“You don’t have to do anything Dominic, that’s the point of it being nothing.” I throw back.God, I really don’t want to do this today.
“Okay…answer the original question then… is this how we’re going to be?If this is what you want, then I’ll leave you the fuck alone.”
Numbness fills my mind because I don’t want this.Of course, I don’t, I’m so hurt I can’t see past what I feel.
“Answer me,” he demands.
“That’s not fair.”
“It’s a simple question. Do you want me to leave you alone?God knows there’s every reason why you should.It was me who nearly killed you.” Shame fills his face.
“I forgave you.”
“You did, but nearly killing you is not exactly something that can be easily forgiven, and I don’t deserve forgiveness for what I did.”
“I still did it and you knew that before you left.”
He presses his lips together.“So, let’s talk about the other problem then.The thing you can’t forgive me for.There are so many things it could be I don’t know which one it is.So tell me.”
“You left,” I choke out, hating the thick emotion infused in my voice.“It’s the fact that you just left.I forgave you for the worse thing you could do to me and you left me.”
His eyes darken. “Baby…I had to leave.”
“No, you didn’t.” I shoot back.“You’re seriously telling me that was the only thing you could think of doing?Leaving? And for so long? Without a word?”
“Candace, I was worse than what you saw.I had to leave.”
“And where did you go? To some magical place where they fixed you?”
“I did rehab.”
“Dominic, we have some of the best doctors in L.A. Everything you did could have been done here.But you left, you left me when I needed you.All I wanted was for you to stay.I hoped you’d stay because we were together.I hoped it would be enough for you, but it wasn’t.I wasn’t enough, just like the past.”
His lips part and shock registers on his face.When tears sting my eyes, I know I don’t have any more strength left in me.
“That’s not true.” He shakes his head.
“It doesn’t matter.”
“It does.”
I try to turn away but one strong hand clamps around my arm holding me in place.He catches my face with the other.The caress of his fingers over my cheek whispers memories of his touch making me crave what we were, and what we could have been.
I can’t seem to break away from his riveting stare, or the sexual magnetism that charges the air with passion I’ve only ever felt with him.The memory of the feeling makes my lungs squeeze in anticipation, my body eager for more.
The energy that passes between us grows into something hot, carnal,... raw.It compels me to move to him too when he lowers to my lips.
His full soft lips brush over mine and like that first kiss we shared it feels like he’s tasting me from the way he lingers there, motionless.It’s the opposite for me. The wild crackle of desire ignites my soul, awakening everything I ever felt for him.
It takes seconds for all those emotions to combust into a craving so ravenous it weakens me.So, when he slips his hand behind my head and deepens the kiss I already know there’s nothing I can do besides kiss him back.His tongue sweeps over mine and the wild but sweet thrill of kissing him makes my body bow to the sensation.I can’t help but melt into the granite walls of his chest when he pulls me flush against him, closing the space between us.The hardness of his body against my curves sends a thrill of electricity through me.Arousal claws through my body with the same vicious force making my traitorous pussy clench with desperation for this man to be inside me.
His fingers run through my hair, while mine tug at his shirt and run up the peaks of muscle lining his abs.Something greedy then takes over, turning greed to hunger and he shoves me up against the wall.He takes hold of my waist to push my dress to my hips.
In that moment I hear something in the background of reality, but I can’t quite identify the sound.Then a voice makes us jump apart.
“That should be fixed now,” the voice from the intercom says and the elevator doors ding open.
A flush of heat races across my skin and I look at Dominic not quite knowing what to say or do.We were just kissing.