His Desire
“Because of your job. It’s dangerous, I get it.”
He steps toward me, closing the gap he seemed so interested in maintaining. I sit perfectly still, frightened I’m going to frighten him away accidentally.
“The only person I have any desire to be with is you. And I can’t have that,” he murmurs.
The pure intensity of the truth takes me aback. He looks tempted to grab me and take me away from this life, so we can be together elsewhere, where neither of us have any obligations.
I even feel tempted to take that offer.
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