Burning for him

(Selene)

I shouldn’t have done it.

When I stood there, laughing and talking to Brian as if I had no cares, I knew exactly what I was doing. I knew Alexander would see. I wanted him to. I wanted him to lose control. To show everyone—especially me—who I belonged to.

And he did.

The moment his hand wrapped around my wrist, my body reacted before my mind could catch up. My pulse raced, heat rushing through me so quickly that I barely heard the words he was saying. He was furious, barely keeping himself together. And it had everything to do with me.

I had pushed him. Again.

And I felt damn good about it.

I hated that we couldn’t be together the way I wanted. That no matter how much I ached for him, we were stuck in this back-and-forth cycle. But today, I wanted to see if he would still fight for me.

I ……