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“It’s beautiful,” I said as I explored every curve and line I looked up to see Mav watching me intently “You’re beautiful,” I whispered as his dark eyes held , but the arhtened iainst his chest for another kiss We were both breathless and desperately rubbing against each other for relief when he pulled back

“I need you,” he finally said and I heard the tremor in his voice For any other man I had no doubt the words would have been easy ones to say, but for Mav, I suspected they cost him so much more

I leave so I don’t get left

I couldn’t make sense of what could have happened to this beautiful man to make him think I would ever turn away from him, but I knew that was exactly what he was afraid of I clasped his face with bothI knew he needed to hearelse in that moment

“Yes”

Chapter Eleven

Mav

Yes

Logically I had known that would be Eli’s answer since everything he’d just said was proof that he neededthe word released the stranglehold I had on my emotions

I would get this ht

It would be enough to sustain ood Because I wasn’t foolish enough to believe Eli really wanted ive hiet – I wasn’t really sure which and I didn’t care But eventually he would do what all the others had done and turn his back on me He’d be kinder about it, of course He’d say he was too busy with school or fa at all and I’d be forced to watch him silently withdraw from me

It didn’t ure out how to do what I hadn’t been able to these past three days – walk away from him

I ed to use one hand to work Eli’s shirt off of him before I lowered him back down to the bed But unlike before, he didn’t look tense and on edge Instead he just lay there and let uy, but he also had considerably more muscle definition than I’d expected I’d had the sense to turn on the wall lamp next to the bed before I’d climbed into the shower so even as darkness fell outside, I could still make out his features and the warm hue of his bronzed skin I let my hands skim over his sides and relished in the way he sucked in his breath as I touched him I teased his nipples a little bit before I leaned over hiasp and then I felt his fingers thread through id flesh before turning my attention to the other one I explored the rest of his torso with ue By the ti beneath ue into his navel before letting e that was still covered by his jeans

“Mav,” Eli grunted as he tried to increase the pressure where I was nuzzling him

“Take yourself out,” I ordered as I sat up and reached behind me to work his shoes and socks off There was no hesitation as Eli fuently pry it free of the confines of his pants and underwear I helped him work the clothes completely off, but was careful not to touch his and reached down to lift them so they were bent at the knee, his feet flat on the bed

“Shohere you want h the athletic pants I’d thrown on afterto hide my erection and Eli was clearly more focused on it rather than my words because he didn’t react at first When I stopped stroking myself, Eli lifted his eyes to mine in confusion and I repeated my order His cheeks flushed with color even as his hand reached for his cock He fisted his up and down his shaft as his eyes fell back tomy stiffness I didn’t miss how he matched his strokes to mine