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Cassie ers over his sers trehtly over the hard length of his erection Before she knew it, her h of hiue over his cock--all velvety soft skin and hard male need--and slipped her lips over the head As she roans

It wasn’t enough, it would never be enough Her feelings fought the tangle of physical sensations, trying to tell her soht fled on the surge of what had to be her own Second One, and it was shouting, "No"

It h for Ethan to hear because he put his hands on her hips and effortlessly lifted her onto his erection

Slow She wanted to ree Cassie felt the head of his cock pressing, pressing andShe Couldn’t Stand It

She lowered herself sloith exquisite care, with deep breaths each time she felt him spread her apart and push in a little farther Slowly, focusing on the

Then he moved With a hard thrust, he drove into her and she lost it

Shethe she’d ever experienced felt like the sensation of hi

She cried out as the deep dark emotional place she’d found before sed her Want so powerful, so pri down her face She wanted, no needed his body, his soul, his everything This couldn’t be love, because love wasn’t this savage And right now she could’ve stepped right out of the pri

The friction The rise and then the plunge toof her heart The harsh rasps of her breath The sensation of his body hard between her thighs The friction, friction, and oh ht her and shook her with sothere while spasm after spasm shattered her past and rebuilt her future expectations Never would she feel this way again

And as the spasreeaker, she otten his release? He hadn’t"You didn’t bite me" She weakly climbed off him and lay on her back beside him

He picked up her hand and placed it over his heart

Surprised, she could feel his heartbeat "It isn’t racing"

"Believeheart Any more excitement and I would’ve been the first varew silent So Cassie didn’t kno she knew, but she felt the tension in hi okay?" Did she sound pitiful or what? Tell me I didn’t take the most incredible trip of my life alone

"What we just had" He didn’t turn his head to look at her

Lost for words? Not so, Cassie"

What the hell did he e how she was so sure she could sense the feelings of a man she’d known for such a short tih

Ethan finally looked at her, but his glasses hid his emotions

"You felt what happened between us" He held up his hand to stop her response "Just know that I will keep you safe" His lips softened into a s soain in a thousand lifetie of joy cahts involved She would have been happy to stay in that state forever

But herwith her happiness The doubts began He hadn’t mentioned love Va sex? And he’d mentioned a thousand lifetimes She’d be able to share only one with hih the other nine hundred ninety-nine alone

Since she didn’t particularly want to start a dialogue on any of those topics, she chose to discuss so "Is there a reason you think you ht not be able to keep me safe?"

Only when she saw the flash of disappointment in his expression did she realize her s, and she’d ignored hio back She’d chosen to retreat from emotions that were too scary, that opened her up to hurt, and that had happened way too fast

His expression sht"