°10•What you want

That’s exactly what I need, a hot bubble bath. With the day I’ve had, it’s all I could think of doing. I still can’t believe I told him what happened to me a month ago. Levi can be so frustrating sometimes. One minute he's kissing me, and the next, he’s pushing me away.

Ok, I admit, last time, I was the one who pushed him away, but I’m glad because after I left him alone in my classroom, he snapped at me in the hallway for an unknown reason.

I wonder what made him behave like that? He wasn’t this way when I left him. Did something happen in between?

Ugh! Why do I keep thinking about him?

He’s so, so... ugh! I have no words to describe Levi right now.

Just when I start to relax and enjoy the warmth of the water, I hear someone knocking on my door. Fudge, why me?

Go away. Please go away. I pray in my head.

“Ugh, this person is persistent,” I say out loud.

“I’m coming. I’m coming,” I call as if the person on the other side of the door can hear me.

I rush to get out of the bath, grabbing the first thing I can reach and putting it on. Great, I forgot to dry myself. Guess I have to clean my floor. Thank goodness I don’t have a carpet.

When I open the door, I see Levi standing in front of me in all his glory.

“Levi, what are you doing here?” I ask, surprised. He doesn’t reply immediately, but I see him staring at me strangely.

“Do you always answer your door like that?” He points at me, and I see his eyes darken a little.

I look at myself to see what he’s talking about. Oh, fuck! Can someone slap me right now? I put on my white bathrobe, but now it’s see-through and exposing every part of me to him.

“Answer the damn question.” He snaps as he enters my apartment.

“What’s your problem?” I ask as I step away from him.

He’s faster than me as he grabs my hand and drags me towards him.

“You’re my problem!” He shouts. Levi lets go of my hand and kiss me vigorously.

Oh my god, I can’t believe how much I missed his lips on mine. It’s so wrong and so good at the same time. I want him so badly.

As we continue to kiss, he backs me up until I hit the kitchen counter. He grabs me by the waist and lifts me up to sit on the counter.

Levi doesn’t hesitate to rip open the front of my bathrobe. My nipples are already hard in anticipation of his touch. He starts kissing my neck. I title my head to expose more of my neck to him.

“I fucking want you right now. I crave your body. I haven’t been with anyone since you.” He whispers over my neck as his teeth gently nip my skin

Is he lying to me right now? No, he told me he would rather be a jerk than a liar. Oh, shut up, Tory! Let this happen and worry about it tomorrow.

“Mmm, that feels so good.” I whimper as he focuses on my breasts.

Fudge, that man knows how to touch a woman. Should I be grateful or mad at him? Fuck, who cares right now.

I’m so lost in the moment of the pleasure he’s giving me that I don’t see him release himself as he penetrates me with one thrust.

The only sounds in the room are my moans, his groans and our bodies slapping together.

No longer after he leans towards me and speeds up his thrusts, he must be close to finishing.

Afterwards, he looks at me and moves some of the hair that is covering my face.

“Babe, did I hurt you?” I can see the concern in his eyes.

“Far from it,” I say, smiling that he worries about me.

“Let me make it up to you for not taking care of you.” He smirks.

I squeal when he picks me up over his shoulder and slaps my buttock, carrying me to my room. He lays me on my bed and delivers his promise again and again and again.

As I wake up naked in my bed, I instantly reach for him. I can’t say I’m not disappointed when I notice he’s not there. I woke up alone again.

After pulling the sheet around my body, I look outside and notice it’s still dark. I go out of my room to pour myself a glass of water.

I scream my lungs out when I see a shadow standing in front of one of my windows.

“Levi?” I ask, shocked, placing my left hand on my chest while recognizing him.

“It’s me, babe. Go back to sleep. I’ll join you sooner or later.” He says, never turning around to look at me. He keeps staring out the window, wearing only his boxers.

He seems so lost, so alone. I don’t like seeing him like this. So instead of doing what he asked. I approach him and envelop us both in the sheet that was around me.

When he feels my naked body at the back of him, he takes a big breath.

“You’re a real pain in the ass. You know that?”

“And you're a jerk,” I reply, making him chuckle.

Levi shakes his head. “What am I going to do with you?”

“I don’t know. You have to decide. I can’t keep playing this back and forth with you.” This time I’m serious.

I feel his body tense. I may have gone too far with what I said, but it had to be done.

He let out a sigh. “It’s not easy for me, Tory.”

“Then talk to me, don’t shout me out.” Je must be serious if he called me by my name instead of babe, which is rare for him.

“What do you want me to tell you? I found my ex-wife sleeping with her boss the day I buried my mother. It’s not something I want to remember.” He snaps.

I don’t reply to his outburst. I brush my lips to his shoulder to let him know I’m here for him.

Levi lets out a deep breath.

I can’t believe what she did to him. Maybe that is why our paths crossed because we understand each other’s pain—me with Davis and Katy and him with his ex-wife.

“I promised myself I would never let another bitch destroy me like that, so I started using women for pleasers every night.”

Now it’s my turn to tense. Is that all I am to him?

I feel him turn to face me as he takes my chin to lift my head, to look me in the eye with a serious expression.

“But with you, it’s different, I can’t seem to stay away from you, and it scares the shit out of me.” He says, brushing a lock of hair behind my ear and kissing my forehead. I love it when he’s tender with me.

“But I’m not ready to label us yet.” He keeps saying.

“I’m not asking you to marry me, Levi. I just want an assurance that you don’t see other women while we see each other. Call us what you want. That’s all I’m asking; otherwise, what we have end.”

“How about, for now, I’m yours, and you’re mine with no one in between?”

“Do we tell others?”

“It’s not their business to know. I want to keep you for myself for a while. Is that okay with you, babe?" He brushes away a lock of hair behind my ear.

“If you’re willing to change your ways for me, who am I to say no?”

When he smiles at me like that, I feel a butterfly in my stomach.

“Now let me show you what it means to be mine.” He says, removing the sheets from us.