Chapter 284
==8 BPOV 8==
"Be myself, eh?" I shift in the passenger seat and start unbuttoning my shirt. One, two, three buttons, until the hint of my cleavage is exposed. "Like this?"
He nods.
I untuck my shirt and unbutton three more from the bottom, tying the tails into a knot just above my belly button. "How's this? Better?"
He nods again, swallowing hard over his Adam's apple.
I fold down the top of my loose pants. Once, twice, and thrice. I slide a finger under the revealed strap of my thong. "I can go back to not wearing panties?"
"Yes, please," he croaks.
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| - EPOV - |
"I am so freaking happy you don't have a roommate," Bella comments, pulling off her clothes in the middle of my family room and standing in front of me buck naked.
"Me, too, but we're doing this like we mean it tonight," I inform her, scooping her up into my arms and only remembering my injuries a beat too late. Fuck it, she's worth it.
She crosses her ankles and loops her hands behind my neck. "Which time didn't you mean it?" she teases.
"You know what I mean." I toss her onto the bed.
"Ahhh, Louis. I've missed you."
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==8 BPOV 8==
His bruising is worse than I expected, and I cringe as he reveals himself.
"Awww, poor baby," I coo, dropping soft kisses onto his wounds.
"Just go easy on me, okay? I don't want to end up in traction."
I pout. "I thought you said to do it like I mean it."
He slides off the rest of his clothes and drops a knee onto the bed beside me. "I meant…" he kisses my lips, "to do it…" my neck, "like you mean…" my nipple, "you love me."
And just like that, play time is over and things get real.
A/N: My heart is soaring because they're together again. My heart is hurting because we're dangerously close to the end. XXX ~BOH