Chapter 8
Tony
I can’t even think about it. I can’t even think about someone r****g Pepper or I will turn green and rip apart the room. And it must’ve been someone she knows, otherwise she wouldn’t have blocked it out.
It takes all my effort to keep from hounding her about it. She needs me to put her back together, not tear things apart.
Too bad tearing things apart is all I’m good at.
I let her stay glued to me for as long as she wants. Eventually, she peels her body off mine and walks to the bathroom. When I hear the shower running, I follow her in. Water droplets run over her pale skin, caressing her youthful body. She stares up at me, eyes wide. There’s no barriers between us now. We face each other soul to soul. I pick up the bar of soap and run it between my hands while she wait
