Click...
The door closed, yet the sound echoed endlessly in Selene's ears.
Her chest rose and fell unevenly, her fingers clutching at the sheets until her knuckles turned white.
"...Why?" she whispered again, her voice trembling, almost breaking.
Gray's touch still lingered on her skin as her lips still burned from his kiss.
Every part of her screamed to run after him, to hold onto him, to demand that he didn't leave her behind.
But then another image stabbed into her mind.
Her boyfriend... his smile... his voice.
The warmth of his hands whenever they held hers.
Her stomach twisted violently.
"I… I can't… I shouldn't…" Selene muttered, shaking her head, yet her body betrayed her, shivering with need.
The memory of that first night came unbidden, the alcohol, the heat, the way Gray's weight had pressed her down as he claimed her completely.
She remembered the shame, the tears… but also the unbearable pleasure that had drowned her until she passed out in his arms.
