"I am sorry..." he whispered and wrapped his arms around my waist, nuzzling...

I was speechless, yet I wanted to say something or shout at him, tell him to leave right now, but feeling his calm breath against my stomach made me stop.

"I am sorry, butterfly..." he said again, and I unknowingly hummed. Closing my eyes, I took a deep breath before calling his name...

"Rhys..." he hummed and rubbed his face like a toddler.

"It's late. Why did you come here in this dark?" I asked, placing both my hands on the bed, supporting my upper weight on them. I was trying to get a little away from Rhys, but he just moved with me.

"Wanted to say sorry..." he spoke so softly, like he was trying to melt me with his voice.

"Why..." I asked, not understanding his desperation to say one sorry-his desperation to come here all the way in this cold night just to say this one word...

"Maya..." he said my name before turning his face so he could look at me. I looked at his movements until our eyes met. His hands slowly reached my cheeks, caressing them softly, and then suddenly, he grabbed my face, pulling me down into a kiss.

So soft like cotton candy-sweet yet melting perfectly inside the mouth. His lips rubbed their soft pink skin on mine, his saliva letting them slip so effortlessly. The warmth of his mouth and mine created a soft heat inside my body...

Pulling out with a small suck, he broke the kiss. My face was still so close to him. My eyes remained on his eyes while his remained on my lips...

"I can't endure your ignorance. I felt like everything was crumbling inside me. I wanted to shout just to remove this feeling or beat someone up, but most of all, I wanted to kiss these lips of yours. I wanted your attention. This has never happened to me, Maya. I never craved anyone's attention, then why are you making me crave you so desperately?"

He said, and my lips trembled. My eyes fluttered. His gaze was intense. I wanted his eyes to meet mine-to see what his words were doing to me, how I was reacting to them-but his eyes just stared at my lips.

Moving my face closer, my eyes looked at his face, taking in every detail. I could see our silhouette so close in the mirror-it looked like a beautiful picture. Closing my eyes, I erased everything from my mind. My heart started beating crazily. The warmth of his breath touched my chin as I kept moving little by little closer to him, and finally, I felt that softness again.

He was still, and I hated it. Moving my hands, I placed them on his collar, grabbing it tightly. I pulled him up and opened my eyes. Making just a little space between his lips and mine, I said...

"Kiss me back..."

And he did. I was pulled into a desperate, harsh, and hungry kiss. It made me feel the craving he was talking about. Sucking my lips again and again, he moved his tongue inside. I tried to move mine too, matching the pace.

He groaned, and I moaned between the kiss. It felt like a sin that I shouldn't have committed, yet I was doing it because it was him. Because he could make me do all the bad things. Because his eyes could control me. Because his words could make me move against my will...

Giving a large suck with a plop sound, he grabbed my hair from the back and pulled me up, away from his face. Getting up without letting go of my hair, sitting on his knees, he moved close to me...

And I looked at him with my teary eyes while breathing heavily.

"It's pa...ining..." I said, trying to grab his hand, which was painfully gripping my hair.

"It's paining me too, butterfly..." he said, and I looked at him, confused. Moving his face near mine, he touched my forehead with his. His dark eyes stared at me like a hungry wolf.

"I want to rip all those clothes on our bodies that are keeping me away from you. I can't bear even an inch of distance between us. I want your body close to mine. I want our breaths mingling just like this. I want you so close to me that even if thousands of people try to pull me away, I remain just as close to you... I want you, Maya, like I have never wanted anyone. I want you, butterfly, like we are one body with two souls. And here, I am not asking you-I am telling you, from this moment onwards, you belong to me, and I belong to you."

Rhys said all those things, and I heard every word clearly. My heart raced while my mind asked, Is this right?

What is going on with me...? He is the person who hurt me before and can hurt me anytime, too... Then why are his words pulling me like a magnet?

Something warm dropped from my eyes, and I knew I was crying again. But this time, I didn't know why.

Rhys's intense eyes never left me. Were they waiting for me to say something or do something?

But I didn't know what to say or what to do...

"Maya, let me make this relationship real..." he said, and I wanted to say No, you can't, but his lips touched my teary eyes and then moved to my lips, stealing the words from my mouth...

Sliding his lips down toward my neck, he stopped near my collarbone and placed his lips on it...

"I can't bear to be away from this, Maya..." he said, licking my skin, making shivers run down my body as the cold wind from the window passed over the wet spot. Then, pulling away from me, he was gone. Just like that...

My body didn't move. I could feel his hold on me. I could feel how his lips lingered on mine. I could feel how his tongue had roamed all over me...

I was silent, yet there was a storm raging inside me, making me feel breathless. Dropping my body onto the bed, I curled up and closed my eyes. Silent tears kept falling from my eyes, and I never knew the answer to why.

Sorry for being late! I hope you love this chapter and can relate to Maya's emotions. Tell me, has anything like this ever happened to you, where it all just feels like too much?

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