#Chapter 325 – Finally. Finally.

I cry out as I’m pulled backwards – surprised more than hurt and suddenly I’m pressed against

him in the pouring rain. Roger holds me tight, one hand around my upper arm, the other wrapped

firmly around me, pressing my body to his

And the feel of him, of his skin hot against my own – my towel is gone, I have no idea where — I

cry harder at the feel of him and rest my forehead against his chest, because I know I can’t have it

– I can’t-

“Cora!” Roger shouts, above the wind and the rain. “What – Cora! What the hell are you doing?!”

“I can’t!” I sob. “I can’t do this, Roger! I can’t be with you like this, not if you’ll….you’ll never love

me! I can’t have you in half measures!” I look up at him then, into his face, realizing the truth of it

in that moment. “I can’t do this if you can’t take me for who I am! Human! Broken! Complicated,

difficult! Confused, and jealous, and mad pretty much all the time! If you can’t take me like that,” I

shout, begging now, “then let me go, Roger! Because I can’t –”

I glance back in the direction of the hotel, my sobbing breaths tearing at my lungs, “I can’t have

half of you. I can’t have – just…. lust. It will kill me! It will break my heart, and I’ll never survive it!”

With the last words I pound my free hand against his chest, my palm slapping wet against his

skin.

Roger stares down at me as I confess everything to him- my whole heart – listening to every

when the words stop pouring from my mouth and all

arms around me, giving me an angry little

jaw and I can tell that he’s mad

glaring down at me. “You’re my fucking

in his arms, the gesture not

“All I’ve ever wanted is all of you – my whole life, I’ve been

  1. he continues, his voice breaking,

was no denying that all I want

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kisses me, his mouth hard on mine, and my body reacts

him. My arms are around his neck, pulling him closer to

every piece of me –

to the universe.

lightening cracking above us, the rain pouring around us as

me fervently too him and ravages my mouth with his kisses me like the world is

us, which it very well might be. The

But Roger is adamant against it and something

a fool to run from this. That we can face this

whichever ones comes next.

on his face when Roger pulls away from me. “Come on,” he growls, his

cracks again as he turns back towards the safety of

his head at me, frustrated, and mutters

ignoring his insult, tucking my head against his shoulder

the motel. Barely above the sound of the storm, I

with every step, something about insane women who run naked into

met

smiling, laughing a little and

Roger is about to find out precisely how crazy I can really

to our motel room is hanging open, blowing in the wind,

pouring through it as he strides through

moves steadily towards the bed. When we get there

little angry and not

it, but I laugh again – laugh, a little recklessly, as I bounce

he’s

both so mad at ourselves and I want to tear him

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