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Author:Shelley Michaels [Michaels, Shelley]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Shelley Michaels
Published: 2016-09-16T21:00:00+00:00

The last few days of our week pass so quickly, mostly we spend them sightseeing, eating and fucking, not in that order. If we are in Nate’s loft, we are usually naked and going at it like rabbits, apart from the times when we are either eating, or sleeping. Although, I can’t say there is a lot of sleeping to be had.

Our final night together arrives, and the atmosphere instantly alters to one of dread. The silences hanging between us, which are normally comfortable, become increasingly tense, each of us in our own heads of how this is going to end.

‘I thought I would cook for us tonight,’ I suggest to Nate, as he wanders around searching for his boots in order to run down to the liquor store for a bottle of Tequila.

‘Sure!’ he agrees, without looking in my direction.

I watch him, knowing he is fighting a battle between wanting me to stay and respecting my decision to leave.

‘Nate!’ I call.

‘Yeah?’ He responds vaguely, as he sits on the sofa and pulls on his boots, his gaze avoiding mine.

‘Open with what we feel, until the last second, remember,’ I prompt him, quietly.

His hands freeze at his feet, and he turns to look in my direction. I observe as he debates his next words, his expression vulnerable. My heart aches, and then he says it, ‘I don’t want you to go,’ he states.

‘But, you understand why I have to, right?’ I ask.

‘Actually, I don’t!’ He turns back and finishes tying his boots before standing and sauntering over towards me sitting on the breakfast bar stool.

‘No?’ I repeat, astonishment plain in my voice. ‘We’ve discussed this you know why I have to go.’

‘Actually, I don’t. After the week we have just enjoyed, I don’t understand. I never wanted to feel what I do, Sophie. In fact, I was determined never to let a woman into my heart again,’ I gaze open mouthed at him, stunned by his honesty. ‘You want open with our feelings? I’ll tell you. I’m in love with you. I want you in my bed. I want to make babies with you. How about that for fucking openness?’ He watches as my mouth opens and closes like a goldfish.

‘But what about Myers, the drug dealers?’ I finally manage to ask.

‘What about them? Why should they have any bearing on us being together, London?’ his lips tighten. ‘If you felt half as much for me,’ he shakes his head.

‘That’s not fair,’ I gasp.

‘What’s not fair is that it should be something we decide to deal with together, a separate issue entirely,’ he continues. ‘You are making a life decision on a problem that could resolve itself in weeks, months, or could already have been sorted. It’s a cop out.’

I swallow the melon sized lump in my throat. ‘I am leaving for several reasons, one of them being to prevent the people I care for being hurt,’ I announce, my wobbly voice betraying my emotional state.

‘That’s bullshit!’ He scolds. ‘You’re scared, London, to give you to anyone.

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