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“The lesser evil…” It kind of stung hearing that’s what I was to her, but I pushed down the hurt.
“N-No, don’t get me wrong, Oliver,” she lifted her head and looked into my eyes. “I-I really enjoyed talking to you via text messages. And back then, in school, I was secretly always attracted to you, too. I still think you’re the most handsome man I’ve ever seen….”
I kissed her temple. “But…?”
“But with all I have lived through until now, I’ve had trouble opening up to you. I didn’t know if I could trust you.”
“I’m sorry you’ve been suffering on your own. Why did you agree to sleep with me so readily, though, if you didn’t trust me?” I asked.
“I…” She blushed. “I think you’re really hot, and you’ve been acting so kind towards me; kinder than anybody else has acted in years. I wanted some intimacy with you. I wanted to feel something good for a change.”
I nodded. “I understand.”
The situation was even more complicated than I had thought.
“What about now, Pauline? Do you think there’s still a chance we could build a future together?”
She looked up at me with those large green eyes of hers. In them, I saw something that made my spirits rise—hope, tenderness, desire.
“I… want to try to be with you, Oliver,” she said. “As much as I’ve been trying to resist it… I think I’m still attracted to you,despite everything that happened. I want to explore the feelings I have for you.”
I smiled. “I like you too,” I said.
She frowned. “You make it sound so simple. One day, I will be able to put my feelings into simple words, too.”
“You are a complicated person, Pauline. But I like you the way you are,” I chuckled.
I leaned down and captured her lips with my own. We kissed much more tenderly this time, getting lost in each other’s taste.
“You don’t need to worry about anything anymore,” I said when we broke apart. “I will always protect you. For the rest of your life, I’ll be at your side.”
“Thank you,” she said. Tears welled up in her eyes again. “I’d like that.”
She smiled; it was the most beautiful smile I’d ever seen.
I rocked her back and forth as she cried again. I loved the fact that I could be with her as she let go of her suffering, and that she finally trusted me enough to be vulnerable around me.
I wanted to be the rock in her life, the safe port she could always return to in any storm.
Chapter 15 - Pauline
Oliver kissed me gently, making me feel treasured. As he went on, his kisses became firmer, more heated, until I opened my mouth, inviting him inside. We deepened the kiss, but even as passionate as the experience was, it somehow felt different than the first time we had kissed. We were less hurried, less desperate, and more certain that we had each other and all the time we could ever need to explore what was between us.
When we broke apart, gasping for air, I felt a bulge pressing against my ass. I was still sitting in Oliver’s lap, and it was clearly undeniable that our makeout session had affected him deeply. Lust flared within me as well. I wanted him closer to me, as close as possible.
“Oliver,” I whispered.
“Yes, Pauline?” He asked me, his lips trailing the rim of my ear which had to be bright red by now.
“I…” I swallowed, gathering courage. “I want you.”
He froze for a moment underneath me, and then his lips kissed my ear. “Are you sure?” he asked, always considerate of me and seeking my explicit consent.
I nodded, then I remembered what he’d said to me last time. ‘Use your words; I need to hear it,’ he had told me in his alpha tone. Mindful of his wishes, I spoke up. “Yes, I’m sure. Let’s go to your bedroom.”
Oliver chuckled. “Your wish is my command.”
He took me in his arms and carried me upstairs like I weighed nothing. I laughed as he climbed the stairs. He gave me a surprised look, eyebrows arched.
