#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

words stop pouring from

around me, giving me an angry little shake. He

and I can tell that he’s mad – but I have

Roger growls, glaring down at me. “You’re my fucking

he sweeps me up in his arms, the gesture

ever wanted is all of you

  1. an idiot” he continues, his voice breaking, “I hesitated, and I’ll regret it until

because there was no denying that all I want –

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

pressing myself harder against him. My arms are around

every piece of

Mine, something in me screams to the universe. And god

universe responds, lightening cracking above us, the rain pouring around us

my mouth with his kisses me

us, which it very well might be. The

But Roger is adamant against

fool to run from this. That we can face this

whichever ones comes next.

pulls away from me. “Come on,” he

Thunder cracks again as he turns back towards the safety of

Then he shakes his head at

head against his shoulder and breathing hard

carry me back to the motel. Barely above the sound

every step, something about insane

he should have known better, because he’s met my sister,

myself smiling, laughing a little and wrapping my

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

open, blowing

as he strides through the entrance, kicking the

it as he moves steadily towards the bed. When we

angry and not bothering

laugh, a little

worn out motel bed. Laugh, because he’s so fucking mad at me, and

mad at ourselves and I want to tear him to pieces, and I know he wants to

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