Chapter 16

Remy

I'd be lying if I said this didn't seem like a game changer. I never thought this woman would give me a shot again, would ever be able to look past how badly I hurt her, if I would be able to look past how badly she hurt me. But here we are, fixing to explore one another for the first time in over a year. I feel like a virgin again as I lead her to the bed and have a seat on the edge. I pull her between my legs, and for a few moments, we just are. She puts her arms around my neck, I put mine around her waist. Almost as if it's second nature to both of us, I lean so that my head rests on her chest, she leans so her cheek rests on top of my head. It's the most comfortable I've been, the most relaxed I've felt in a long time. I let the scent of her hair hanging around us take me to another place. I let the feel of her body blanket me, enclose me in a cloak where it's just the two of us.

Our bodies have a mind of their own, though. Without a conscious thought of doing so, I lift m