Autumn (a dark romance)

I swallowed hard. "Justin, leave."

"Shut the fuck up," he whispered, his lips grazing dangerously close to mine. "You say that like you actually want me to leave."

My body stiffened. I kept my eyes anywhere but his.
He leaned closer, his breath hot against my ear. "You used to write about me. Think about me. Six years, Autumn, and I promise you-you still do. You still feel it." He lingered a kiss on my neck as he held my waist.

Something inside me snapped. I shoved him with all my strength. He stumbled back, landing on the edge of my bed.

"You're insane!" I yelled. "You broke up with me. After everything you said-how could you even think I'd want anything to do with you?"
"Because..." He trailed off deliberately, rising to his knees on the mattress, his eyes dark and certain. "...when I do this-"

He leaned forward, brushing his lips softly against my exposed thigh where my robe had shifted. A shiver raced up my spine before I could stop it.
"-you can't even push me away."
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Love was never the problem. It was how deeply it cut.
Years after walking away from a relationship that left scars she still carries, Autumn finds herself face-to-face with Justin again-the same man who once loved her fiercely and destroyed her just as deeply. As old feelings resurface and lines blur, Autumn must decide whether some people can truly change... or if loving them will always come at a cost.