The Carrero Effect - Falling for the Boss (Billionaire CEO)

Chapter 201

“Can we go to bed?” I whisper. I’m still so exhausted,

I want to stop thinking, just for one moment and forget

any of this, forget everything but what he feels like. I’m

not ready to be free of his arms around me giving me

much-needed serenity. I sniff back the last of my tears and lift my chin to him.

“Together? Same bed?” He’s wary and being gentle. He doesn’t want to presume anything, so I nod and bring my eyes to his in the dim light.

“Don’t do anything more than hold me … I can’t … I just can’t do anything more than that, I don’t even know if we can even do this.”

Even though I know I need this.

I close my eyes and rest against him, trying to calm all the inner protests and voices telling me how pathetic and weak I am.

“We’ll take it every hour at a time, adjust to what you need. Just being with you is enough, neonata, it’s always enough.” He slides up and scoops me into his arms like a child, letting the throw slide from us to the floor almost gracefully.

bedroom and lies me down gently on the bed before moving back to give me space. Then he turns his back, so I

with him, makes my heart lift a little, that empty hopelessness moving away just enough to let me breathe. When he hears me sliding into the sheets, he pulls off his clothes too, keeping only his boxers on and he slips in beside me. He waits hesitantly

his embrace but is quietened by my emotions building inside. I can’t bear to do

she needs this for herself. She needs a break from the pain and he’s the only one who’s capable of giving it

about what I’m doing, in the way we have done a million times before. His deep steady breathing calms me completely, the thoughts, aches, and pains,

girl. Mommy’s little

nothing

* * *

a satisfied cat in the silky comfortable bed, my mind taking moments to come to terms with where I am. Fully

but he’s sound asleep. I take a minute to evaluate how I feel about

the place? Check. Still not further forward in how I feel about him.

stand under the massaging jets of water and think of nothing. I don’t regret being here or sharing a bed with him, my heart needs it and I meant it when I said I wanted to come home. This is where I belong, and Sarah is right; the only way I can begin to forgive him is by being here, surrounded by him and taking everything a day at a time. I don’t know when things will feel better for me, but I love him, and I can’t bear for it to be the end.

has made up my mind to give him

me knew from drunk dialing him that I wasn’t ready to end things. I wasn’t ready to live a Jake-less life, but it doesn’t mean I can’t walk away. I need to see how this goes; see

I can’t

strewn messily, but the smell of coffee and food is wafting through the walls. I pull my robe tighter and rub my hair with the towel, then leave it down to air dry;

holding her breath, just waiting to see how things develop. For once I’m glad of the lack of constant emotional torture, and this new relative

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