Chapter 212

Lisa wondered what had happened in his past to give him this aversion. It wasn’t normal. Every human being on the planet craved touch, even the most introverted of people needed to be touched occasionally. She’d read studies on babies who were born premature and were separated from their parents while they grew strong enough to survive outside of a humidicrib. Those who were touched often had the best prognosis and thrived, whereas those who weren’t took longer. DomMPF: I’ve scared you off, haven’t I? NewGRL549: No. I was just thinking, wondering really. Your aversion to touch had to originate somewhere. Dom MPF: Yes, it did, but I’m not prepared to talk about it. This was a crossroads. She could end this relationship now or she could choose to trust him even if he wouldn’t tell her why he was the way he was. She had her own secrets, ones that she wasn’t ready to share with him and it would be a little hypocritical of her to expect him to lay himself bare before her if she wasn’t willi