His Queen (18+)

Chapter XXIV

THE NEED

You know I got so much to say.
I try to hide it in my face,
And it don't work, you see through.
That I just wanna get with you.

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CHAPTER XXIV

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I MELTED INTO the sheets, my arms spread out on either side of me as the bliss from our kiss travelled through every inch of my body. My skin tingled and my heart raced and I asked myself if this was a normal reaction to as simple an action as a kiss.

Maybe it was for some and it wasn't for others. Maybe I had been waiting for this to happen ever since I had set my eyes on him. Maybe I had always known that he was innocent. Deep down, my gut told me he would never hurt me like that, but I didn't believe it because there was no evidence saying he wouldn't and a lot of evidence saying he did.

Evidence which I now knew was forged.

I had to be logical back then, but looking back now, maybe if I hadn't been so logical and instead acted as if I was in a whimsical romance novel, such a small kiss wouldn't have such a big affect on me. As to make me feel like my heart could burst from all the happiness I felt.

Was Daniel 'it' for me? Was he my endgame?

I doubted it, but in the meantime I was going to indulge in the little joys of being with him. The small innocent little kisses and the long passionate ones and the deep strokes and the dirty words. It was only what I deserved. After what I had been through at his hands it was the least he could give me.

He sighed against my lips before pulling away, so his head was just barely over mine. I couldn't see him all that well in the dark, but I liked to have believed that he was staring thoughtfully down at me.

"I need to talk to the guards," he said against my lips, almost like he hadn't come to terms with the fact that he had to part from me. "You'll be okay, yeah?"

"Yes," I said, not having the courtesy to whisper back. I leaned up and kissed him again very briefly before resting my head back on the pillow.

He remained in his position, staring down at me yet it was almost as if he didn't see me. Lost in his own head. I wondered if that was how I looked when I thought hard.

"Don't go anywhere," he said as a final word before he got up and made his way towards the door. I had fully intended to ask him where else I had to go, but kept that question to myself.

With him gone and the rush from the kiss now fading, my thoughts were going a mile a minute. What were we doing with each other? What did the kiss mean? Was it serious or something that just happened in the spur of the moment? Was it going to lead to more kisses?

I turned over in the bed, a frown now settled on my face as I thought. I had so many questions and no answers and I hated that because I hated being confused.

I brought my fingers to where his lips were against mine only a few seconds ago and sighed. Things could change so fast, if you blinked you'd miss it.

I couldn't stay thinking about the broken state of our relationship. It wasn't worth the mental torture. I had to find something to do instead. I needed to be productive.

Setting my eyes on my phone right beside me, I decided to do the one thing I had been putting off since the accident. Sure, it was past twelve at night, but I didn't expect Travis to be the type of guy who slept on time.