“It didn’t feel good, but I’d do it again, Aylee. I’d do it all over again if…”
“Shhhh.” I pull away and take his face between my much smaller hands and kiss his nose, cheeks, and then his forehead. “You want me to run? I’ll run with you, Max.”
“I love you.” It’s a raw, breathtaking confession that I take to my soul when he fuses our mouths together.
***
Maddox
She told me to wait, so I’m waiting. I’ve been waiting for hours since I left the hospital. Sitting in a nearly empty bus depot, my hoodie on, my head low, I continue to wait. Another two hours pass and I start to get the sinking feeling that maybe she’s not coming. Three more hours and I’m sure of it. I turn everything off and go into survival mode. I hop on the nearest bus, find a seat in the back, and keep my head down. If I let myself think for even the smallest second, then shit’s going to get bad. So it’s better not to think. I stay in the moment. Passengers get on, and the sound of the door closing and the engine starting intensify the thrashing in my chest.
“I’m sorry for making you wait so long.” I feel the sweet breath of her whisper and my head whips to the side to see her smiling face. I’m nearly knock to the ground by the heady rush of happiness I’m feeling. “We’ll run forever if we have to. It’s you and me against the world, love.” Her smile, God, that smile is everything to me. She leans in to kiss my cheek before setting her head on my shoulder and interlocking our fingers. “If we go down…it’ll be together.”
The End…
Did you think that was it?
Think again!
Aylee & Maddox have a novella coming out early 2016!
Books by Francette Phal
Standalones:
Monster
Lick & Devour (Monster Novelette)
The Concubine; Letters to my king
Stain
The Butcher Series:
Flawed (The Butcher series, Book 1)
The Bet Series:
Beautiful Disaster (The Bet, Book 1)
Redemption (The Bet, Book 2)
Undone (The Bet Book 3)
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