Page 205 of Texting Dr. Stalker

“Well, shit.” Pinching the bridge of my nose, flinching at not finding my glasses, I did my best to pull myself together. “That’s that then.” Tossing her the nearest piece of clothing, I ordered, “Put that on. I can’t look at you.”

She caught it but didn’t obey. Her tongue ran over her bottom lip, her forehead furrowed. “You know…I’ve never…I mean…even with Milton, I always used…um…what I’m trying to say is…”

“No.” I shook my head. “Absolutely not.”

Her eyes met mine, slightly bashful, her cheeks slightly pink. “Have you ever…?”

“No, but that’s beside the point.”

“So we’re both virgins in that respect? We’d be safe to…”

Ah Christ, no one else had made me feel so out of control. This angry, this lost, thishungry.

“Sailor, I’m not—”

“I follow my cycle. I don’t take the pill, but I take my temperature every day, and…I know I’m in the safe range. I-I’m okay with it if you are.” Crawling toward me, she stood upright on her knees. “I wouldn’t offer if I wasn’t sure. My nana taught me all the olden ways of birth control. I’ve been doing it for years. And I…I really don’t want you to stop.”

God, her body heat. Her bare breasts. Her seduction and innocence and need.

How could I compete with that? How could I ever find the willpower to walk away?

“What do you want, X?”

I want to keep you.

I want to tell you everything.

I want you not to hate me.

I lowered my head, watching her with half-hooded eyes. “I want to fuck you.”

“Then do it.”

“If I do…you’ll be the only girl I’ll ever be bare with.”

She shivered. “Then definitely do it.”

I groaned, watching her skin pucker with goosebumps. “God, I love seeing you like this.”

“Like what?”

“Hungry…like me.”

She swallowed hard. “I’m starving.”

Damn, I’d messed this up so badly.

I’d been searching for something all my life, and it had been under my nose the entire time.

Her.

My neighbour, friend, and soulmate.

I moved before I could think.

Lurching forward, I collided with her.

Dragging her close, I planted my hand over her eyes and ripped my mask down.

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