Before He Lied

Hardin Chapter 60

This day has been the best, we have just been laying in bed all day holding each other and I wouldn't have it any other way.

I never thought I would enjoy laying in bed for an entire fucking day but it's different with Tessa.

I love to feel her velvety skin on mine, I love to intertwine my legs with hers and have her lay on my chest.

I can't believe I didn't want a relationship with her, I had no idea what I was missing out on.

The only bad thing about today is the loud motherfuckers that live in our hallway, living in a dorm has its perk because we live right next to the school and getting to class is easier but it's so fucking loud.

People are always screaming and doors are always slamming and the elevator is dinging constantly, people are always running up and down the hallways and fucking around.

Before I didn't care about the noise and the people but now that I'm with Tessa its different, I didn't care about privacy or noise. I know she has a fear that someone is gonna walk in while we have sex or when she's changing and the locks on these doors are awful. One time she actually told me that she's afraid to sleep in fear that someone is gonna come into the room, I reassured her that no one would because they know better than to come into my room. I know she hates being in here alone ever since Nick showed up, I just wish she didn't have to live in fear like this.

"Hardin?"

Her gentle tone disrupts my thoughts.

"Yeah."

She hesitates.

"I trust you.............you know that don't you?"

Holy shit.

She sits up and so do I, she covers herself with a bed sheet. She lightly picks at the skin around her nails.

"What is it?" I ask.

"I wanna ask you something...............but I don't want to upset you...........we are having a good day but if I don't ask you it's gonna bother me for the rest of the week."

What the fuck does she know? This cant all be over yet, I'm not ready.

"You can ask me whatever you want."

She sighs.

"Where were you last night? Were you.......................were you with someone?" She asks quietly.

A relived sigh escapes my lips quietly.

I can't believe she thought I slept with someone, we literally just had sex.

"Tess I didn't sleep with anyone."

Her eyes look up and she has a shocked expression.

"No Hardin.....that's not what I meant...........I know you wouldn't do that................I know you wouldn't hurt me like that......do you honestly think I would sleep with you if I had thought you cheated."

She sighs.

"I meant were you with someone as in I don't know.................just talking.................maybe somebody else helped you in a way that I couldn't."

I can tell that this upsets her, I've never seen her get so upset.

"Tess." I say softly.

I scoot closer to her and take her hands in mine, she looks up at me.

"I would never go to anyone else for my problems other than you, you're the only person I trust baby..................I was alone............I just needed time to think to myself................I was drinking and smoking but I was alone."