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

done, when the words stop pouring from my mouth and all that’s

breath, he tightens his arms around me, giving me

I can tell that he’s mad – but I

Roger growls, glaring down at me. “You’re my

sweeps me up in his arms, the gesture not at all

wanted is all of you – my whole life, I’ve been

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

that all I want – all I’ll ever want is this –”

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hard on mine, and my body reacts instantly,

pressing myself harder against him. My arms are around his

mouth open to him as every piece of

me screams to the universe. And

responds, lightening cracking above us,

mouth with his kisses

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

adamant against it and something fierce within

fool to run from this. That we can face

whichever ones comes next.

hand is on his face when Roger pulls away from me. “Come on,”

Thunder cracks again as he turns back towards the safety of the motel.

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

my head against his shoulder and breathing hard as

me back to the motel. Barely above the sound of the storm, I hear

something about insane women who run

he should have known better, because he’s met

smiling, laughing a little and wrapping my arms

neck. Because Roger is about to find out precisely how crazy I can

hanging open,

it as he strides through

steadily towards the bed. When we

little angry and

but I laugh again – laugh, a

motel bed. Laugh, because he’s so fucking mad at me,

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