Page 107 of The Edge of Never

“So if I said that you already had plenty of wood next to the stove and that you were simply throwing a man tantrum by storming out to chop wood, you’d like that?”

I shook my head and snorted.

“I told ye, chopping wood was safer than anything else I wanted tae dae.”

“What exactly did you want to do?”

“Throw Sienna intae the snow tae ruin her expensive coat and shoes.”

Their smile grew wider.

“She’d have hated that so much.”

“Aye, I didnae like the way she was looking at mah place like it was some kind of hovel.”

Kit put their hands on my chest and pushed themselves up to sit on my lap. My hands instinctively went to their thighs.

I was obsessed with touching them. It wasn’t even about sex. I like their closeness more than anything else. The way they felt against me. It was comforting. Kit was a safe place for me. And losing this when they went home? That was going to hurt.

“I love your place. It’s cosy and peaceful.”

I couldn’t help but smile at Kit’s earnest expression.

“And ye gave me shite aboot living in the woods.”

“That was more about you being grumpy and hating people.”

I squeezed their thigh.

“Aye, ye just like tae give me shite.”

“You make it far too easy.”

“Says the person who cries after sex.”

Kit looked indignant at my words.

“Hey!”

“Ye dish it oot, but cannae take it.”

“Shut up. Just shut up.”

“Make me.”

They shoved a hand over my mouth. I licked their palm in response. Kit immediately pulled their hand away and wiped it off on my jumper.

“Gross.”

“I thought ye liked me licking ye.”

A blush spread across their face before they hid it behind their hands and let out a groan.

“Only under very specific circumstances.”

“Like when I licked yer cunt?”

They dropped their hands, only to shove both of them over my mouth. Their face was incredibly red, and their eyes were wide.

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