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"Wait!" I say, resisting before alk through the doorway "What’re you doing?"

"Going back to bed, Rook It’s early Way too early to get up and worry about clothes" He tugs me to the bed and sits down "Sleep next to me for a few more hours"

Holy crap What do I say to that? "Uh," is all that conal, which it is, if I’hts I had last night lying here alone, this ht-out plan So he pullsnext to his prone body

"Lie down, come on I won’t bother you, I proive in I’m weak, what can I say? He’s hot, and not just in the looks depart off his body that is calling me It wants to wrap me up and it’s been a while since I had that kind of affection, so I sink into the bed next to hiainst ood This feels better than good actually, this feels perfect He tucks his face down into my hair and takes a deep breath

I s to see if you’re drunk, le a little

"And if I wasn’t so tired, I’d check you for drugs as well Pat you down until I found your hidden stash"

"I’ not to think about that Be good now, or I’ll break my promise and bother you all up Make you all bothered…" His voice trails off, already giving in to the call of sleep

My entire body releases four years of tension and fear And I snuggle against his chest

And fall asleep thinking this is what people mean when they say they are content

Chapter Fourteen - ROOK

When I wake I’ a baseball game, so I know I’m not really alone I s baseball in the living roo here?

Rook, stop it He’s a player, he’s a user, and he’s probably got aout all over this city That’s why he left last night and that’s why he came back so late And then you went and let him sleep in your bed and act like he’s your boyfriend

This has got to stop

I roll off the bed, still clutching my sheet to my body, then pad over to the laundry closet in the hallway

"I already took care of it" Ronin calls out