I placed my hands on the keys. I didn’t press them. Instead, I leaned forward and kissed him.
“Ah,” he said, sitting on the edge of my bed. The coal in his eyes flared. “But I didn’t keep it for you to hear it. I kept it so you would feel it in me.”
“Play for me,” he said.
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“It’s done,” I whispered.
“Damn you,” he whispered.
“Music.”
“What did you keep?” I asked, dreading the answer.
“It’s a tragedy,” he replied. “Because I am not a lover, Elara. I am a landlord. And your lease is almost up.”
“You drive a hard bargain, Elara,” he said, stepping through the locked door of my hospital room as if it were made of mist. “A virtuoso’s soul for the simple removal of pain. That’s like trading a kingdom for a bandage.” Sex with the Devil Free Download
He was supposed to be my damnation. Instead, he became my addiction.
“Is that a sin?” I asked.
“I can’t.”