Pull Me Close: The Panic Series by Sidney Halston

Author:Sidney Halston [Halston, Sidney]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2016-10-24T21:00:00+00:00

Nico

I still have the taste of her on my tongue. It was mind-blowing, the way she let me take total control of her body. I’ve come to understand that her terrors come from situations that make her feel as if she doesn’t have control, yet here I am fantasizing about tying her up and fucking her until there’s no room for fears and anxieties, only pleasure. I know I could make it so good for her if she just shuts her mind off and is in the moment. I know for a fact she’s not thinking about her anxiety when she’s in the throes of an orgasm—which is why I want to wait. I want her completely present when we have sex, not worrying about other things. Sex is just the vehicle I’m using to try to get her to feel better. I know it’s not a cure.

“So, tell me something,” I say, to distract her. “How’d you end up with Julius?”

She doesn’t answer. She has her eyes closed and is concentrating on walking and breathing. “I’ve never had a pet,” I go on. “I’m thinking of getting a Great Dane.”

She stops and looks at me, her brows raised. “Couldn’t think of a bigger dog?”

“I probably could,” I say.

Slowly she resumes moving forward cautiously, as if one wrong step means that the ground will crumble beneath her. Our hands are laced together, but I know this needs to be at her pace, so I don’t rush her. It’s beyond fucking difficult, since I have absolutely no patience when it comes to most anything. But lifting her over my shoulder and forcing her outside isn’t going to work in this particular situation, I’m sure.

“You’re never home. You eat crappy food. I don’t think you’d be a good dog owner,” she says. “No offense.”

“You know, I don’t like that term, ‘no offense.’ That’s a back-door way of offending someone. If you’re trying to tell me that in your opinion I can’t take care of a dog, I think that you’re offending me, sweetheart.” I’m just messing with her, trying to shift her emotions to something else, whether it’s anger, lust, confusion, the intricacies of being the owner of a giant dog—anything but her terror.

She shrugs. “Do you prefer I lie?”

“No,” I say. “How ’bout you? You only like cats?”

“No. Actually, I prefer dogs.” That has me stopping momentarily to look at her. “Cats are self-sufficient companions. Dogs require going outside to walk them,” she explains.

“Gotcha,” I say.

We are at the door to the stairwell. We made it, and I know this is a victory for her. I open the door, and the lights in the empty stairwell automatically turn on.

She takes a tentative step, then stops. “What if the door locks behind us and the one leading to the first floor is also locked and we get trapped inside, Nico? No one would know where we are.”

“You’re scared. I get that. Just breathe, baby.” I cup her face and look into those big doe eyes.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.