Ch. 61

CHAPTER SIXTY-ONE:

~Avery:

I’m not sure what I expected to happen when I finally faced him but it wasn’t this. But my heart broke when he explained what he’d seen and I realized what an idiot I was being. I felt like a child. I hadn’t given him any time to explain why he’d left, why he’d done what he’d done. But I understood now, better than ever. It was like something clicked in me, in us. Somehow I felt everything through this kiss, like I understood the universe.

I thought running from this was noble. I thought being together was risky. And it probably was risky. But I was making it worse by running away. I knew in my heart we belonged together. Something shifted in me then. I finally understood. It was like finally understanding a complex math problem, or like finally finding that tiny typo in your coding.

I moaned into Drake’s mouth as the electricity from our touch built in me. He held me tight to him before laying me gently in the grass. He seemed to be gentle and demanding al