Don't Check Out (Crowhill Cove Book 5) by Rhiannon D'Averc

Author:Rhiannon D'Averc [D'Averc, Rhiannon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-11-30T16:00:00+00:00

Deon

“Jesse, Jesse, Jesse,” I whispered, stroking his hair. It flattened under my passing hand and then sprang up again as he nestled his face into the crook of my shoulder, his tears falling on my collarbone.

He was shaking badly between the sobs that heaved his whole body up and down. I had no idea what was going on with him, but it was obviously serious.

All I could do was hold him tighter while he cried, bewildered, waiting for it to slow down.

I need you. That was what he had said.

I’d noticed, of course I had, that he seemed calmer and more pliant when I gave him orders. That he almost always seemed to follow my directions right away. Was that what this was? That he needed someone to tell him what to do?

Or did it go deeper than that?

“Jesse,” I whispered again. “Let it all out. It’s okay.”

I wasn’t going to tell him to calm down or stop. I wouldn’t do that to him. He was upset and he needed to cry, and when he didn’t need to anymore, then we could talk.

He cried harder against me, his arms coming up to hold on, wrapping around my back. I eased us both down so we could lay on our sides, facing each other, Jesse curling up against me.

I stroked his hair in silence as he cried for what felt like hours until he seemed so tired that it began to slow down.

“Hey,” I murmured, not moving.

“I’m sorry,” Jesse whispered.

All this time and that was the only thing he’d been thinking? That I would be upset with him because of this?

“You don’t need to be sorry,” I told him. “What’s all this about?” I tried to be gentle with the question, but I really did need to know. We barely knew each other, we were staying together for a week, and this… if this was going to happen again, I needed to know why and how to stop it.

“I just – I can’t stop thinking,” Jesse said, his voice turning into a whine of pain. “And when you’re inside me, or telling me what to do, I can let my mind go blank and just focus on that.”

It all made sense. I felt myself relaxing significantly, letting go of the tension that I must have been holding for a long time without realizing it. My shoulder even ached from holding it so tight. “Because of your anxiety?”

Jesse nodded mutely against my chest.

“But I make you feel better?”

He nodded again.

“Damn,” I said and allowed myself a little chuckle. “If this is what I can do for you on day two, I really want to see what you’re like at the end of the week.”

Jesse shook again and for a second I thought I’d said the wrong thing – until I realized it was silent laughter.

I took the risk of moving out, holding him in place so I could lean back and get a look at his face. He looked awful. His eyes

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