What If We Tried Again: Chapter Five - Shades of Navy
As the sun begins to bleed through the curtains of Room 412, the reality of the "morning after" sets in. But Hayes didn't just come back for a wedding; he came back for a life. Chapter Five Shades of Navy Jude The darkness of the hotel room isn't empty; it’s thick with the weight of eighteen months of longing. Hayes is a solid, searing heat against me, his skin sliding against mine in a way that feels like a long-overdue homecoming. When he moves, I follow. When he breathes, I inhale. It’s as if the distance between us never existed, yet every touch is sharpened by the agonizing fact that it did. He’s not gentle anymore. The polite ex from the wedding table is dead and buried. This is the Hayes who takes what he wants, and God help me, I want him to take everything I have left. I want him to strip away the armor I’ve spent a year and a half perfecting. I want him to see the scars he left and the ways I tried to heal without him. "Look at me," he commands,...
