Just for You - Page 78
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MANIC
I glanced over at Addie.She was a ball under the covers, all the way on the other side of the bed.
It was the first time since we got home from our trip that I hadn’t made her come before we went to sleep, then held her close to me afterward. Every night together, she’d slept wrapped around me. I fucking loved it. Last night, when I got home, she’d already been asleep, and I couldn’t bring myself to wake her.
I’d told her we could take it slow, no pressure, no expectations.
I’d been full of shit.
She was already mine.
Addie knew it too. We’d spent every night together since we got back from Colorado. But if she needed me to lie to her so she could lie to herself until she was ready to take that step, I would. Her wearing my patch sure as fuck wasn’t just about protection, it was about showing everyone that she was mine and I was hers, and deep down, my girl knew that as well. How could she not?
But Addie had lost a lot, and she was skittish. So, for now, I’d give her whatever she needed, tell her whatever she needed to hear to make it easier for her.
I looked over at her again, so far from me. I didn’t like it. Sliding in behind her, I pulled her into my arms so she was pressed against my front.
“Morning, baby,” I said as I kissed her neck, then her shoulder. Her alarm would go off soon, and I wanted some time with my girl before she went to work.
“Hey,” she said but didn’t turn to kiss me like she usually did. She stayed in her little ball.
She was probably still tired. She’d been restless all night, crying out several times. It seemed to be happening more often. I’d held her close each time and she’d calmed, but somehow, she’d wriggled away from me after the last time. “You still sleepy?”
“Mm-hmm.”
She felt kind of rigid in my arms. “You okay?”
“Just tired.”
“Alarm’s going off in twenty, you want me to help wake you up?”
She didn’t answer.
Had she gone back to sleep? I grinned and kissed her neck again. “Roll over and I’ll go down on you, cupcake.” She loved my mouth in her pussy almost as much as I loved eating her out.
She turned to me then, blinking several times. “I’m not really feeling it this morning.” Then she pulled from my arms and got out of bed. “Besides, I need to get an early start. I’ve been relying on Gerald too much lately.”
I frowned. “Addie—”
She walked out of the room.
I lay there, staring after her, my mind spinning.
What the fuck just happened?
I shoved off the covers and followed her.
She was in the shower when I walked in, her back to me. I was already naked, so I pulled the door open and stepped in as well. She didn’t turn to look at me. “What’s going on?”
“I’m fine,” she said, still not looking at me.
I took the shampoo from her hands. “Let me do that.”
“I’d rather do it.”
Her voice was flat. I tried to turn her to face me.
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