Chapter 37

Desdemona

"I did not expect this when you said you were–"

"A hot steamy sex? I didn't expect that either."

He snuggles me closer and kisses my hair. "Tell me,"

"Tell you what?"

"Everything I missed. What happened in those five years. Tell me all of it."

My breathing is steady.

Where do I begin with all of this?

I chuckle in a low voice.

"I should be going."

His grip around me tightens. "No babe,you're not going anywhere."

I let myself relax into his touch. Something about not being held in a while makes you quite desperate.

"When I left your place that day," I swallowed hard. "I go back home and find that my mom had used the remaining money to finish up on a certain membership. The other half was spent on designer clothes and bags."

"Crazy."

"Don't comment." I snap.

"Sorry."

"Don't speak."

I feel him nod.

I breathe in deeply and close my eyes.

"Yeah,so…"

His thumb is swirling on my arm. "It's okay if you are not ready."

"No." I laughed nervously as I felt my pits twisting. "Nothing