Chapter 22
I knew he wasn’t saying what I thought he was, but it was nice to pretend for a second that he didn’t want to leave me. Wanted to spend the night. Wanted to stay buried inside me with his body on top of mine.
Ethan moved to the side and curled his body around mine. He kissed my shoulder then brought my fingers up to his lips.
“I’m sorry I freaked out on you earlier.”
I shook my head. “I told you it was fine.”
He kissed my shoulder again, then my ear. “When I was in juvie, not everyone wanted to turn their lives around. A lot of us got picked on, to say the least. Some of the guys I was with were psychopaths. Certifiable. They liked to mess with everyone else. Unfortunately, my roommate was one of them. I’d wake up with him standing over me most nights. At first, he’d just w
