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I shake my head, confused. “No… I mean, at that time, you still thought I broke your heart, didn’t you?”

His lips twitch into the ghost of a smile as his emerald-green eyes lock with mine. “Yeah, I did.”

“So, why?”

He shuffles as he turns to face me, and I do the same, our knees touching now we’re closer to each other. He looks like he’s going to reach out to touch me, but he stops himself. I watch ashe takes a deep breath, closing his eyes as he exhales, like he’s trying to draw strength from somewhere.

“You! You, Teigan. It’s always been you. I would willingly put my own life on the line, and risk the lives of everyone I care about, for you. Even when I thought I hated you, I would still have done anything to protect you. The thought of anyone hurting you killed me, and I couldn’t live with myself if that happened. I would rather burn the world down, with everyone in it, as long as you are all that was left standing. There’s no world without you in it.”

With every word that tumbles from his lips, the more sure he becomes. His back straightens, and he opens his eyes to meet my gaze. There’s a fire reflected back at me that tells me he means every single fucking word, and it kills me.

My heart is racing so fast I can hear the blood whooshing in my ears, like it’s trying to burst out of my chest. The fire he talks about oozes through my veins, heating me up in the most delicious way.

I know what I said yesterday, and all the fucking reasons I have for keeping my distance from Evan.

But in this moment, I can’t remember a single fucking one of them. This may be yet another stupidly bad decision, but I don’t care.

Without any hesitation, and against my better judgement, I lean forward and capture his lips with mine. As he throws his arms around my neck, sliding his fingers into my hair to hold me in place, as he takes control of the kiss, I know I’m gone. As soon as I taste Evan on my tongue, I know I’m a lost cause…and I don’t fucking care.

As soon as Teigan’s lips touch mine, I know there’s no fucking way I’m letting her run away this time. We’ve both freaked out over this, and yet we still find ourselves here, in the exact same situation.

That tells me something, and I told myself last night that no matter what, I’d fight for my angel this time, and fuck do I mean it.

The second her soft, supple lips meet mine, I deepen the kiss. My mouth claims her the way it has been desperate to since she came tumbling back into my life.

I throw my arms around her neck, dragging my fingers into her hair as best I can, given she’s plaited it after her shower. I hold her head in place, helping me take what I want from her.

Electricity sizzles through my veins as she kisses me back, her arms wrapping around my neck at the same time. There’s stilltoo much distance between us. As my tongue sweeps across her lower lip demanding entrance, I move my hands to her hips and lift her up.

Quick as a flash, I drop her back down so she’s sitting in my lap, her legs straddling my thighs. She yelps at the abrupt movement, but that just gives me the access I desperately craved, and as my tongue explores her, my grip on her hips tightens, pulling her down onto me.

Her core makes contact with my hardening cock, and matching groans rip from us both, as we each swallow the noise, not wanting to break apart any more than is necessary.

She threads her fingers through my hair as our tongues sweep against each other, and my heart soars as I taste everything that is Teigan.

My cock twitches as I think about tasting more of her, and I have to mentally remind myself to calm down, so I don’t blow a load in my boxers like a fucking teenager. It’s been more than a few months since I last stuck my cock into a warm cunt, but that nameless, faceless pussy is nothing compared to Teigan.

Reluctantly, I pull my lips from hers, so we can both catch a much needed breath. I move to press little kisses along her jaw, down her neck to her throat, before I reach the pulse point I know is super sensitive for her. Sucking on the spot just below her ear, she moans loudly as she arches her back, exposing her neck more, giving me better access.

Her hands move from the back of my neck, and she begins running her fingers along my arms and across my chest, leaving a blazing trail wherever she touches.

As I kiss along her collarbone, moving across to give the same attention to the other side of her neck, she begins unfastening the buttons on my shirt.

With each button she opens, she rocks her hips, grinding against me in a way that is making me fucking delirious.

My cock is straining so much it’s fucking painful. There’s nothing I want more than to get my girl naked and fuck her with everything I have, but my brain keeps telling me to slow down.

As much as I fucking need her, she’s been through so much recently, most of which we’ve never talked about, and I don’t want to put her in a position that might be triggering for her.

The problem is, as soon as her soft fingers make contact with my hot bare skin, all thoughts fly out of the window, and I’m consumed by her. She shuffles back on my lap, taking some of the pressure off my dick—which I’m not sure is a blessing or a curse—but then she leans down and starts kissing my chest, and all I can do is groan in pleasure.

She runs her tongue over my pecs and around my nipples, as she uses her hands to remove the shirt completely. I move to help her, and once she has it off, she looks up at me through hooded eyes, a mischievous smile on her face that almost fucking kills me.

Her grey eyes are so dark they’re almost molten, and she keeps her gaze latched on mine as she reaches down and pulls her T-shirt up and over her head, discarding it the same way she did my shirt.

The lacy black bra she’s wearing makes me drool, but I don’t get to stare at it for long.

Teigan reaches behind her back, and unclips the bra, before slowly pulling it away, displaying her fucking perfect tits to me. Her nipples, that are already peaked thanks to her arousal, harden further as the cold from the room hits her, and my eyes roll into the back of my head at how unbelievably fucking perfect she is.