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Authors: Bethany Bazile
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because I couldn’t escape them. My fuck-mares of Xander were becoming commonplace. My body was suffering from abandonment, and its only satisfaction came from hot erotic dreams of all the ways I wanted Xander to fuck me.
My phone rang , and I realized the sound had woken me. I reached out and picked it up without looking. “Hello.”
“ Don’t hang up… I wanna talk to you.” Xander slurred his words.
“ Xander, are you okay?” I sat up in bed, trying to clear the sleep from my head.
“ I need to… Can I come see you…? Just this once… one last time.”
“ Have you been drinking?” God, don’t let him have broken his sobriety, I prayed as my heart clenched.
“ No—yes, but I’m fine… Avery?”
“ Yeah…?” I climbed out of bed, pulling on a pair a loose shorts and another tank top since the one I wore to sleep in was sweat-soaked.
“ I’m sorry, baby.”
Not now . I really didn’t want to deal with this now. We had too much going on for me to be feeling this inside out about his drinking.
“ Where are you, Xander?” I purposely tried to ignore his apology because it made me feel things I didn’t want.
“ I don’t know. Some bar… Need to see you… Coming to see you.”
“ No, tell me where you are and I’ll come get you.” There was no way I was ever again letting Xander get behind the wheel drunk.
“ A couple blocks from your office.” His breathing was heavy, and I knew he’d had more than one drink.
“ Just stay there and I’ll come, okay?” He didn’t respond, but I still heard the noise from the bar in the background as I grabbed my keys and headed out the door.
“ Xander?” Silence. But I heard his breaths coming through the line.
“ I fucked up, Avery. I just… I couldn’t sleep, couldn’t work, kept thinking about what I did to you—your parents. What I did to her.” He fell silent as I started the car. “I don’t know how to do this. Some people just… don’t deserve love.” He sighed out a breath as his words stole mine. My chest tightened, and I clutched the steering wheel as the phone went dead.
“ Fuck!” I slammed my hands against the wheel and laid my forehead on it. I was angry, irritated, and most of all, I was convinced. Convinced I’d fallen so deeply for Xander I wouldn’t be able to push him out of my life. The fact that I was rushing off at two in the morning to find him in some unknown bar only proved it. Despite everything, Xander had the ability to make me drop everything. Xander still had the ability to make me love him.
After going to two bars on the same street as my office , I found Xander at a small pub a few blocks down. He was at the bar. A woman sat on his right side, trying to get his attention, but he was more interested in his shot glass. He held the glass in his hand and spun it as he stared at it. If he was contemplating getting another drink, I wasn’t going to let that happen.
I slid onto the stool beside him , staring straight ahead, purposely avoiding direct contact with him. “Ready to go?”
He turned his attention from the shot glass to me.
“ You came.” He sounded amazed I’d actually shown up. He rested his elbow on the bar top and leaned his face on his fisted hand. “Are you angry?”
Furious , actually.
“ I just want to get you home safely. Can we leave now?” I was tense, and my words came out through gritted teeth.
He reached out and touched my hair, caressing a lock between his fingers. I was tempted to pull away , but I didn’t want to do or say anything that initiated a heart-filled, alcohol-induced confession. The woman to his right realized she wasn’t gaining his attention tonight and left his side.
I stilled as he buried his fingers into my hair, leaned in, and sniffed me. “You always smell so good… edible.”
I jumped off my stool when I felt his tongue moving up my neck. “Let’s go,” I said, ignoring the heat that had quickly blossomed over that minor touch. I
My phone rang , and I realized the sound had woken me. I reached out and picked it up without looking. “Hello.”
“ Don’t hang up… I wanna talk to you.” Xander slurred his words.
“ Xander, are you okay?” I sat up in bed, trying to clear the sleep from my head.
“ I need to… Can I come see you…? Just this once… one last time.”
“ Have you been drinking?” God, don’t let him have broken his sobriety, I prayed as my heart clenched.
“ No—yes, but I’m fine… Avery?”
“ Yeah…?” I climbed out of bed, pulling on a pair a loose shorts and another tank top since the one I wore to sleep in was sweat-soaked.
“ I’m sorry, baby.”
Not now . I really didn’t want to deal with this now. We had too much going on for me to be feeling this inside out about his drinking.
“ Where are you, Xander?” I purposely tried to ignore his apology because it made me feel things I didn’t want.
“ I don’t know. Some bar… Need to see you… Coming to see you.”
“ No, tell me where you are and I’ll come get you.” There was no way I was ever again letting Xander get behind the wheel drunk.
“ A couple blocks from your office.” His breathing was heavy, and I knew he’d had more than one drink.
“ Just stay there and I’ll come, okay?” He didn’t respond, but I still heard the noise from the bar in the background as I grabbed my keys and headed out the door.
“ Xander?” Silence. But I heard his breaths coming through the line.
“ I fucked up, Avery. I just… I couldn’t sleep, couldn’t work, kept thinking about what I did to you—your parents. What I did to her.” He fell silent as I started the car. “I don’t know how to do this. Some people just… don’t deserve love.” He sighed out a breath as his words stole mine. My chest tightened, and I clutched the steering wheel as the phone went dead.
“ Fuck!” I slammed my hands against the wheel and laid my forehead on it. I was angry, irritated, and most of all, I was convinced. Convinced I’d fallen so deeply for Xander I wouldn’t be able to push him out of my life. The fact that I was rushing off at two in the morning to find him in some unknown bar only proved it. Despite everything, Xander had the ability to make me drop everything. Xander still had the ability to make me love him.
After going to two bars on the same street as my office , I found Xander at a small pub a few blocks down. He was at the bar. A woman sat on his right side, trying to get his attention, but he was more interested in his shot glass. He held the glass in his hand and spun it as he stared at it. If he was contemplating getting another drink, I wasn’t going to let that happen.
I slid onto the stool beside him , staring straight ahead, purposely avoiding direct contact with him. “Ready to go?”
He turned his attention from the shot glass to me.
“ You came.” He sounded amazed I’d actually shown up. He rested his elbow on the bar top and leaned his face on his fisted hand. “Are you angry?”
Furious , actually.
“ I just want to get you home safely. Can we leave now?” I was tense, and my words came out through gritted teeth.
He reached out and touched my hair, caressing a lock between his fingers. I was tempted to pull away , but I didn’t want to do or say anything that initiated a heart-filled, alcohol-induced confession. The woman to his right realized she wasn’t gaining his attention tonight and left his side.
I stilled as he buried his fingers into my hair, leaned in, and sniffed me. “You always smell so good… edible.”
I jumped off my stool when I felt his tongue moving up my neck. “Let’s go,” I said, ignoring the heat that had quickly blossomed over that minor touch. I
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