"I lost control today, Gabby. I put both of us on the line. I was reckless. That's not how I wanted it to be the first time I fucked you."

That look was fading from her eyes and she was returning to exactly who I knew her to be. "I liked it. A lot. It feels like you think it was a mistake, but I promise, it wasn't. Even the way it happened." She took break from talking and looked to my throat, then my hands, before zoning out with a blank stare near my knees.

I just watched her. Once my breathing slowed the room was silent. It felt...