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He growled in response, dug his fingers into her hips in a bruising grip and swept her up into his arms

Settling her on the high bed, he es of her silk blouse and pulled

The pearl buttons flew in all directions

The urgency in hi her, filled her with power That she could send his muscled body to shudder, that she could send him to desperate need, it was a balm over wounds Jackson had inflicted so cruelly

She looked down the same time as he did

Her flesh was ht points of need against her silky bra

His pithy curse as he traced a long finger against the sea to her ears

But instead of touching her as she ached to be, he pulled her to her knees and unzipped her jeans Tugged thehs, and feet Threw theain

Until she sat in front of his stretched indecently tothe heart of her

But she sat still, the dark of the night giving her a courage she wouldn’t have had if his hungry gaze settled on her She hated that Jackson was still there in her fears when he shouldn’t be, she hated that she had let him break her confidence

“Stefan?” she called out to hi his stillness

Grasping her ankles, he pushed her onto the bed And she slid soundlessly on the luxurious goose down sheets

In the next blink, the lights came on and he leaned over her lower body in a lare of lights

His gaze swept over her like a white-hot flaasp, she rabbed her hands, held thereen gaze

“I won’t let hile part of you that should be ry and determined, all at the same time “I won’t let that bastard be a silent specter in this room between us”

Her heart slae that Clio shivered That he could read her fears so well made her feel more exposed than her most intimate parts on display for him

He ran a reverent finger over her rib cage to the hairline over her sex And Clio caught the moan that wanted to hurtle out “I can’t bear it if you—”