“Why don’t you like me?” she asks so softly I almost miss it.
Her question comes out of left field.
“What?”
“You heard me. Why don’t you like me?”
My hands grip the wheel tighter. “I do like you, Mia. Way more than I should,” I admit quietly.
“Then why do you keep rejecting me?”
She’s on a roll with these questions I don’t want to answer tonight.
“I don’t want to talk about this.”
“I do, Lo. Please?”
I look over and notice the pleading in her eyes, and I know I’m done.
“I’m not rejecting you. I’m saving you.”
“From what?”
“From me,mio piccolo angelo. I’m far from a good man. You’re innocent and pure. You deserve better than me.”
“What if I want you?”
“It can’t happen. I’m sorry, Mia. I wish I could give you your every desire.”
She’s silent for a couple of moments.
“So, you can’t give a relationship. What can you give?”
“Dirty, kinky, press-the-boundaries sex. Such sex will leave you so sore to the point that you can’t walk straight in the morning. Sex others would consider wrong. Sex that’s not fit for an angel such as yourself.”
“Why do you call me angel all the time? I’m not so innocent, you know.”
I pull up to her house and put the car in park before turning to look at her.
“You’re a virgin. Untouched. Pure. Just like the angels in heaven. That’s innocence.”
She thinks on it for a moment, muttering something to herself before turning to meet my eyes. “Can we go back to being friends?”
I let out a long sigh. I know I’m going to regret this, but there isn’t much I can deny this woman. She already owns a part of me I didn’t think I had. A part I will never get back. “Yes. We can.”
“Good.”
She goes to climb out of the car, and I jump out to walk her to the door. Once she has it open, I walk in and search the place before meeting her back at the door.
“Izzy is in her room sleeping. Don’t tell her I spied on her.”
She chuckles. “I can keep a secret.”
I smile. “See you tomorrow,mio piccolo angelo.”
“Good night, Lo. Sweet dreams.”
Only dreams I’ll have tonight will be about you.
