word and craving more and
more all the ones to come, it festered fear.
I felt Aaron’s sigh on my skin, and I was tempted to reach out and latch
on to him before he stepped away. I had probably ruined everything.