Chapter 46

After what we just shared, I knew I should try to explain to him about my hesitation to get close to anyone, my flight mode that seemed to overcome me, every time something bad in life would happen to me. How hard it was for me to let anyone in, even though I had already let him into my heart without knowing it. I just couldn’t point out when he had weaseled his way into my heart exactly. But right now, I already felt as if we had come to a point where in some sick way, I would only end up hurt in the end.

Because that was the way my life had always gone up until now. I loved someone, and somewhere down the line, the person I loved left me, lied to me, or eventually did both.

“You tire me out, Gorgeous,” Adam told me, leaning in to kiss me on the forehead. His lips might have just kissed me out of affection, but right now, his lips felt more like a brand on my skin. As if somehow, I was now truly his. I softly ran my fingers over his che