And so we went to bed. Naked as if born of a mother, but not to f**k. We were both tense, unsure about how we fit into each other’s lives. I knew where I wanted her in my life, but she seemed pretty determined about where I might be in hers. s*x was fine, but love obviously wasn’t. How did I manage to find the only woman in the world I needed to make my life bearable, and she believed I shouldn’t love her because she wasn’t worthy?
My heart was f****d on all sides.
I held out my arms to her and hugged her as she indulged, enjoying the way her soft skin blended with mine as our bodies fused. I pulled her into a lying position, covered us with sheets and blankets that smelled of her, and waited ...
She was talking and I was listening. Her heart had been broken a long time ago, and mine wa
