Chapter 50

Edward watched me cautiously, as if he was afraid that I had heard something while he slept, and wiped around his lips to see if he hadn't frilly. He watched me as if it were the first time he saw me in his life, as if he were evaluating the risks of getting involved with a stranger. He noticed that I was on his lap and watched my body, making a pleasurable and indecent feeling run through my veins for the longing of having united him to me in the only way we did better - and I'm not referring to a simple kiss. Edward's arms trembled a little when he made a gesture to touch me, as if he feared that I would move away, as if I were nervous, but when I didn't retreat, he touched me.

I could almost feel a funeral melody playing in my ears, as if his touch could awaken my senses to everything that the rest of humanity was alien. As his fingers ran down my cheeks and he caressed me on the face, I wanted to ask God to keep Edward in that world with me, not to allo