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Authors: Belinda McBride
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come back to Wharf? You and Lisa had such a nice place in the City. You really didn’t grow up here.”
“Yeah, I did. Not full time -- I spent more time with my mom outside the walls. But the time with my dad’s family was good. I learned boxing outside, kung-fu in Wharf.”
She didn’t release him from that steady gaze. Aiden felt his heart begin to beat faster. The light from the tiny lantern cast an intimate halo around the two of them. Truth beckoned like the song of a siren.
“Why did you come back, Aiden?” Her tone would allow no lies. And he no longer had the heart to be less than honest.
“I came back to be close to you.” His throat tightened around the words, but she heard him.
She sat perfectly upright, her face hidden by shadow.
“I told myself I hated you, Annie, that I’d watch you and someday make you pay. And I did watch you. I’d come in from a fight and sit on a ledge somewhere, watching you on the roof as the sun came up. You were beautiful and perfect and made me see how meaningless my life had become. And I thought I hated you.”
“Do you love me?”
His breath caught. His chest tightened. How had they come to this place? He sat still and rigid, unable to read her. She gave no sign. No clues.
“I came back because I loved you. I started fighting because I wanted to die of guilt. I took the nanites because death was out of the question.”
His voice was soft, threaded with anger. “I fought angry once, back in the beginning. I was angry and careless. My opponent crushed my ribs. I was bleeding out, choking on my own blood. There were no medics. No doctors. A coach offered me life. And when I thought of life, I thought of you. So I took the injection.”
He gazed down at the shadows on the table. Her hand was clenched into a fist, her only expression of emotion.
“Is that what you wanted to hear, Annie? Does that answer your question?”
Her fist unclenched. He watched her hand as it slowly slid across the table. She covered his hand with hers, twisting until their fingers were entwined. His fingers clasped convulsively on hers. He pulled them to his mouth, kissing softly.
“Yes, Aiden. That’s what I wanted to hear.”
Chapter Six
S he stood and the shadows fell away with her robe, unveiling grace and delicate beauty. He’d seen her nude before but now she was revealing herself to him, for him. Aiden felt blood rush to his cheeks. His neck grew warm. He took a deep breath. Air filled his lungs as blood filled his cock. He pushed his chair back from the table, watching in fascination as Annie moved around, coming to stand before him.
Annie straddled his hips, settling herself onto his lap. She lifted her hands, stroking the skin of his face, touching a curl, trailing a finger down his ear. “I’ve always wanted to touch your hair, to see what it felt like.”
“And how does it feel?”
She reached up, running her fingers through the mass. “I thought it would be coarse but it isn’t. If you grew it long, it’d be wavy, not curly.”
“It’d be a mess.”
She smiled, never taking her eyes away from his hair. His hands trembled slightly as he tentatively settled them on her waist, stroking down to her hips. This intimacy felt unfamiliar. He felt too exposed. Fucking he could understand. This slow exploration was like a drill to his heart.
“You’ve always seemed so magical to me. Your face is Chinese, but so much more.” She traced his lips with the pads of her fingers. Her skin was rough from hours of hard work, and the skin of his lips was smooth and tender. Carefully, she leaned forward, settling an exploratory kiss on his mouth. She shifted a bit, and Aiden’s cock rose, hard and ready, sliding up under the silk of his robe.
She was slightly higher than he was, turning her face down to his as she deepened the kiss, her tongue entering his mouth, exploring, taking. She broke away on a gasp as his hand rose, cupping a soft breast, his fingers brushing
“Yeah, I did. Not full time -- I spent more time with my mom outside the walls. But the time with my dad’s family was good. I learned boxing outside, kung-fu in Wharf.”
She didn’t release him from that steady gaze. Aiden felt his heart begin to beat faster. The light from the tiny lantern cast an intimate halo around the two of them. Truth beckoned like the song of a siren.
“Why did you come back, Aiden?” Her tone would allow no lies. And he no longer had the heart to be less than honest.
“I came back to be close to you.” His throat tightened around the words, but she heard him.
She sat perfectly upright, her face hidden by shadow.
“I told myself I hated you, Annie, that I’d watch you and someday make you pay. And I did watch you. I’d come in from a fight and sit on a ledge somewhere, watching you on the roof as the sun came up. You were beautiful and perfect and made me see how meaningless my life had become. And I thought I hated you.”
“Do you love me?”
His breath caught. His chest tightened. How had they come to this place? He sat still and rigid, unable to read her. She gave no sign. No clues.
“I came back because I loved you. I started fighting because I wanted to die of guilt. I took the nanites because death was out of the question.”
His voice was soft, threaded with anger. “I fought angry once, back in the beginning. I was angry and careless. My opponent crushed my ribs. I was bleeding out, choking on my own blood. There were no medics. No doctors. A coach offered me life. And when I thought of life, I thought of you. So I took the injection.”
He gazed down at the shadows on the table. Her hand was clenched into a fist, her only expression of emotion.
“Is that what you wanted to hear, Annie? Does that answer your question?”
Her fist unclenched. He watched her hand as it slowly slid across the table. She covered his hand with hers, twisting until their fingers were entwined. His fingers clasped convulsively on hers. He pulled them to his mouth, kissing softly.
“Yes, Aiden. That’s what I wanted to hear.”
Chapter Six
S he stood and the shadows fell away with her robe, unveiling grace and delicate beauty. He’d seen her nude before but now she was revealing herself to him, for him. Aiden felt blood rush to his cheeks. His neck grew warm. He took a deep breath. Air filled his lungs as blood filled his cock. He pushed his chair back from the table, watching in fascination as Annie moved around, coming to stand before him.
Annie straddled his hips, settling herself onto his lap. She lifted her hands, stroking the skin of his face, touching a curl, trailing a finger down his ear. “I’ve always wanted to touch your hair, to see what it felt like.”
“And how does it feel?”
She reached up, running her fingers through the mass. “I thought it would be coarse but it isn’t. If you grew it long, it’d be wavy, not curly.”
“It’d be a mess.”
She smiled, never taking her eyes away from his hair. His hands trembled slightly as he tentatively settled them on her waist, stroking down to her hips. This intimacy felt unfamiliar. He felt too exposed. Fucking he could understand. This slow exploration was like a drill to his heart.
“You’ve always seemed so magical to me. Your face is Chinese, but so much more.” She traced his lips with the pads of her fingers. Her skin was rough from hours of hard work, and the skin of his lips was smooth and tender. Carefully, she leaned forward, settling an exploratory kiss on his mouth. She shifted a bit, and Aiden’s cock rose, hard and ready, sliding up under the silk of his robe.
She was slightly higher than he was, turning her face down to his as she deepened the kiss, her tongue entering his mouth, exploring, taking. She broke away on a gasp as his hand rose, cupping a soft breast, his fingers brushing
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