Chapter 231

Chapter 231

Devante

My heart pounds as I head back to my bedroom. After the past few days, seeing her so vulnerable and with her guard down, I'm more attracted to her than I've been since I saw her for the first time at the coffee shop.

Protective.

It's something I almost didn't recognize any longer. An emotion I haven't let lodge itself in my chest since Trina. I'd given her every part of me, and we'd sparked fast. We'd burned, hot and heavy, until we'd erupted into a flame that smothered itself, and took everything in its wake right along with it. This isn't what I want with Eden, but I'm terrified.

Afraid to put myself out there again, but at the same time, afraid that if I don't I'll lose what could be that once-in-a-lifetime thing all the men and women around me talk about. I've taken responsibility for her in this moment, and I know I'll have a responsibility to her in the future. She's buried herself deep beneath my skin, and I'm not going to be able to give her up easily; ev