Lahat ng Kabanata ng My Shadow Mate: Kabanata 131 - Kabanata 140

I hesitate.“Is that a good idea?”“I don’t bite, River, and we won’t do anything, besides take a bath…at least, that’s the plan.”“That’s not very reassuring, Rome.”“It wasn’t supposed to be. Strip.” He faces me halfway while he talks.“At least, turn around,” I say, my cheeks flaming from…embarra

‘Oh no, Little River, keep them open.” He takes his hand away and uses it to put my legs on the outside of his thigh, so that as long as his legs are spread, so are mine.“Now I need you to try to be really quiet, baby. Can you do that?”“Mmhmm,” I hum. No promises, though.“That’s a good girl.” His

“Why not give it to Penelope?” she scoffs.“With her fashion sense? Please, she wouldn’t be caught dead wearing it, either.” We laugh at that, because she’s right. I sit beside her on the bed and look at her. She’s so beautiful, and so pure, and…there’s a lot more going on than I’d like to admit.“H

“I don’t get it, what…”“No, listen. I can’t stay here, I need to leave. I hurt her…”“What…!”“Richfield, listen to me!” he pushes his anger down and listens.“I hurt her, that’s the only way I could leave without her bond taking over. My absence is going to hurt her more, but it is for the best. I

It's not something that happened after I'd grown up, like one time my dad hit me and apologized, and my mom hit me accidentally and apologized...no, it didn't happen like that. I was born into it. It's all I ever knew. Dad hits mom and hits me, mom takes hits from dad and gives me my share of it. I