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me, don't you?" Eadric nodded with a smile. He brushed a curl that had fallen back behind her ear, letting his fingertips brush over her cheek. Even upset, she was stunning.
"Of course, Anabell. I just want to make sure that it's what you want, too." Anabell gave him an incredulous look and gestured to her state of undress.
"I initiated this, Eadric. What more do you want?" Laughing, he leaned forward and kissed her cheek.
"It's about more than the sex. I know you want me, and trust me; I would love nothing more than to let you finish undressing me. But you need to understand the entire situation before you make up your mind.
"I've been with one woman - in all my years. Losing Deirdre, then being given a second change with my soul mate was too much to risk spending time with anyone else. I've been waiting hundreds of years to be with you like this, but it's not just sex to me. It will never be." Eadric touched the spot where the curve of her neck met her shoulder, needing the feel of her skin under his desperate fingers.
Anabell covered his hand with hers and closed her eyes. His hands felt like bliss. She couldn't help imagining his hands on other, more intimate parts of her body.
"I can't go forward with this if it's only going to be physical for you. I want all of you, forever, not just for a night, or two nights, or two months. It can't be only sex. You will always be my soul mate, the other half what makes me whole. I can't have just half of you, especially not for just one night. It just won’t work.
"If you agree to this, it's going to be you and me, every day. I won't have it any other way." Anabell slid back off his lap and stepped back onto the floor. She needed some space to think. She had only known Eadric for a little over a day.
It was a little soon to be making life-changing decisions.
Granted, she knew more about him than she had any other guy who had walked into and out of her life. It felt fast, but, on the flip side, it had never felt as right with anyone else. There was definitely something there. She felt so much better when he was close to her.
Taking that jump was terrifying. Was she ready to give the rest of her life to him at twenty-one? There was no changing her mind once she agreed. She could tell him no, then change her mind later, but that’s not what Eadric deserved.
“How can you want me after you’ve had Deirdre? I’m nothing like her, Eadric. I’m a dumpy, brown dwarf. Not a leggy, thin blonde goddess.” Eadric swung his legs out over the floor and reached out, catching her by one of her belt loops and pulling her over the bed to stand between his legs.
“You could have three legs, green skin, and be two feet tall, and I would feel the exact same way about you, Anabell. I fell in love with you the moment I saw you with your hair pulled back, wearing that yellow dress and a pair of roller skates, as you rolled down the street, yelling and laughing with your friends. I love you more when I saw you fall, dust yourself back off, and stand up to keep skating with a fractured elbow and a scraped knee. You’re strong and resilient. That’s what I love.” Anabell couldn’t keep the tears from forming in her eyes.
Anabell remembered that day like it had just happened. It was the summer after her eighteenth birthday and one of the hottest ones they had in a while. A bunch of her friends swung by her house with the intentions of getting her out of her bedroom and into something fun.
All she had wanted to do was wallow in self-pity and sorrow over her bad breakup.
That's where her
"Of course, Anabell. I just want to make sure that it's what you want, too." Anabell gave him an incredulous look and gestured to her state of undress.
"I initiated this, Eadric. What more do you want?" Laughing, he leaned forward and kissed her cheek.
"It's about more than the sex. I know you want me, and trust me; I would love nothing more than to let you finish undressing me. But you need to understand the entire situation before you make up your mind.
"I've been with one woman - in all my years. Losing Deirdre, then being given a second change with my soul mate was too much to risk spending time with anyone else. I've been waiting hundreds of years to be with you like this, but it's not just sex to me. It will never be." Eadric touched the spot where the curve of her neck met her shoulder, needing the feel of her skin under his desperate fingers.
Anabell covered his hand with hers and closed her eyes. His hands felt like bliss. She couldn't help imagining his hands on other, more intimate parts of her body.
"I can't go forward with this if it's only going to be physical for you. I want all of you, forever, not just for a night, or two nights, or two months. It can't be only sex. You will always be my soul mate, the other half what makes me whole. I can't have just half of you, especially not for just one night. It just won’t work.
"If you agree to this, it's going to be you and me, every day. I won't have it any other way." Anabell slid back off his lap and stepped back onto the floor. She needed some space to think. She had only known Eadric for a little over a day.
It was a little soon to be making life-changing decisions.
Granted, she knew more about him than she had any other guy who had walked into and out of her life. It felt fast, but, on the flip side, it had never felt as right with anyone else. There was definitely something there. She felt so much better when he was close to her.
Taking that jump was terrifying. Was she ready to give the rest of her life to him at twenty-one? There was no changing her mind once she agreed. She could tell him no, then change her mind later, but that’s not what Eadric deserved.
“How can you want me after you’ve had Deirdre? I’m nothing like her, Eadric. I’m a dumpy, brown dwarf. Not a leggy, thin blonde goddess.” Eadric swung his legs out over the floor and reached out, catching her by one of her belt loops and pulling her over the bed to stand between his legs.
“You could have three legs, green skin, and be two feet tall, and I would feel the exact same way about you, Anabell. I fell in love with you the moment I saw you with your hair pulled back, wearing that yellow dress and a pair of roller skates, as you rolled down the street, yelling and laughing with your friends. I love you more when I saw you fall, dust yourself back off, and stand up to keep skating with a fractured elbow and a scraped knee. You’re strong and resilient. That’s what I love.” Anabell couldn’t keep the tears from forming in her eyes.
Anabell remembered that day like it had just happened. It was the summer after her eighteenth birthday and one of the hottest ones they had in a while. A bunch of her friends swung by her house with the intentions of getting her out of her bedroom and into something fun.
All she had wanted to do was wallow in self-pity and sorrow over her bad breakup.
That's where her
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