CALEB'S POV
“I'm going to show you just how much you affect my very being.”
I meant every word of it. I knew she was trouble the first time I laid eyes on her, she was loud and defiant and strong as hell. I'd already fallen for her before I even realized it, not that I would ever admit that out loud. I knew she would ruin me. And I let her. Hell, I wanted her to.
Now, here she was again, standing in front of me like she wasn’t leaving in two days. Like she didn’t just witness me become the beast I try so damn hard to suppress. She saw everything… and yet, she still looked at me like I was worth something.
Not a monster. Not broken beyond repair. Just… me.
God, I wanted to live in this lie. Just for tonight.
I knelt down, bringing our faces level, and kissed her like the air depended
