N9ne_The Tale of Kevin Clearwater by T. M. Frazier

Author:T. M. Frazier [Frazier, T. M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, suspense
Goodreads: 44780783
Publisher: Frazier Publishing
Published: 2019-06-18T00:00:00+00:00

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NINE

“I can sleep on the couch,” she calls back to me.

I shut my eyes tightly. “Just go to sleep.” Fuck my life. One more second with Lenny wrapped around me like that, and I was about to take her like an animal. Fucking her isn’t in the cards right now. She doesn’t know who I really am. I don’t know what she’s really guilty of. And the thought of taking her, of being assaulted by the past when I’m with…no, I can’t do it. Not now and not with her.

Although with this aching need and pain in my gut and in my cock, I might have to relieve myself soon with one of the girl’s that’s used to me freaking out afterwards and doesn’t give a shit as long as she gets paid.

“Can you…” Lenny trails off. I duck my head into the bedroom in time to see her roll onto her side, her back to me. “Never mind.”

“What?” I bark, frustrated in more ways than the raging hard-on beneath my sweats.

“Can you just lay in the bed with me for a while? Just until I fall asleep? I’m not a good sleeper, and I don’t want to be alone right now.”

Her question surprises me, considering she was preparing for torture not thirty minutes ago and a fight only a few seconds before.

Reluctantly, and knowing I won’t get any sleep at all with her right next to me, I get into bed and rest my hands behind my head.

How the fuck did I get here? Lenny’s right. What am I doing with her?

“Can you answer one teeny, weeny, tiny question and give me the truth?” she asks quietly. “Have you ever killed someone?”

I can’t be honest with her about so much right now, but this I can give her. I’ll show her who I really am and it’ll be much easier when it’s time to let her go.

If I let her go.

“Yes,” I answer to the ceiling.

“More than one person?” She rolls over to face me, her green-blue eyes searching mine, her lips parted awaiting my answer.

I give her a curt nod.

“Tell me about one,” she presses.

My head snaps in her direction. “That shit isn’t important. Plus, you’ve got anxiety, and the last thing I need right now is for you to fester on what I tell you and grow it in your head into something it’s not. Then, you really won’t be able to sleep.”

She thinks for a moment. “Actually, it will fester more if you don’t tell me. Because what will happen is that my imagination will get away from itself, and I’ll lay awake picturing you slaughtering entire villages of women and children like a Viking.”

I quirk an eyebrow. “That escalated quickly.”

She shrugs and rests her cheek on top of her hands. “Don’t blame me. Anxiety sets the rules. I’m just the messenger.”

The few inches of space between suddenly us feels like an ocean, and I want nothing more than to pull her against my chest.

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