Interlude [Book 2] by Auden Dar

Author:Auden Dar [Dar, Auden]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-01-31T05:00:00+00:00

After our intense lovemaking session in the kitchen, we take a quick shower and head to bed. Julian cradles me in his arms with my back touching his chest as exhaustion takes over him. Although I’m tired, sleep manages to escape me. Slowly turning my body to face him, all I want to do is marvel at the man I’ve fallen in love with.

Realization hits me. After dating Andrew for half of my life, I’ve never been intimate with him. We have been physical, but we have never been emotionally connected the way I have been with Julian. Even after losing Elisa, Caroline, and my grandfather, Andrew wasn’t there the way I needed him. He was there physically, but I can’t ever remember a time when he revealed any sort of vulnerability. Andrew was always supportive, always prepared to be there for me, but he’s never screamed, never showed any sort of passion. He’s always retreated to himself. And when I left him, he didn’t fight for me. He didn’t fight for us. Maybe it’s just not in his DNA. There’s no doubt he loved me the best he could, the only way he could. However, my former fiancé doesn’t understand or crave intimacy because he has his work. With Julian, he yearns intimacy with me. It’s as if he needs it to live. The more he reveals, the more he is open to love. The door he had closed several years ago is slowly opening, and I pray to be the one to push right through it.

My lover’s words from tonight attack me. “Stay with me. I’ll take whatever you’re willing to give me.”

I want to give him all of me. But what if I want more than what he’s willing to offer? He believes he can’t ever let me go. But what if things change in a month, in a year?

When I told him I loved him earlier, Julian remained quiet.

Nothing.

It pained me not to hear him say those three words.

What if I’ve deluded myself into believing our time together is something more? The torturous reminder that Julian’s never had a real relationship taunts me. Just a few short weeks ago, he revealed, “I don’t do relationships. I have arrangements and they have worked well for me.”

His long black eyelashes flutter as he rests. If I could only know what he’s dreaming about. Even in his sleep, his male beauty astonishes me. His hair is a bit messy. His stubble is growing, allowing him to look a bit older than his twenty-seven years of age.

My fingers touch his now closed eyes before moving toward his cheek, lightly touching his scar.

With his eyes still closed, he reaches for me and utters, “Darling.”

I watch the rise and fall of his chest and place my palm against it. “Darling,” escapes his mouth again, and I am suddenly met with his sparkling eyes. In this dark room, with only a slither of light illuminating us, I see him. I see Julian Caine. I see the man I love.

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