Page 67 of The Fire Walker
My fists clenched at my sides. “Afraid of what? That someone could treat you with respect? That someone could have feelings foryou?”
“Look at me,Dee.”
“Ican’t.”
“Look atme.”
I turned my back, running a hand over my face, blood boiling. Goddamn fucking Jessie. She made my blood boil like the fucking lava pits ofHades.
“Look atme.”
I spun on my heel and glared at her with the full force of my anger, but when I saw the tears falling from her eyes, something snapped. I crossed the room in three strides and pushed her back into the wall, then kissed her, devouring, obliterating. My hands were in her hair, then sliding along her waist and underneath her top before cupping her ass, grinding her against me. And she kissed me back just as forcefully, her fingernails biting into my neck, her tongue againstmine.
I tore myself away and took a step back, my split lip stinging, and for ages, the only sound that broke the silence was our laboredbreathing.
“I want you, Dee.” Jessie was the first one to make a move. “All of you. Every part. I don’t want you toleave.”
I looked into her big brown eyes and wondered if I could ever let it go. That feeling ofrejection.
“What do I have to do to make this right?” Her eyes were pleading with me to saysomething.
“What are you afraidof?”
Her eyes widened, and she sank back against thewall.
“Answer me, Jessie,” I said. “That’s the only thing stopping me from walking outta here and not lookingback.”
“You’re with the band…” she whispered. “I don’t mix with thebands.”
“I don’t believeyou.”
“Dee…”
“I could’ve got you fired or worse,” Ibegan.
“But youdidn’t…”
“Because it wasrealforme.”
“And it wasn’t for me?” she yelled, her eyes sparkling with tearsagain.
“You made that clear when youranaway.”
“Youterrifyme, Dee.” Her words cut through me like a knife. “This whole thing terrifies me. The feelings I have for you… Don’t go.Please.”
I stood there frozen to the spot and so fucking confused. I didn’t want to leave, but I wanted to save myself from going through more shit. I wanted to stay and fuck her senseless and tell herthat...
“I quit Galaxy. I quit to come and findyou.”
My gaze snapped up to hers. “What?”
“I quit the label. Georgie wouldn’t let me go, so Iquit.”
I shook myhead.
“I quit my dream to find you. To win you back, don’t yousee?”
She was in love with me. The realization hit me so hard I wasn’t sure I knew how to breathe anymore. So that was what this crazy thingwas.
“Dee?”
Her voice snapped me out of it, and I stepped into her again, covering her mouth with mine, teasing her lips with my tongue. She let out a whimper as my hands cupped her face, fingers tangling in her mousy blondehair.
“I’m staying,” I murmured between kisses, and she sank against me in relief, exhaustion, I didn’t know. All I knew was that I was letting the fire consume me once and forall.
