CHAPTER 36 GRACIELLA Standoff. No one would like to give up. Blake would usually let go but not tonight. He had no intention of letting the subject pass in the middle of a cold night while we were on top of the mountains. I surrendered. I really have no wish to hide from him the truth after, he more or less said his feelings for me. He also told me the truth between Dad and him, which earned him points to know what was deep inside my heart. I sighed, excreting down to the last block of air in my body. “Blake, you’ve known how fascinated I was and still am with people much older than me. You—you were more than a fascination. You were my dark secret. Someone I would beg for a night with…and I did, exactly that. I begged for a night with you. I thank you for giving more than I asked for