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"No!" I rasp, trying to keep my voice down so I don’t wake Moe I can hear the chilling sound of bone cracking against flesh, and the hairs onat him and Seth sto hi his ar hihblows to his head and face Don’s ar, so Seth leans back to slam into Don’s ribs I can see sweat run down Seth’s back and his chest heaving heavily Don flicks his hips, throwing Seth off of hi to end the fight As Don attes around Don, straightening out his ar me "Seth has Don in an arm bar" Seth pulls down hard and Don’s face strains He doesn’t want to give up The referee gets in Don’s face, talking to hi to tap out Seth adjusts his position and pulls even harder Don can’t keep his eyes open He’s in too much pain and suddenly I feel sorry for hiot it All he has to do is apply a little more pressure and Don’s arm will snap, but he wants Don to submit to him He wants Don to tap out and be humiliated I close my eyes as the camera zoo nuts, begging for Seth to snap it As I openand I leap out ofroo, but I do it I do it out of happiness, out of pride, hell, I even do it out of arousal because I can’t possibly sit doithout squir , separating the two fighters They’re yelling at each other, dying to go another round with each other Don is pissed, his face hot red Seth smiles at Don and it pisses hi to help Don’s tea over the roar of the crowd or the annoying voices of the commentators and I nervously chew onDon froone, the referee raises Seth’s hand and the crowd loses their minds They screay flows throughThe announcer hands him a microphone and he addresses the crowd My eyes are on Seth, not paying attention to a single word the CEO is saying Seth is s to do with his impressive skills The CEO hands Seth a frao over highlights of the fight and I close the browser and shut off the e smile on my face

Seth achieved his drea abouta romance author The last few months have definitely sidetracked h material to write that happy ever after I’ve been stuck on Maybe ive me time to write on the side? If not, I’ll have to ht?

I sit bydown e-red hue coats everything in a pretty pink light I’ve been sitting here for hours, dreading the thought of going back hoo back to Pakistan He proet more Skype ti to be home either She decided to spend a little alone tihts Apparently, she and Dad stayed there all the ti in the house by hts yet There was always so around the place, but for the next two days I’m on my own

I climb toin the ceht so I walk the et ho right in front of the garage I inhale deeply,myself and cliate and er on the latch I can’t stay here by o and turn back toto leave me here by myself, are you?"

Seth’s voice startles me, and I whirl back to face the house A move against the oak tree in the front yard His hair is in wilder disarray than norhly above his forehead His arms are folded across his chest, and the short sleeves of his black shirt cling tightly to hies of his bare forearainst aze settles on his mouth His full lips are curved into a little cocky slance over my shoulders I can’t see his car anywhere

"How?"

"I parked around the corner"

Forgetting the latch, I juht in, wrapping ainst his Seth squeezespressure, but I don’t dare coo, ever I pull oing to be back today"

"It was painful purposefully avoiding your calls, but I wanted to surprise you"

I laugh "Mission accoenuinely happy If anyone can wash away uish and doubts, it’s Seth It’s always Seth I slide off of hi on his hand He follows me onto the porch and I pull the key from the back pocket of my jeans I unlock the door and pull hihts and lock the door behind hierly I pull hiht and Seth ales

"It’s so pink"

"I know I don’t knohat the hell I was thinking"

Seth grips uard A thrill shoots downmyself upwards as he cliainst the bed I ue flicks out to glide against ersthe delicate skin of lides over a specific spot on le and he smiles down at me

"Ticklish?"

"Absolutely not"

He strokes the spot with his finger again and I twist, biting h for hiive up and plant a kiss on my nose "I missed you like crazy, you know"

I scoff, playfully "Yeah right, I saw all of those pretty proirls I bet you had the time of your life"

He rests his chin on h thick dark lashes

"It was hell, actually Do you wanna kno irls showed up at my hotel room practically naked?"