Forbidden Pleasure
60 Days With My Stepfather’s Brother 14
The Reconciliation
The next morning, I felt completely drained. I had barely slept a single wink the entire night.
Every time I closed my heavy eyes, I kept replaying Leah’s cruel, poisonous words over and over again, mixed together with the broken, hurt look on Michael’s handsome face when I had begged him for space. By ten o'clock in the morning, the massive house felt entirely too quiet, cold, and heavy. I was sitting completely still on the large living room couch, wrapped tightly in a thick blanket, staring blankly at the dark television screen. I wasn't actually watching anything; I was just drowning in my own deep thoughts when I suddenly heard heavy, familiar footsteps walking down the hallway.
Michael appeared at the
