“You-you love me?” “I came back for you, Kayla. You’ve haunted me since the night I took your virginity. I only stayed away from you for these last two years because I thought you deserved better than me. Yet you have a hold over me I can’t shake free of. I had to return to you, to see whether you still wanted me. My need has escalated with every day I’ve spent with you. I’ve been holding myself back, going slowly, because I was worried about frightening you. “You’re the one for me, Kayla. I’ve never loved anyone else. I never will. Everything I do is focused on you. Your happiness, your safety. Because I love you. What do I have to do to show that to you, hmm?” He loomed over her and she met his gaze with her own. “You are mine. You belong to me. Just like I belong to you. You will not go out to dinner or coffee or anything date-like with another man again. Understood?” “And you?” she asked, almost too overwhelmed to take it all in. To be the sole focus of this man was a terrifying and exhilarating thought.
