Sneak Peek: The Chase (3) (Patreon)

The last sneak peek before the story is out! Woo woo!

“You’re more than just a body to me, $name. Though I wish you weren’t,” he drifts closer, inhaling deeply, “it would make all of this so much easier. But you stopped being just a body a long time ago. I’d trade everything I am and have just to be the receiver of even a fraction of your admiration.”

I allow him to wrap his arms around me and pull me in closer. While he does that, I intertwine my fingers behind his head and rest my arms on his shoulder.

“I adore you. You have to know that by now.”

He shrugs and glances away, “if I don’t feel like I deserve it, then does it matter?”

I rest my forehead against his, shifting only slightly so that he can angle his head to look at me again. “It doesn’t matter what you think you deserve, especially when it’s my choice.”

He pauses before finally saying, “then know that I will never stop trying to deserve it.” Though I don’t think it possible, I push myself closer into his hold, wanting to be surrounded by his essence and nothing more. For that moment, it was just us. The drudes outside the house weren’t a problem, and our team was somewhere safe but far away. The night was young, and the confessions had only begun.

We stood in each other’s arms, only shifting when one of us wished to run our hands along the body or through the hair of the other.