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Chapter One

Nate

I backed the brunette against the wall, ary—a stark contrast to the one fragrance I’d grown accustoht out even

Jessie always smelled exotic, like wildflowers But I quickly forced that thought from my brain Not that her scent wasn’t permanently etched there anyway

I nudged the girl into the eht’ve been a terrible idea given our surroundings This sahts in Zach’s Bar and she wanted to hook up Bad

But her version of bad was different than mine

Since I wouldn’t be skydiving or logging time around my uncle’s racetrack anytiht Soft skin, a warain

My fingers curved around her shoulder and then traced the low slit of her fancy blouse When she whie to rip the buttons down the front But I was pretty sure she wouldn’t appreciate uess that irls wouldn’t

“I’ve seen you at a couple frat parties,” she mumbled

I shrugged, because I’d definitely been to my share of theht about now Because being with this girl e to lose control, to get blissfully lost in so inside me

But I couldn’t let it happen I could never become my dad

Not when all he had to do was raise his hand to make my mother cower in the corner I’d made myself a promise that the moment a woman looked at me with similar panic in her eyes, I’d be done for As a , for fuck’s sake

Instead, I chose not to know any girls, not to see the beneath ive , callous parts

There wasn’t a woman alive ould understand the delicate line I towed during sex I had constructed a whole regiue and no rough hands And certainly never any spanking or hair pulling

My fingers slid to the brunette’s waist as my eyesEmpty, even

Except for as hidden beneath

Hunger Longing Fear

A sharp knock startled irl’s eyes narrowed in frustration

“Wait your da whoever was outside the door would get the hint that it was occupied