Chapter 42

Scarlet POV

I moved myself so I was straddling him. This is it, it is time to let go of my fears and put myself out there. I am ready to be loved and treated like I should. I stopped kissing him and pulled away. “I am ready to get burned,” I said for the second time.

He looked at me, studying me. “Are you sure? There is no going back. Once I am in you, you are mine and you don’t get to change your mind.”

I stood up and grabbed his hand to stand up with me. Without saying a word, I lead him down a path that leads right to my house. The woods were quiet with a blanket of snow. It had started snowing large flakes as we walked to the cabin, leaving our hair with a white coat on it.

Neither one of us said a word as we approached my house. It was pitch black, just like we left it. Finding the spare key under a rock in the garden, I was able to unlock the house and we went inside. Just as the door closed, Jaxson flipped me around and pinned me against the door. His body was pressed aga