Page 45 of Of Flesh & Bone

Feeling on the edge of sanity, I remind him, "I was gone less than a day...I was hurt and angry."

He jerks back to look at my face, making no attempt to mask the fury on his."Are you saying you were going to come back?No.You weren't.You can be mad.You can be hurt.You can be whatever you want to be here with me.What you cannot do, what you will never do again, is take you away from me."

"I love you."I can't hold the words back.He's threatening me.This is inexcusable.He's behaving like he owns me and that I have no say in the matter, but somehow, all I can think isno one will ever love me as much as this man does.

"What else?"

"I...what do you mean?"

His gaze is piercing, and he seems angered to have to explain himself to me.

"I don't just love you, Eve.You are not a want for me.I need you.I refuse to be without you.You belong to me just like I belong to you.If the roles had been reversed this morning and I had believed you had a boyfriend all this time, I would've killed him and then I would've fucked an apology out of you.No matter what you ever do, I won't be without you."

Well, how's that for crazy?There are no words for that declaration.What can I say to that?He poured his heart out.He did it angrily, but he still did it.He basically told me he wouldn't leave me even if I cheated on him.He's so angry and so hurt.I can't imagine how he must have felt when he walked out of this room and realized I had left him.It must have seemed like I did it so easily.

"I'm yours, Adam.All of me.I'll never leave you.I'll always be yours no matter what happens next, and I'll make this up to you, I promise."

His slow smile is breathtaking.This smile is only for me.He never smiles at anyone else like this.In fact, he rarely smiles at all.That day in the gym, when he smiled at his sister, it was genuine but not like this.This smile is euphoric.My words just healed something that I had broken in him.I could easily devote my life to earning more of these smiles.

True to his word, he uses my body and doesn't let me cum.It's literal torture.As soon as he sees that I'm about to climax, he pulls out and coats my stomach and breasts in his release.Now, he has braced himself on one elbow and, so far, has spent several minutes rubbing his cum into my skin.He looks so content that I can't even be upset by the mess he's making of me.His fingers finally begin to slow and he's looking into my eyes.

"Time for a bath."

I look down at myself and nod with an expression of feigned disgust.

The bath is relaxing with Adam gently washing my hair and body.Once again, he has used my favorite bath salts and lit several candles.The scent of Jasmine permeates the warm air while the salts and hot water loosen my tense muscles.Mmmmm.There's no place I'd rather be.

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Adam is moving behind me and I realize I have fallen asleep in the bathtub.He lifts me, wrapping me tenderly in a towel and carrying me to bed.We're finally dry and sufficiently tangled up in one another when Adam begins whispering into my ear.

"In the beginning, God created man.Man was not meant to be alone, so God created from that man, a woman.You are bone of my bones, flesh of my flesh.You are mine, Eve.You have been mine since the beginning of time."

CHAPTER 15

Eve

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