Page 132 of Destined To Fall

He punctuates his statement by thrusting his hips, still semi-erect, and hits that delicious spot deep inside, shutting me up instantly. Still so charged, my whole body spasms. Astrangled moan escapes him, and all thought of conversation goes out the window.

The phone rings and rings and rings and—

“Yeah.” The clipped tone shatters what’s left of me.

I swallow, twice, three times, four times before I’m able to speak.

“Laura, I—” I break, I crack, I crumble.

“Vee? What’s wrong?”

“Everything. I-I-I need you.” My voice betrays me yet again.

“I’m on my way. Hold on.” I nod to thin air, and the call disconnects.

“Was it everything you expected?”

The question throws me.“I’ve never gone bare. Thatwas a first I wasn’t expecting, but shouldn’t I be asking you that?”

His cheeks warm, and my heart constricts.“More.”

“Do you regret waiting all this time? You could have been having mad sex for years.”

Something shifts in Jeremy’s eyes, but I don’t quite catch it. I almost wish I knew what he was thinking, but at the same time, I’m glad I don’t. The likelihood I’d like what I found is slim.

“No.”

I shrug, and he pulls me closer, the hard length of him pressing against my stomach making my blood heat.“I can’t imagine anything feeling as incredible as you do in my arms, against my skin.” My eyes flutter closed as he hitches a leg above his hip and grinds against me, my desire igniting in a nanosecond. I desperately want to disagree with him, but I can’t make my mouth form the words because he…this,does feel incredible, like nothing else ever has.

That alone scares me.

Because surely it can’t be true.

Tears stream down my face as I walk the snow-dusted streets, partly in a daze, partly freezing my ta-tas off, wholly unprepared for the emotional onslaught ravaging me. I can still feel his touch, still hear him coming undone, and still taste him on my tongue.

If I were still able to live in denial, I could trick myself into believing it was snowflakes running down my cheeks, but that ship has sailed and the damn pier was set on fire.

Jeremy bites my neck, and my body trembles on the brink, a gasp leaving my lips. My head falls back to rest on his shoulder, allowing him to take full advantage and nuzzle my throat from behind.

“I knew the moment I met you that you’d turn my world upside down. I’ve wanted you ever since.”

“Jeremy…”

“I thought I knew real once, but nothing—no one—has felt more real than this, than you. I’m so desperately in love with you, Vivienne.”

His words hit like daggers as his fingers continue to play me like a fiddle,and his perfect fucking dick drives me to insanity. I’m so overcome, so overwhelmed. The intensity of it all is burning into me, ripping me wide open. All I can do is twist my face to his and kiss him. Kiss him with everything I have, hoping he feels the truth behind it.

Eventually I flag down a cab, and it doesn’t take long before it’s rounding the corner of my block, the front of my building coming into view moments later. I step out just as Laura walks up, her eyes almost bulging out of her face at the sight of me.

“Oh my god, Vivienne, what—”

Before she can finish asking any number of questions, I’m crushing her to me, the last of my sanity shattering as she hugs me back so fiercely I sob. Again.

“Oh, Vee.”

“Make it all go away. Please. Please,just make it all go away.”

She turns to lead me toward my apartment, and I realize with a jolt I can’t go back.

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