23. I'm not lying, princess

Guilt consumes you even in your happiest moments. It’s like that dark cloud that covers the sun and stops its light from reaching you. ~ A. Gupta

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COLE

“Let me go, Cole.” She demanded, trying hard to get out of my hold.

“Never,” I whispered as I pressed my lips against her throbbing pulse and took a deep inhale of her scent. Closing my eyes, I savored the feel of her in my arms and how her soft body pressed against mine. God. What I wouldn’t give to kiss and lick every inch of her. But before I could give into my hunger, I picked her up and walked to the freezer where I sat her down on top of it.

“What do you think you are doing?” She asked, looking at me with distrustful eyes.

It hurt to see that look in her eyes when she had always looked at me like I was the only person who she trusted in the whole wide world. But then again, I did it to us. I was the one responsible for her distrust. I stepped closer and despite her anger her knees parted to make space for me. “C-Cole?”

I cupped