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I never could.
That was why I was there, in that fucked up situation, letting him use me when I should’ve been setting him back on his heels and taking off.
But I couldn’t do that to him.
I couldn’t leave him there, hurting and scared, when I could give him some semblance of respite.
My hands wove around his neck, threading upward into the messy brown hair, and I held on tight.
“Take me to the bedroom,” I pleaded.
He took me to the bedroom.
I was exhausted, but in the best way possible.
My limbs felt heavy, my eyes were half-closed, and my heart was just starting to come down from what he’d just done to my body.
Speaking of what he’d done to my body, something my mom had said a long time ago popped into my head.
I snickered.
“What are you over there laughing about?” Atlas grumbled darkly.
Still in a bad mood.
Noted.
I looked at him and shrugged. “Nothing.”
He rolled over and pinned my arms to my hips with his knees, then started tickling me.
I might or might not have made the weirdest sound I’d ever made.
“Tell me,” he urged, eyes intense.
I took pity on him and told him.
Turning over to my side to face him, I said, “One of the last times my mom and I talked, she said, ‘If you find a girl who makes you laugh, keep her. Girls aren’t funny. If you find a guy who gives you an orgasm, keep him. Guys aren’t good at that.’”
“Men are. Boys aren’t,” he countered. “But girls aren’t funny. She was right about that.”
I flipped him off, then bucked my hips and dumped him onto the ground beside the bed.
He stared at the ceiling in shock before he jackknifed up and caught me by the leg before dragging me down there with him.
When I was against him, panting for an altogether different reason, he studied my face.
“How did you get that scar?” he pushed.
My stomach fluttered.
“I don’t think you’re ready for the truth yet, officer.”
It was the one thing I hadn’t told him about when it came to Sage.
He could handle the truth now.
I just… I felt like I didn’t want to give him everything just yet.
