His Forbidden Muse
he says.
Ad suddenly I see it, the tension in his jaw, the faint crease between his brows, the way he’s holding my hand. He’s not invincible. He’s just surviving the only way he knows how.
My pulse stutters. I look down at our hands, his thumb now tracing the soft circles over my pulse.
I clear my throat, subtly try to yank my hand, but he doesn’t let me, he tightens his hold and holds his fork with another hand. “As much as I’d like to continue this heart-to-heart,” he says. “and maybe even explore other things…”