Chapter 274

He rested his cheek against her mound and breathed her in, the woman he loved, who loved him in return, and he knew he could tell her everything about his past and she wouldn’t run screaming from him. He knew at that moment that he could trust her with that dark part of himself that he kept locked away from the rest of the world. He knew he could trust her with the little boy he had been, the one whose world had become a horror story, and that she would take care of him. That there was the crux of the relationship, the exchange of trust, of knowing that the other person would care for you as much as you cared for them. At that moment, he let go and took a leap of faith, confident that she would catch him. He lifted his head and looked up the length of her body, seeing his bonds and her compliance, and the time for deep thought was over. His body flushed with heat and he took a deep breath, breathing in her musky scent, the essence of his sweet Lisa, and gave himself over to the sensati