Chapter 13 Like You Never Left

• There is a suffocating silence that takes a hold of my heart, squeezing every beating breath from my lungs. As each syllable leaves the lips of Lucas, I feel my world grow smaller and smaller until there is nothing but panic that has taken a hold of my heart.
• I know that it is only but mere seconds and every inch of rational self-control that I have will be gone. My demons are yet to be set loose and all my secrets discovered. So with the utmost calm, I count down and before any other reason can take over my senses, I press my lips against Lucas as to not allow a single word to escape his throat.
• Yet, he pushes me away for an inch of a length, and with my eyes closed down real damn tight, I hear the words come from him again. “Why did you leave me, Lexi?”