Breathe Her In by Tubbs Gretchen

Author:Tubbs, Gretchen [Tubbs, Gretchen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-01-08T08:00:00+00:00

15. Rafe

If I let her out of my sight, if I don’t have her hand in mine or my arm around her waist, I’m terrified she’s going to be taken from me again. There are so many different emotions whipping through my head right now; it’s like a fucking tornado in there. I can’t process any of it… I just know that I need to get a grip.

Sleep never really came last night. I held tight to Eleanor, listened to her soft breaths, wrapped my arms tighter when her whimpers and cries came, and replayed her words over in my mind. I never knew that I wanted a child until Della became mine. As hard as it is, I can’t imagine my life without being a father to Dells. The prospect of having a child with Eleanor is completely overwhelming. To have that taken away from me is one of the cruelest hands I’ve ever been dealt. Out of every shitty thing that’s ever happened to me, from the abuse to the arrests to the lack of a decent mother, finding out about the loss of my son or daughter is by far the worst.

But I have Della, Eleanor is back in my life, and we’re going to make the best of it. We’re going to make this work this time. I’ll make damn sure we’re never apart again.

She steps into the bedroom, wrapped in a tiny towel, and my heart gets stuck in my throat, all the blood in my body heading south.

“What should I wear for this?” she asks. Only Eleanor Benson would be asking about wardrobe choices when going to get ink.

“Rafe?”

I can’t answer. My eyes are trailing the few drops of water that the towel didn’t catch, following them drip down her chest until they disappear into the top of the tiny towel.

Fuck, I’m jealous of water.

“Come here.”

“I don’t think that’s a good idea.”

“Eleanor. Come here.”

Her steps are painfully slow, but her chest is rising and falling fast. I’m just waiting for the scrap of material to fall to the ground.

“I need to get dressed,” she whispers.

“I need you to get over here.”

She clutches the top of the wrap and closes the space between us. I’m on the edge of her bed, legs splayed wide, and she steps between them. My hands go to her waist, pulling her close. She smiles when I get her in my arms, so I give her a little tug and she’s on my thigh, her face mere inches from mine.

“You really wanna do this?”

She bites the corner of her lip. “This, or the tattoo?” she asks, a blush creeping up her neck and spreading across her beautiful face.

“I was talking about the tat, but let’s go with this.” My hand moves from around her small waist to the top of the towel, resting over where she’s got it tucked in tight. I can feel her heart pounding against my fingers.

Eleanor’s forehead falls against mine, putting her lips that much closer to where I want them to be.

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