Corrupted

Chapter 17

A/N: Short transistory chapter.

"Laila is long gone, and you know that. You know nothing about Emily. She's not like her family. She's not like anyone else I have ever met! I love her, I love her god dammit! She's not my charity case, I love her. Hell, she's my safety net," he shouted furiously, and I couldn't describe what I had felt at that exact moment.

My feet wobbled beneath me, and I lunged at the door for support. I came tumbling down into Brenn's office. I snaped my head up to find two surprised pair of eyes burning holes through me.

I muttered a low sorry and sprinted out of there ignoring the screams that Brenn sent after me. I was in front of the police station when I felt an arm snake around my waist.

I spun in my place and collided with Brenn's body. I laced my fingers around his neck and absorbed his sharp features. His smell was pleasently intoxicating. He leaned in and rested his forehead on mine, our nose touching and our breathes ragged from the thoughts of what's to come.

I was hungry for his touch. Hungry for his lips. Hungry for him.

Suddenly out of nowhere, Brenn asked with a bitter-sweet voice, "Why did you come all the way out here alone? It's dangerous!"

I giggled unaware of my actions and pecked him on his flushed lips then hugged him while my hands lingered on his toned shoulders. I felt his lips quirk into a smile on my neck.

I whispered in his ear, "I wasn't thinking about that when I rushed over here. I wanted to give you a proper goodbye kiss."

A smirk made way to his face, and he dipped his head forward, capturing my lips once again with his. The sensation was undescribable. Our lips molded together when he started nipping and biting my bottom lip. His tongue, lurking around the brim of my lower lip, demanded access to my mouth to deepen our kiss. The fresh and cool feeling his tongue offered was my undoing. At that moment, I gave up to him. Our tongues passionately danced together, and slight shivers numbed my body. I couldn't resist the temptation anymore. I slid my fingers inside his coppery brown hair to play with his shiny curls. The desperate need for oxygen seperated us. I could still feel him on my swollen lips.

I looked up to find deep emerald green eyes staring back at me. Something dark flashed inside them.

"I can't leave after that kiss!" He exclaimed innocently.

I freely laughed for the first time in a while. He had that effect on me.

"That was my plan all along, keeping you here right next to me," I said only to then realise the meaning of my statement and quickly added, "that is if you want to," blushing along.

Again, I was being pulled into an embrace I have yet anticipated, but still the act sparked new feelings within me, and I finally felt like I was at home. In the arms of this great man.

"Hmm let me see," he teased while twirling a wild hairlock of mine."Do I want to stay with the person I fell in love with?"

He said it again! I wasn't dreaming! Words were chocked in my constricted throat, tears glinsed my eyes and a breath that I wasn't sure I was holding back escaped my lips.

"You can't possibly love someone like me Brenn," I tried to convince him welcoming the pain I felt.

"I can, and I do," he bit back harshly. "Let's agree on something. You need to ignore what others say."

"How could I when what they say is the truth?" I said acidly. I was testing his patience. This beatiful man has put up with me for a long time. We started differently unlike any other lovers, and we were waiting for our happily ever after right about now.

"What if you wake up one day and realise that they are all right, and you leave? I couldn't possibly bare if you left me Brenn. So many have done the same thing; I don't think I can do it anymore. I can promise to love you with the scattered pieces that were left to form my croocked heart."

Brenn's body sheltered mine. His lips brushed against my ear, and his words wrapped around my heart comfortably, "Oh why Miss Levi you just admitted that you love me. Am I right?" He announced with the hugest grinn on his face.

I laughed again wholeheartdly, and with a shy nod I confirmed, "I love you Brenn. I fell in love with you from the first time I laid my eyes on you. I just never thought that a man like you would ever consider loving someone like me."