Kai let me win.
Because she can’t face the truth. She wishes every word out of my mouth was a lie.
She hates that I care that another man hurt her.
She hates that I’ve claimed her forever.
And she hates, most of all, that I know something she doesn’t. That six years have passed instead of three. That the reason time seemed to move so slowly over the years was because it was standing still for her.
My choice was easy, even if she hadn’t thrown the game. I know her well enough to know even though she needs to sleep on the floor, she yearns to find comfort in the soft cloud of fabric covering the bed. Even though she’s afraid of my touch, her body begs to feel that exquisite warmth she remembers from our first encounter all those years ago.
Six years ago.
And I saw the way her b
