“No.”
My smile dimmed. “No?”
“You’re trying to distract me with s*x again, and we’re not doing that anymore.”
Well, damn. Wasn’t that what I’d just said? Here he was agreeing like a good little mate.
“Morven is here and you’re on edge. You don’t want to feel vulnerable. I understand, but when I tell you how amazing you are, it is not to make you vulnerable. It’s so that maybe you can finally start to see your true self. I wish I’d done more for you sooner, but I’m here now, and I won’t let you keep hiding from yourself,”
His fingers grazed under my chin, tilting my face toward his. Gentle. Warm. Like I was something precious.
I leaned into the touch, a breath catching in my chest. “Well. If we’re not going to have s*x, then we might as well head back. We can’t hide out here forever.
