She pushes herself on top and kisses me.
“Do you mean that?” she asks.
I feel embarrassed. Not because it’s not true, but because it is true. I want to spend my time with this woman who drives me completely out of my mind.
A dumb smirk crosses my face. “Do I mean what?”
She creases her eyes and grabs my cheeks, squeezing.
“Don’t do that,” she mutters. “You know what you said.”
Cars whizz by us as she slowly pushes off me, pouncing back into her seat. I smile and keep silent, putting the car in drive.
No sooner than ten minutes, I’m back at my place.
When we’re in my room, she asks me, “Why are you ignoring my questions?”
I fall against the mattress, smiling and kissing her. “Come on!” she yells, throwing a pillow at me. “Don’t act so stupid.”
“Fine,” I say. “I admit it. I love you. Are you happy?”
A big smile forms across her face. Her cheeks turn a light shade of pink.
She nods and jumps onto my body, kissing my cheeks. “You love me? You really love me?” she teases.
“Not if you keep messing with me.”
I flip her onto her back, pushing her wrists down against the mattress.
“There we go. Now you’re under my control,” I say.
“Are you going to tie me up and leave me in your closet for the week?” she asks.
“I was just trying to get you off,” I say. “You’ve got some twisted fantasies in your head, lady.”
“Bullshit,” she says. “You want me as your hostage. You want to do rough, dirty things to me, don’t you?”
“Yes, actually. I do. And I don’t want to stop, for the rest of my life. Is that so wrong?” I ask.
“No,” she whispers. “Because, um… I love you too.”
The way her eyes connect to mine is beautiful. I look at those hazel globes, and they shine right back at me.
I kiss the tops of her eyebrows and feel a new sensation creeping into my chest.
When I breathe the same air she breathes, I feel life entering my lungs.
I’m a new man.
Wow.
I’m a new man, and it feels great.
Madison
I bat my eyes and roll over in my bed.
Wait, a second. This isn’t my bed.