Submitting To My Stepbrothers novel Chapter 69

Chapter 25

I want to reach out to her and hold her body tightly against mine

while apologizing for making her feel this way. Her eyes are

anxiously searching mine for evidence of my truthfulness.

I need to tell her why I didn’t mention her to Damon. I need her

to know that it wasn’t my intent to make her believe that she’s

nothing more than a meaningless fling.

I move closer to her, and reach out my hand to cup her face,

rubbing my thumb over her soft

and my heart races at the cont. She leans into my touch

She looks up at me, her eyes

flooded with a mix of uncertainty, worry, and desire.

“Abby, I swear to you that you mean so much more to me than

just a temporary fling,” I say to her in a hushed voice. “I want to

be with you and I’m sorry that I lied to my partner.‘

She inhales deeply and I sense her body tensing. She continues

to stare at me, waiting for my explanation.

“I was worried about mentioning you to him,” I continue, and

feel a weight lift from my chest as the words proceed to fall out

of me. “Damon’s son is a good friend of Jason’s. I didn’t want.

him to find out about us that way. I wanted to be the one to tell

Chapter 25

him.”

Her eyes widen and her expression softens a little. “Oh, I understand,” she responds meekly. What little doubt she had

about me is being slowly washed away as she realizes my

concern.

I take her hand in mine and bring it to my lips, placing a gentle

kiss on her knuckles. She shivers at my touch, her body starting

to relax. I can see the internal struggle within her; the fear of me

becoming bored of her and discarding her once I’m done

combined with the crazed lust that both her heart and mind feel

for me.

“I would never do anything to hurt you, Abby,” I say to her while

pulling her body closer to mine. The hem of her towel slides

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