Viole[n]t Obscurity_A Dark Romance by Megan D. Martin

Author:Megan D. Martin [Martin, Megan D.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Megan D. Martin
Published: 2018-01-31T18:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

"Have you ever been in love, Violet?" Aaron asked.

Richard paused in mid-scrub on the small shower area. It was a Tuesday. Something Richard reminded me this morning when I got in. My days ran together. It had been almost a week or more since I'd seen Aaron, since I'd left his room while he writhed on the floor after shocking himself.

"Love?" I repeated. My gaze jumped to the word in his skin, unbidden. My fingers itched to reach for it, in spite of everything that had happened. I'd spent all week licking my wounds, trying to lift my bruised ego and feelings out of the gutter. It took awhile, but it wasn't until this morning that I finally resolved myself to the fact that I shouldn't be embarrassed. He was my patient and I had a job to do, regardless of anything else.

"Yes. Love." He watched me, his gaze perceptive as always, and yet unreadable. The urge to look away danced beneath my skin, but I fought the feeling, maintaining eye contact.

Don't let him see how much he hurt you, Adeline.

"I don't know." I took a moment to consider his question, an opportunity to ponder anything but what happened last week. My ex, Anthony, popped into my head. His brown eyes empty, absent of their warmth. Warmth that had been gone for a long time. He'd been sleeping with one of our friends, a waitress from the restaurant on the corner of Peppermint Street - my favorite restaurant. They served tiny little fortune cookie sandwiches that were cream-filled and delicious. We had only gone there on special occasions, like birthdays and our anniversary. She'd even been our waitress the last time we'd gone only a few months before our break up. Apparently, it had been going on for months. He'd been pushing me away for ages. But it turned out, I was the kind of person to hold on to a bad thing, even after it was more than over. Even Anthony was tired of waiting for me to take a hint - to let him go.

"You're an adult. You should know." Irritation laced Aaron's voice. He sat in his chair, chained. I hadn't watched him all week on the surveillance camera. I hadn't had the courage to walk into that room.

"It's a complicated question," I said.

"Hardly."

I tilted my head, listening to his hum. He seemed frustrated, irritated.

Join the club, asshole.

"Define love." I stood with my back against the wall by the door. I wouldn't sit. The distance was good.

"Can such a thing be defined?" he asked.

"It's a word, Aaron. All words can be defined." I added, smirking.

"I suppose so." He cut his eyes at Richard who had gone back to cleaning. "But what is the difference between love and sex?"

The word sex on his lips sent my mind back to last week with Aaron's body on top of mine.

"I'm going to be inside you, Violet. Over and over and over until there's nothing left of either of us. Until your skin bleeds and you're nothing with me or without me.

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.