78|Too Much

~Benny~

My outward display of doubt should have turned Kai off. He should run for the hills.

I barely hold myself together while waiting for him to come back. My ass carved a permanent engraving on the couch as the clock ticked.

My head was a mess. He was gone for an hour and a half, and I was certain he’d never come back, yet I waited. I eyed the door like a hawk waiting for its prey. And when he came back, I felt dread wash over me. He surpassed my expectations, yet I still can’t acknowledge that he remained true to his words.

Like his promise, he came back, and now he’s kissing me as though I was a tall glass of water and he was in dire need of a drink.

In his room, we lay in the dark, facing one another. The fondness in his eyes as he watched me watch him in the dimly lit room was so comforting I was afraid to soak in it.

Sex had always been on top of my things to do with Kai. But this is something else. There was something different about the way he looked at me. Like he’s cont