Tell Me When

Neither believe in love at first sight, but Pierce and Ruby bond on a level unimaginable the moment their eyes connect. Their optimism is quickly shattered when Ruby is forced to leave Pierce without an explanation. He returns home alone, where he continues living with a void that only she can fill.

When they finally find each other after years of loneliness, they discover that their lives are entwined deeper that just love.

My hand is on the handle to slide the door open just as Pierce grabs it, his hard body flush with mine. “Don’t you dare walk away from me because you assume you know what I’m thinking. That I don’t want you anymore. God, Ruby, you don’t even have an understanding of what you do to me.”

I turn in his arms and lean against the glass door so I can see his handsome face.

“I don’t care that you’re younger than I am. All that means is there’s been less time for someone else to touch what’s mine.” He leans down, and with nothing but a breath between our lips, he smiles. His upturned lips brush against mine. “You’ve been mine. I’m yours. It’s pointless to deny what’s between us. It might be rare, but it’s precious and it’s ours. I can’t force you, and I’d never pressure you, but you need to be the one to make the decision to give yourself to me ’cause, baby, you already have every single part of me there is to give.”