Chapter Eighty Two

SIENNA

I was almost tempted to yell at him to stop playing with my emotions that way. I was almost tempted to tell him to go back and not bother coming back here because the more I stayed around him, the more I would melt and I didn't want to. Fear and desire suffocated me to the extent that I was finding it difficult to breathe at that moment.

“And who's going to keep you safe?” I asked, sounding more breathless than I would have liked.

For a moment it seemed like he was at a loss for an answer as he leaned forward and tenderly tucked a stray strand of hair behind my ear. I didn't know how to function properly. Not with the way he was looking at me. He was looking at me just like I was the very center of his existence. I closed my eyes and sighed as I was beginning to feel overwhelmed.

“How do you feel now?” he asked and I guess I should be relieved that he was now centered on another different topic almost entirely but with Sylvester, I was beyond convinced that there was always