Willow.
His voice was barely there like a secret trapped in the space between us but I heard it loud and clear.
“I haven’t been able to stop thinking about that night.” My heart just about stopped.
I didn’t move and I didn’t breathe. My head was spinning so fast it was a miracle I stayed upright. And still, I didn’t know what to say. I didn’t even know what I wanted to say. Because the truth was lodged somewhere deep in my throat aching to come out but too heavy to speak.
Damon’s lips hovered just over my skin like he was waiting for a sign. Some kind of permission or some kind of reason not to pull me under again. And then his voice, low and rough like he was choking on it cut through the silence.
“I told myself it was a mistake. That I shouldn’t have touched you. That it was one ti
