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Finally tearing his mouth away from me, Jude lets me fill my lungs.
Swallowing in big mouthfuls of air, I try to clear my head and get myself together.
But then he just has to go and say, “Eden, you make me whole.”
Overwhelmed, I burst into tears.
He grabs the back of my head and slides his fingers into my hair.
Gripping me, his gaze full of turmoil, he practically begs, “Take pity on me, sweet angel. Grant me mercy and put me out of my misery. Tell me you want me as much as I want you.”
I don’t know if it’s because I’m so overwhelmed with emotion or because I’m still reeling from passing out, but I can’t lie to him any longer.
I can’t lie to myself.
It’s time to face the truth.
Tears pouring down my cheeks, I blurt out, “I love you.”
His hips jerk out of their unbreakable rhythm and he stares into my eyes in shock.
I feel just as shocked.
That’s not what I meant to say.
Not at all.
I only meant to say Iwantyou.
Love… love was the furthest thing from my mind.
As he groans, “Oh fuck,” and his heat spills inside me, though, I know it’s too late to take back the wrong word.
I’ve given it life by speaking it out loud.
And to murder it out of fear would be unspeakably cruel.
Even if it was a mistake made in the heat of the moment.
“You love me?” Jude moans in wonder, shuddering against me as his own release seizes him by the throat.
When I nod my head, not knowing what else to do, he crushes me against the wall.
Cock swelling and jerking inside me, he grinds it as deep as it will go.
“Fuck, Eden,” he rasps in absolute bliss. “I love you, too.”
17
Eden
After Jude finally leaves with a smile on his face and a little pep in his step, I pull open a drawer of the dresser and stare down at all the clothes in numbed indecision.
To say I’m overwhelmed would be a fucking understatement.
I’ve gone from owning three pairs of bottoms and a handful of shirts to having so many clothes I don’t know what to do with them.
Slamming the drawer shut, I pull another open.
