Chapter Nine PRESLEY When Colton leaves, I lean against the door to slow my racing heart. I don’t know what came over me, but I don’t regret it. Being close to his hard, warm body did things to me I didn’t expect. I felt him, all of him, and to know I made him hard as a rock gave me the confidence I needed. With bated breath, I waited for him to make a move, but when he tried, I panicked. The reality of me leaving in a few days hit me like a ton of bricks. As I stand against the cool wood, I try to tell myself rejecting him is for the best. Right? Changing out of the lingerie I wore just to drive him wild, I put on some pajama bottoms and a T-shirt. After I reorganize all the books and clear them off the bed, I decide to take some flat lays with the portable ring light I brought with me