THIRTY-EIGHT
A WEEK WENT BY WITH Daire on her floor at night and training all day. They didn’t talk in the night anymore. Tess could almost feel him inside her when she closed her eyes and breathed in his proximity. Several times she’d thought about slithering onto the floor and pressing herself against him. Her hands could wander, her lips might seek his, and then… It wasn’t fair to think like that. Her promise not to put him in that position was honest. She couldn’t compromise him. Wouldn’t.
Except living in the same room meant sharing the same space again, just like in the Beast. Sure, there was more of it between the bedroom, closet, and bathroom, but that didn’t stop their scents mingling in their joint territory. It felt like theirs… like they were something together.
Daire felt i
