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He didn’t kno she was doing it, how she was et in under his skin, his bones, all the way down to a heart that knew better He should have been looking at her as Nico the pop star He should have been reht and forget about hi fans

She didn’t need hiht, in any case

Marcus would never forgive hi her

More than a little angry with hi to seem more inevitable by the second, he abruptly moved away from the bed to step out of his pants He needed a few seconds of not touching her to get his brain to start functioning properly again

Her eyes widened "You’re beautiful, Marcus"

He knew he had a good physique and plenty of women had looked at hily Maybe because no one had ever looked up at him with such wonder

Or such trust

Nicola couldn’t do anything but stare

His body, his muscles--his incredibly beautiful face--made a h she’d known he was big, without his clothes on he was huge, his

Somewhere in there, she realized he’d slid a condo, "Just because I’ve put this on doesn’tthat you’re not ready for"

She’d loved following his lead tonight, but not if it e sense of honor because she "wasn’t ready" to be with abeside the bed, his hands in fists as if he was trying his best not to touch her again

Nicola didn’t wait another second--couldn’t risk waiting for hi off the bed to jus around his waist Loosening her arravity help her sink down onto him

"No, Nicola, not like this Not yet"

But his body was saying the exact opposite of his words as his hands ca in a slow asped and her head fell back as she locked her ankles tighter together behind his hips to try and pull hih words reverberated against her neck, his teeth scraping against her pulse point before she could answer

She wanted to tell hi her, because she knew that hat he wanted to hear But she’d proht She lifted her head to look into his eyes