Return to Us by Corinne Michaels

Author:Corinne Michaels [Michaels, Corinne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781942834533
Publisher: BAAE Inc.
Published: 2021-02-22T18:30:00+00:00

“Jess,” Grayson’s deep voice sounds so far away even though he’s right here in my arms.

I don’t want to be woken from this dream.

Grayson’s scent is around me, his lips are on mine. We’re in our spot where nothing can touch us.

“Jessica.” His voice is low and sultry. “Love.”

When he uses the term of endearment, I break. I grab for him, reaching, but he’s not there. I groan, trying to bring him to me. “Gray, please,” I beg. “Please, don’t leave me.”

I can feel the hesitation raging between us. “Fuck,” he curses, rubbing his nose against mine.

So close.

He’s right here.

“I need you,” I confess.

He lets out a low grumble that comes from his chest as his forehead rests on mine. “You’re killing me.”

I run my hands along the stubble on his cheek. “Love me,” I plead.

“I always have.”

I smile, loving how he makes me feel. “I’ve always loved you, but I was afraid.”

Grayson’s fingers run down my jaw before brushing my lips. “Afraid of what?”

In my dream, I am not afraid to tell him. I close my eyes and the heat of him surrounds me. “Losing you. I never want to lose you.” He lets out a heavy sigh as though I’ve just said something that hurt him. I feel him pulling away, and I clutch at him. “Don’t.”

“Wake up, love. Wake up.”

My throat goes dry, and my eyes fly open. He’s there, hovering over me. I’m . . . in a bed that’s not mine.

Because it’s his. I’m in his bed, and he’s in it too.

I gasp, and he moves to the side. “I was dreaming?”

Grayson grips the back of his neck. “Yeah.”

“Oh, God.” I clasp my hand over my mouth.

“Yeah.”

“Oh, God,” I say again, realizing that I was dreaming of . . . him and not the crash. I sit up, my heart pounding. “Do you know what this means?”

He rubs his forehead and then pinches the bridge of his nose. “That I’m going to be taking a very long, very cold shower after hearing all that?”

“No! It means I was dreaming of you. Of us. Not the crash. It means that, for the first time in two months, I didn’t have the same horrific nightmare.”

Happiness feels as though it’s exploding from my body. This is what I imagine a miracle would feel like.

“You were dreaming when I got in.”

I move close to him, feeling alive and happy. “Yeah, but I wasn’t dying. I wasn’t literally shaking and hurtling toward the ground at a speed that meant I would never see you . . .”

His eyes, so close and open, stare into mine, and my heart begins to race. “Is that what you fear?”

I can feel the heat flame my cheeks, and I nod. Dr. Warvel wanted me to be honest, well, here it goes. “Yes. Even now, you’re here, and I feel like I’m still falling from the sky when we’re close.”

“You’re not the only one.”

His confession stuns me. “We’re only going to hurt each other,” I tell him.

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