CHAPTER 41
SOMETHING INSIDE ME broke. No, not something. My heart, or what was left of it. Pieces pierced every atom in me as it shattered into a thousand tiny pieces. I closed my eyes again. They say the eyes are the window to a person’s soul, and I didn’t want Nick to know mine was bleeding.
So I didn’t see him move. Or hear him. I only felt his lips on mine, gently caressing as his tongue coaxed my mouth open. When I allowed him in, he kissed me deeply with the sweetness of a fresh apple pie. Delicious, moreish, and if you tried hard enough, you could almost believe it was good for you.
I almost didn’t want to open my eyes, but I had to. I needed to look at him. When I did, he pulled back.
“Baby, if you want me to leave, tell me now and I’ll go. But if I stay, I’m not stopping for a
