Lover by Design
I sat back on his thighs, far enough to see his face in the city light.
“Fine,” I said. “You want the want. Here it is. Before you touch me again, and you are going to touch me again, I want one true answer. No metering. No ‘operationally relevant.’ One question, one truth, and then we stop pretending the first time didn’t happen.”
“Ask.”
My heart was loud enough that I was sure he could feel it through his own ribs.
“At The Veil,” I said. “The mask. The dark. Before you’d ever touched me. Did you know who I was?”
For once, Michael didn’t choose his word like it cost money.
“Yes.”