Forbidden Never Felt This Good
"What?"
"I won't." He stepped back, putting distance between us with deliberate care. Ran a hand through his hair, the gesture frustrated and weary. "I don't want everything about us to be based on sex."
I blinked, trying to process the whiplash. "You just said…"
"I know what I said. I meant it. Cristo, you have no idea how much I meant it." His voice was rough, strained. "But that's the problem, Aria. Every time we're alone, every time there's tension, we fall into the same pattern. I touch you, you touch me, and we fuck until we can't think straight. And then we go back to not talking about what any of it means."