Unbroken

He raised his hand out for me, and I took it into my own. He squeezed it once, and then twice, and my heart hiccupped in return as I did the same.

Still, I didn’t step out.

I didn’t want to be away from him.

“Skye,” he softly urged.

“I just can’t…” My voice broke. “I miss you is all.”

He let out a few breaths. “Maybe…Maybe you can come stay with me—”

“Leo won’t allow it.”

His voice roughened as he retorted, “Leo isn’t the boss of you.”

“I know…I know…”

He waited patiently for me to collect myself. I kissed his hand and squeezed it, and then I finally opened the car door and stepped out. He waited for me to disappear inside the building before he drove off. I felt a horrible ache in my chest from being apart from him so suddenly.

The ride up the elevator was quick. I was a sodden mess when I stepped into the dim entryway of Leo’s apartment. My pussy throbbed from sex, my emotions wrung dry—

“Shane got into an accident.”