Dare to Fall by J.H. Croix

Author:J.H. Croix [Croix, J.H.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: J.H. Croix

Chapter Twenty-Five

Fiona

I wanted to stay here forever. Blake’s heartbeat was strong and steady against my ear where it rested just below his collarbone. I savored the way his fingers sifted through the ends of my hair. I barely remembered the order of events.

Somehow, I was mostly naked with my shirt hanging off one shoulder. His palm smoothed down my back, the calloused surface sending a prickly sensation over my skin.

I didn’t want to think, and I didn’t know what to think. Everything with Blake felt, simply put, amazing. Yet I also felt raw and unguarded. I’d only been with one other man, Johnny. It had been sweet with him. I had left our relationship when I was young and not fully formed as a person yet.

Now, I felt older and more cynical, deeply untrusting in some ways. Not because Johnny had broken my heart that way. He’d been faithful to me. He’d broken my heart because he had let me down with his reckless decisions that led him somewhere I never could’ve imagined.

After him, I just couldn’t let my guard down with anyone. And so this, this wild, thrumming, out-of-control reckless need I felt for Blake muddled all my thoughts. I couldn’t imagine being this vulnerable with anyone. Yet on a level beyond intellect, I trusted Blake completely.

I just didn’t trust myself or the universe.

I took several steadying breaths as my body started to settle, swirling eddies of need and passion beginning to slow as I caught my breath. Eventually, I lifted my head oh-so reluctantly. I was almost afraid to look into Blake’s eyes. Not because I feared him or what he might think, but because it was all too intimate. All too much.

I took a deep breath before steeling myself and opening my eyes. He was right there waiting, his silvery grays snagging mine. I felt as if he was peering deep into my heart, past my anxious confusion. As if he could see the “me” I didn’t share with anyone.

He was quiet as he studied me, and I looked right back at him. He lifted one of his hands to smooth my hair away from my cheek. “Well.”

My chirping phone snapped through the moment. His hand fell away before he leaned forward to brush his lips over mine. It felt as if a flame had passed between us.

When he stepped away for a moment, I felt bereft, instantly missing the depth of our connection, the physical closeness.

“Do you need to get that?” he asked.

My heart twinged a little. He knew my daughter was home with my mom, and maybe they needed me.

“I can check in a minute.”

He helped me off the counter and we put our clothing back to rights. Only then did I cross over to where my phone sat on the table.

I glanced at the unknown number on the screen. It could’ve just been spam. The world was filled with spam phone calls. But there was a message. Ever since I had gotten a message from another unknown number, I was anxious.

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