Dante

A breath caught in my throat at the desire in her eyes. The subtle way her chest heaved and she elongated her throat to stare up at me. Her pupils were expanding as I took one final, careful step toward her to not scare her away.

But something told me that I couldn’t scare her away if I tried.

I’d never shared anything about my past with any of the women I’d been with. It was always a secret thing that I carried close to me, afraid to have the ...