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"Don’t apologize I’ve been an idiot--"

"Stop," she said, bringing her fingers to his lips He frowned but then kissed thee or even older will never go through--never experience Overwhel and a lot to take in, even when it’s good And you’ve had tre her ho Felix She looked him square in the eyes because she wanted hi he’d been through, including so she’d recently come across but had found so little about The story read al Felix had ed to keep under wraps, because she was only able to find bits and pieces of it

The photo she’d seen downstairs near the one she’d picked up earlier and his reaction to her being in that rooht be so that big she thought he would’ve told her by now If there was any credibility to the few accounts she’d read, it ay too heavy a subject to tackle tonight Still, there was so she wanted to s I asked my th, was how she did it How had she been so strong through it all? The loss ofwith it all and getting her fa to make a difference in the community Her answer to my question will forever stay withit to her now "Being strong and having hope that things will get better is the only real choice you have in tile It’s either that or be defeated"

For a h his eyes were still on her, she could tell he wasn’t really looking at her He was letting her mom’s words simmer

Then there was a bittersweet smile "So that’s where all that tenacity of yours comes from"

Ella nodded "But it’s not easy, Felix Not everyone can dig that deep and cole differently like you did Like er sincewith it, just differently than ht ask more on exactly how her dad dealt with it She touched his face softly as he pulled her closer to him by the waist "What you’ve done isn’t terrible, Felix You’re a gorgeous, fa themselves at hiant things, and you have, as you should You earned it You trained hard to get here Anyone who says they wouldn’t do the sa you to realize I don’t need all those things to be happy," Felix said kissing her softly "I think this is the longest I’ve been in one place in years, and I can’t think of a single place I’d rather be than here or anywhere where I can be with you" He kissed her even deeper as her insides began going crazy "I could stay here forever," he whispered against her lips as they backed up onto one of the oversized chaises

He sat down bringing her with hiinning to tingle everywhere as she rubbed up against his hard body below hers They’d gotten a bit heated in the privacy of that stairwell, but the anticipation of being able to do

He stopped suddenly and pulled back to look at her "This is not why I brought you here tonight I want you to know--"

She kissed hiainst his ainst her thigh ulp, and she re like aJust the thought ainst it with her thigh, she willed hi hands all over her She’d been day drea about this for weeks now Never had she felt this damn aroused in her life The times they’d made out up until now had been sweet and at tiht what she’d felt was a bit extreency she’d begun to feel lately to the fact that she wasout with the very famous boxer, who up until recently she’d considered co onto the chaise, leaving the other on the floor, and her body autoe was at waist level now, and she could no longer resist the urge to run her hand over his jeans, her fingers tracing down his breathtaking length

He groaned at her touch, arching his back, his arhter "Ella," he said anxiously "We don’t have to do anything you don’t want to"

Was he nuts? She nal that she didn’t want to do this? She’d jumped his bones thehim shamelessly

She really should slon Felix was probably used to this reaction frooing to try and show a little self-restraint, Felix lowered his hand down under her skirt and between her legs There’d be no hiding how hot she was now