The Apartment: The Complete Affair by Amanda Black

Author:Amanda Black [Black, Amanda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781633700215
Publisher: Full Fathom Five Digital
Published: 2014-12-03T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 25

“What the hell was all of that about?” Lily barked at Ethan as she slammed her heavy car door after pulling up next to him in the lot behind the apartment building.

“Inside,” was all he said, not even looking back at her as he crossed the alley to the dimly lit door. When he reached it he held it open wide, turning to face her with an exaggerated, sarcastic bow. “After you, my dear.”

“Very cute,” she mumbled under her breath as she passed him, unable to decide whether to slap him or kiss him. The moment he closed the door behind them she spun around and faced him. “Okay, spill it. Why the hell were you so shitty to me at dinner? In front of everyone!”

He took a deep breath before gritting through his teeth, “I said inside.”

“We are inside.”

“No, we are at the foot of a very dark stairway. I want to get upstairs behind locked doors if you insist on continuing this discussion.”

“No. You just want to lock out the real world again. It’s not going to be that easy now.”

“Goddammit!” he growled, grabbing her by the arms and shoving her up against the wall, pressing himself against her until their noses were almost touching, his toned chest and firm legs warring with his words for her attention. “Don’t you think I fucking know that?” he said, his sweet breath flowing over her lips. “My entire life has just been turned upside down! Cut me just the tiniest bit of slack. I’m so fucking torn apart right now, I don’t know whether to scream at you for screwing up everything perfect that we had going, or rip your clothes off and fuck you where you stand!”

“I screwed it up?” she snapped, trying to ignore the feeling of his muscular thigh sliding between hers, pinning her more thoroughly to the wall. “How the hell was I supposed to know that was your family? I have exactly zero friends in this town! Maybe I should blame you for fucking up the first invitation I’ve ever had to a dinner that I didn’t fucking cook.”

“Do you think I don’t know how crazy I sound? None of this makes any sense to me, my reactions most of all!”

“Well, you need to at least try to think before you speak. I didn’t screw anything up about us that wouldn’t have gotten screwed up eventually, and believe me, it was not perfect to begin with. It was bound to fall apart—we always knew that. We just didn’t know how.”

“But I’m not ready for that!” he hissed before taking a deep breath and calming himself. When he spoke again it was almost a tortured whisper. “I still need this.” He ran the tip of his nose against her cheek, back and forth, until he was next to her ear. He couldn’t look her in the eye when he choked out his next words. “I still need you.”

Lily’s heart soared at his admission. “You still have me.

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