Chapter 208

• MILO.
• It was difficult for Regina to leave his system, because with each encounter, each shared intimacy, each time they made love, he delved deeper and deeper into the universe of her smile, the softness of her caresses, and the unsettling depth of her eyes. Every time he took her, poured his passion into her, and enjoyed the fulfillment of his lust in every imaginable way, he became more committed. He understood it, and that made him pull back.
• After their weekend in Santa Monica, everything seemed to accelerate. He had waited a few days to contact her again, hoping that everything would settle and his good judgment would prevail, but that had proved impossible. Sooner than would have been reasonable, he was longing to have her by his side. As if his body needed her and could not stay away from her, as if he were an addict and she was his substance, the one that took away much of his logic and made his body and mind out of sync. He fell into temptation time and time again, week after week, sometimes managing to resist a little longer.