Accidental Surrogate

Chapter 325: Finally. Finally

I cry out as I’m pulled backwards – surprised more than hurt and suddenly I’m pressed against

him in the pouring rain. Roger holds me tight, one hand around my upper arm, the other wrapped

firmly around me, pressing my body to his

And the feel of him, of his skin hot against my own – my towel is gone, I have no idea where — I

cry harder at the feel of him and rest my forehead against his chest, because I know I can’t have it

– I can’t-

“Cora!” Roger shouts, above the wind and the rain. “What – Cora! What the hell are you doing?!”

“I can’t!” I sob. “I can’t do this, Roger! I can’t be with you like this, not if you’ll….you’ll never love

me! I can’t have you in half measures!” I look up at him then, into his face, realizing the truth of it

in that moment. “I can’t do this if you can’t take me for who I am! Human! Broken! Complicated,

difficult! Confused, and jealous, and mad pretty much all the time! If you can’t take me like that,” I

shout, begging now, “then let me go, Roger! Because I can’t –”

I glance back in the direction of the hotel, my sobbing breaths tearing at my lungs, “I can’t have

half of you. I can’t have – just…. lust. It will kill me! It will break my heart, and I’ll never survive it!”

With the last words I pound my free hand against his chest, my palm slapping wet against his

skin.

Roger stares down at me as I confess everything to him- my whole heart – listening to every

word. And then, when I’m done, when the words stop pouring from my mouth and all that’s left is

my panting breath, he tightens his arms around me, giving me an angry little shake. He clenches

that he’s mad

it, Cora,” Roger growls, glaring down at me. “You’re

his arms, the gesture not at all

ever wanted is all of you –

  1. it. And I was an idiot” he continues, his voice breaking, “I hesitated, and I’ll regret it until the day I

I want – all I’ll

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mine, and my body reacts instantly, my back arching

My arms are around his neck, pulling him closer

open to him as every piece of me – every molecule –

screams to the universe. And god damn it, if I can have him

responds, lightening cracking above us, the rain pouring around us as Roger

mouth with his kisses me like the world

around us, which it very well might be. The water rushes around his

is adamant against it and something fierce within me sings that

fool to

ones comes

Roger pulls away from

as he turns

you inside. Now.” Then he shakes his head at me, frustrated,

my head against his shoulder and breathing

Barely above the sound of the storm, I

something about insane women who run naked into storms and

have known better, because he’s met my sister, and madness

laughing a little and wrapping my

Because Roger is about to find out precisely

blowing in the wind,

strides through the entrance, kicking the door

steadily towards the bed. When we get there he throws

against the mattress, a little angry and not

it, but I laugh again – laugh, a little recklessly, as

he’s so fucking mad at me, and me at him, and

ourselves and I want to tear him to pieces,

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