Another side of her
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room. The single bedside lamp at my side of the bed bathed the room in muted go
cute she was and I was sure she'd st
beside her. I had no plans of mauling her, not now at least and not without her permiss
ing the room into darkness.
dnight." She
waist and tugged her into my body. She yelped a
to sle
ered. "I-
e as stiff as a board." And why wouldn't she be? Cathleen wasn't one for cuddling and neither was I. It had always seemed like one of those too cliche things people did. I
ns when I'm manhan
e dark. "I like m
scof
silence only interrupted by th
leeping?"
. W
ed." She
ess into her hip. "What do you wanna
e you perv." She said and I could practica
was- unexpected.
ouldn't be able to see anything. "You're not sure?
who had a cat. It used to act like a saint when she was looking then try to claw me to ribbons when h
ust before there was a brief st
en you're in bed with your fiancee. Don't th
pped classes to go out
ughed. "Are you thin
nd love and I've never been in a place where I had enough free ti
. They didn't even need to teach this in guy code class to know I had just stepped on a land mine and I was ab
the life I didn't have. I know it seems silly, but for me, if all my hours were occupied, I didn't have time to think of anyth
you rather
But job security is independence for me, and being independent means I d
have envisioned her sounding. Not even in a million
morlessly. "You
at you work your ass off. You've achieved what many people can only ever dream of achieving and if you decide to sp
" Her voice
rong thing. I wanted to tear my hair out of it's roots. When it cam
C
ight,
e or even putting them at ease. My job demanded me to be ruthless and cold. I watched companies that people had put in sweat and blood to build up crash and burn
man, Sinclair."
nto the night, replaying her last words in my head and basking in the fit of her body ag
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