“I love you, Kenzlee,” he snarled. “I love you. I fucking love you, baby.”
The tears started flowing as Talon kept emptying himself inside me, and I wasn’t entirely sure where they were coming from. I told myself I was just feeling overwhelmed, but a deeper part of me was certain it was because I got my wish.
I was tied to this boy in a way I was probably not prepared to be. I was out of my depth here and I didn’t care. I meant what I said. Talon had me. He hadallof me. He had all my parts; broken, new, old, and the irreparable ones.
We didn’t collapse on the bed until he started to soften and then he hauled me onto his chest, covering us with the bedsheet, which I thought was odd. I didn’t think guys cared about modesty like that, but I didn’t question it.
It felt…perfect.
If felt perfect, and I didn’t question when my body started to relax, and my eyes started to droop.
I didn’t question anything.
Chapter 17
The peace that frightens us.
Kenzlee~
“Baby?”
There’s a baby here?
I snuggled deeper into the blankets on the bed willing my mind to go back to sleep, but it started to wonder what a baby was doing in my room.
I heard, “Baby, it’s past four,” before hearing a chuckled, “I mean, I don’t care if you stay, but your uncle might start to worry about you.”
Uncle?
Oh, shit!
I sat up and almost knocked Talon in the head. “Holy crap! What time is it?” I looked around not caring what I looked like or that I was still naked underneath the covers.
Talon straightened and smiled down at me. “It’s past four,” I repeated. “Your phone was buzzing with text messages, and I…uh, saw that it was Alexandria, so I texted her back letting her know you were asleep.” I was surprised he looked a little bashful as he explained all this. It was almost as if he cared that I might get upset because he took liberties with my phone.
I held the sheet up to my chest with one hand while I reached for my phone with the other. Talon must have placed it on the nightstand after he texted Alex back. I scrolled through the messages and mumbled, “It’s okay. She covered for me.” I looked up at Talon. “If you can get me home, right now, I can…it’ll be fine.”
Talon cocked his head at me. “You can’t just tell your uncle you were at your boyfriend’s house?”
My boyfriend.
“I…I supposed I can. I mean-”
“Talon!” came a female voice from somewhere in the house. “Talon, are you home?”
That wasnotEdie.
My eyes widened. “Oh, shit!” I jumped out of bed not caring about my lack of clothing and drove for them like an Olympic diver. “Is the door locked?” I yelped.
“Kenz-”
“Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Oh, my God,” I ranted. “Please tell me that’s not your mother, Talon.”
“I don’t like to lie, Kenzlee,” he said, and I could swear that was laughter I was hearing in his voice.The bastard.
I threw on my clothes faster than I ever thought possible. I knew I looked like a wrinkled used mess, but I didn’t care. The objective here was clothes.
I had clothes on.
