"No reason." I shook my head and the pitch in my voice went a little higher than usual, which was an unfortunate sign that I was lying. My whole life I've been a bad liar.

I looked into his eyes, noticing the drain of color again. His eyes are so dead now. Like he's been stripped of something. His eyes used to have such an intense look to them, one that would make me nervous. And now...theres no meaning in them

Just black orbs

"Hayden you been shyin' away from me." He said. And I notice he's getting closer to me at each word

The closer he gets, the more my body tensed. It's been a while since I've felt any type of romantic touches and feelings. And it's all coming back

Like new

He noticed me getting wormy, and smirked, knowing he's got me.

"I'm not shying from you. I just..missed this." I muttered and it came out like a whisper as his lips were now inches away from mine. I didn't even realize how close he was until I felt his usual cool minty breath on my lips

"Me too." He replied and the way he said it—his voice went down 3 octaves. I nearly shivered at the raspy deepness of his voice and I closed my eyes a little, allowing myself to feel more relaxed

"I want things to be like how they were. I don't want us to change." I whispered back. His kisses traced down to my neck. What I'm saying doesn't make much sense at this time. He may not really understand me or catch my drift as I'm just rambling.

But this is something I've thought about for years. Will we be back to being a "happy" couple? To the way things were? Things don't seem to be different right now. But with Trey and his group always going after people...that has put some fears in me.

"We'll never change." He said back, kissing his way back up to my lips as I finally kissed back, now feeling satisfied.

I've been fooled too many times by him. Now that he's back, there's no secrets

An inaudible moan escaped my lips and I closed my eyes as I felt his cold hands slide under my dark yellow tank top. I placed my hands on top of his gently. "What if Jaden hears?" I mumbled with half closed eyes

He let out a low grunt."He won't. Come on, I'm tired of beatin' my meat n shit." He fussed against my lips, causing me to just smile against his lips and let him pull off my shirt.

I shrieked unintentionally as I felt my body being swiftly lifted off the couch and brought into my—our bedroom.

I quieted myself as I remembered my son is still sleeping but probably wouldn't be awoken anyway. He's a deep sleeper.

He tried to gracefully drop me onto the bed like they do in movies but ends up almost tossing me onto the bed and I almost roll off

I bursted into a fit of laughter as I was this close to falling off the bed while he just chuckled, shaking his head. "My bad."

I sat up and watched him as he took off his shirt, revealing his toned body, which he's obviously been exercising. He was more muscular than years back. Not dramatically, but he was just more toned. V-line, abs 'n all. The few tattoos were still there, almost like new too.

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