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do.”
He looked bewildered. “If you think I only want to have sex with you, you’re wrong. Don’t ask me to do this.”
She took a step back, the moisture evaporated from her mouth. She wrapped her arms protectively around herself. “What happened between us was a mistake. Let it go. It was a crazy act by two people who—who never got any closure.”
Matthew shortened the gap between them. “Closure? Is that what it was?” he asked softly. “Well then, I’d love to have some more closure.” His lids lowered so she could barely see his eyes. “I can give you some more closure.” He focused on her rose-tinted lips, slightly parted, as she struggled to breathe. “I’d love to have some closure in your mouth.”
“Stop it.”
“I’d love to flip you on your stomach and give you some closure from behind.”
“If you don’t stop, I swear, I’ll—”
“I want to give you so much damn closure you forget your name, and the only name you remember is mine, as you scream it over and over again as I ram my—”
“Stop it!” Lorena put her hand over her ears.
“Why? So you can pretend? Pretend you don’t have any feelings for me, when it’s obvious you do? Pretend I didn’t have my fingers inside you and you were so hot and wet you came, and I almost did, too? Go ahead and pretend.”
“You’re disgusting,” she spat.
“I don’t regret anything that happened here tonight, and I’m not going to pretend I don’t want you. You know I do. I haven’t made any attempt to hide it. I feel like a drug addict who’s fiending for a hit, and the needle’s right there, but I can’t touch it even though it’s within reach. It’s killing me. The other day, I was in a department store, and a woman walked by me, and she wore the same perfume you do. I got hard as a rock. From the scent of her perfume , because it smelled like you. This is what’s happening to me.” He hit his chest. “Day in and day out. This is what being without you does to me. Do you have any idea what it feels like? Do you have any idea the kind of torture I’ve been suffering through?”
“Do I have any idea?” Lorena laughed bitterly, past the tightness in her chest. “Imagine wanting a hit so bad, for four years, but you couldn’t get it. You watched everyone else get a turn, but never you. And then when you finally get a chance, you’re high for three solid months, before everything comes crashing down and the needle’s yanked away. All of a sudden, you have to go without—cold turkey. Do you have any idea what that’s like? To finally have what you’ve wanted and when you get it, it’s better than you ever imagined, but now you’re not allowed to have it anymore?”
When she spoke again, her throat had constricted as she fought to hold back the tears. “I know, Matt, and I don’t want to go back to it. I don’t want that kind of high anymore. Not ever again.” Her mouth twisted into a pain-filled smile. She stared down at the plush beige carpet.
“Don’t do this.”
“I despise myself for what I did just now. For being weak for you when I have a good man in my life who respects me and cares about me and wants a future with me.” She lifted tear-filled eyes to his. “Leave me alone, Matt. Please. Obviously I don’t have the strength to fight you, but I want more than you can give. I can’t trust you. You know it, and I know it.”
She backed away from him, her gaze trained on his stoic expression. He stood as rigid as a marble statue, his eyes lifeless as he watched her walk away.
When she reached the entrance to the hallway, Lorena turned and ran as if the hounds of hell pursued her. Outside the apartment, she continued to run, all the way to the elevator, and stabbed the down button impatiently.
She shook all over. Her lips were swollen from their passionate kissing, and her aching body was angry at being deprived of him.
She shouldn’t have come. She should’ve known she’d be no match
He looked bewildered. “If you think I only want to have sex with you, you’re wrong. Don’t ask me to do this.”
She took a step back, the moisture evaporated from her mouth. She wrapped her arms protectively around herself. “What happened between us was a mistake. Let it go. It was a crazy act by two people who—who never got any closure.”
Matthew shortened the gap between them. “Closure? Is that what it was?” he asked softly. “Well then, I’d love to have some more closure.” His lids lowered so she could barely see his eyes. “I can give you some more closure.” He focused on her rose-tinted lips, slightly parted, as she struggled to breathe. “I’d love to have some closure in your mouth.”
“Stop it.”
“I’d love to flip you on your stomach and give you some closure from behind.”
“If you don’t stop, I swear, I’ll—”
“I want to give you so much damn closure you forget your name, and the only name you remember is mine, as you scream it over and over again as I ram my—”
“Stop it!” Lorena put her hand over her ears.
“Why? So you can pretend? Pretend you don’t have any feelings for me, when it’s obvious you do? Pretend I didn’t have my fingers inside you and you were so hot and wet you came, and I almost did, too? Go ahead and pretend.”
“You’re disgusting,” she spat.
“I don’t regret anything that happened here tonight, and I’m not going to pretend I don’t want you. You know I do. I haven’t made any attempt to hide it. I feel like a drug addict who’s fiending for a hit, and the needle’s right there, but I can’t touch it even though it’s within reach. It’s killing me. The other day, I was in a department store, and a woman walked by me, and she wore the same perfume you do. I got hard as a rock. From the scent of her perfume , because it smelled like you. This is what’s happening to me.” He hit his chest. “Day in and day out. This is what being without you does to me. Do you have any idea what it feels like? Do you have any idea the kind of torture I’ve been suffering through?”
“Do I have any idea?” Lorena laughed bitterly, past the tightness in her chest. “Imagine wanting a hit so bad, for four years, but you couldn’t get it. You watched everyone else get a turn, but never you. And then when you finally get a chance, you’re high for three solid months, before everything comes crashing down and the needle’s yanked away. All of a sudden, you have to go without—cold turkey. Do you have any idea what that’s like? To finally have what you’ve wanted and when you get it, it’s better than you ever imagined, but now you’re not allowed to have it anymore?”
When she spoke again, her throat had constricted as she fought to hold back the tears. “I know, Matt, and I don’t want to go back to it. I don’t want that kind of high anymore. Not ever again.” Her mouth twisted into a pain-filled smile. She stared down at the plush beige carpet.
“Don’t do this.”
“I despise myself for what I did just now. For being weak for you when I have a good man in my life who respects me and cares about me and wants a future with me.” She lifted tear-filled eyes to his. “Leave me alone, Matt. Please. Obviously I don’t have the strength to fight you, but I want more than you can give. I can’t trust you. You know it, and I know it.”
She backed away from him, her gaze trained on his stoic expression. He stood as rigid as a marble statue, his eyes lifeless as he watched her walk away.
When she reached the entrance to the hallway, Lorena turned and ran as if the hounds of hell pursued her. Outside the apartment, she continued to run, all the way to the elevator, and stabbed the down button impatiently.
She shook all over. Her lips were swollen from their passionate kissing, and her aching body was angry at being deprived of him.
She shouldn’t have come. She should’ve known she’d be no match
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