My back is against the wall, my legs wrapped tight around his waist as he pumps wildly inside me. I have never had him be this out of control, he thrusts with a dizzying kind of hunger. Leaving me grasping on to illusions, fairy lights exploding behind my eyes as I try to hold on. But my grasp on reality slips regardless. I can't keep up. We are both moaning loudly, not a single care in the world. And I love it. I love who I become when I am with him. And I like who he becomes when he is with me. It has been almost three months of knowing him, I can totally see the difference. Claire is not wrong in believing he gives me special treatment. He does. And he doesn't even care to be subtle about it. As reckless as that is, I love it too. It feels good to be treated specially for once. It feels very nice. I can't even be modest about it. "You remember now?" Zane grunts against my lips, his hips working tirelessly as he thrusts into me, he switches the angle but never the tempo, I feel

Zane Orion POV::By the time Alex tells me about Daisy asking her if we were dating, I had heard enough. My blood boiled with barely contained rage. Daisy was sending a message to me. But she has crossed the fucking line. Messing with Alex like that. Alex puts on a brave face talking about how surprised she was to see her at her door, but I can tell she was very shaken. Every single new detail that she adds only makes me angrier. On the surface, Daisy's visit could have come off as innocent, but I know her, nothing is ever as it seems with Daisy. I don't want to alarm Alex by asking her if she can move out of her dorm room and stay off campus so Daisy can't trace her location, but it is something I feel very strongly about. I suddenly feel very anxious about Alex moving around on campus. Daisy is at the teaching hospital but she has shown that the distance is not an issue. "So, I didn't know what to think and believed I should tell you first." Alex says, she straightens her back so

"Alex," Maggie moves fast ahead so she is facing me, and she walks backward, "Give me the full story. I literally just saved your life, Claire would have torn into you, both figuratively and literally, that bitch is crazy. I think I deserve as much." She says, her eyes narrowed comically at me. "What full story?" I say, doing the worst deflection I could manage. I yawn, Maggie frowns at me. "Don't you dare give me that." Maggie says, she grabs me by the shoulders and shake. I just laugh. I am deliriously tired that my dread at the possibility of Claire seeing us kiss, or how dangerous my recklessness was, diminishes. I will freak out about this later. I just need to lay down now. My body is still reliving my explosive orgasm. "Okay. I will tell you, though I have to warn you, there isn't much to it anyway." I say as we walk around the bend that brings my hall of residence to view. Maggie's dorm is down the road. A few blocks after mine. "Fuck that. That is what you always say. Wh

"Okay. Sorry." I say, suddenly tired. I feel defeated. I am nineteen, I can't continue throwing tantrums at my mom for doing her best for us when she also had her life turned upside down when she lost her life partner. I don't know if she dated after dad. I don't even know if she has anyone in her life now. I feel ashamed that I know really little about her. "That is okay. I just want to know you are doing okay. You are so far away from home, I think of you always. You know I hate travelling, but I agreed to come for this seminar because I knew I could come see you. No matter how briefly." Mom says, her voice unnaturally soft. I look up at her, her face is a mask but I can see her stern eyes are gentle and her stare is not as intense as I am used to."I am doing fine." I say and avert my eyes so she couldn't read the truth. I am doing fine because of my new relationship with Zane but I am also doing dreadfully, because of him. I have Daisy to worry about. Claire also. And then mayb

"Daddy!" Luna shrieks, running into my arms as soon as she sees me standing in the den. I pick her up and hold her tight, breathing in the sweet warm coconut of her hair. "My princess." I say, pressing a kiss to her temple. She giggles, hugging me tight around the neck. My heart melts. Most of my nervous energy dissipates for a moment, then Daisy walks in and I feel an odd sense of foreboding at the perfectly neutral look on her face. "Hi." She says cordially. "Hi, how was the drive?" I reply. Keeping things neutral. It is a rule we have. Never to fight or argue heatedly in front of Luna. This is most important to me. I already feel like a failure about the divorce and having to raise her in two homes. It is of the utmost importance to me that she never witnesses us coming for eachother. I grew up with two people who couldn't stand each other and I would rather die than let my own child go through the same thing. I was willing to put up with the failing marriage as best as I could