Page 14 of Mechanic Next Door
“You have to be quiet,baby.”
“I won’t tell anybody. Please take me, Thomas. I needyou.”
The words ring in my head like a big, uglybell.
What the fuck am Idoing?
Won’t tell anybody? That’s the opposite of what I want. I rise to my knees and push my hand through my hair, looking down at the perfect, beautiful goddess spread out in front ofme.
She props herself up on her elbows, her mouth puffy and her chestheaving.
“What’s wrong?” she asks, panicked. “I promise this will just be betweenus.”
“You have the wrong idea here,” I tellher.
Fuck. This has already gone toofar.
Because I’m not doing this half-way. It’s all or nothing forme.
“If you think I can keep you a secret, you are fucking wrong, Peach. This can’t fuckinghappen.”
She scrambles to her feet, grabs her shorts and sandals with tears in her eyes, and runs toward the thick, densewoods.
“Fuck!” I mutter, slashing my arms down to my sides before pinching the bridge of my nose. “Fuck.”
