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I clenched my jaw "And what if I don’t want to be woken up so you can have your ith me?"

He pressed his face into ainst ive you a previehat I intend to do in order to wake you up"

And then I was flat onhow sensitive I was, he stopped aton the other I sighed, lighting up for hi wet for hi his head from my breasts, he kissed between the his tongue inacross the soft, quivering skin of hs apart and then his ue licked inside ers joined in My hands glided through his hair, tightening, urging hi and finger-fucking me into a frenzy

"Braden," I odda the its ainst hiasm out of me My body shuddered with more spasms as he crawled back up beside me

Okay, that one had been just as ‘out of this world a, staring at the ceiling in dazed wonder until Braden appeared above ain He didn’t say a word but when he leaned down and kissed ainstit all for him

He’d made his point

My useless liain

Spooning

"Night, babe," his voice ru closed

Then it was lights out

~13~

I was lying, staring at s and the ache in my muscles when I ht

With Braden Carmichael

And then we’d spooned I frowned at that,on the pillow to eye the empty spot besidepart of the deal, but since it ca to s my discomfort and deal with it Especially since Braden had done the right thing and left without waking me

That screamed, ‘just sex!’

This could work I could do this

The sound of a cupboard shutting in the kitchen drewup speed Was Ellie home? And then my eyes fell to the end of the bed Braden’s shirt He’d picked it up off the floor I checked ht o’ clock

Shit He was still here What was he doing here? Didn’t he have work? Irritation niggled its way intohot as I hopped out of bed, digging out a tank top and pajama shorts On the move, I twisted my hair into a messy ponytail and went to deal with him

I stopped short at the kitchen doorway and felt that all too fas of coffee, Braden was hot He had pulled on his suit pants but was of course shirtless The muscles in his broad shoulders ood they felt ht?" he asked before looking over his shoulder with a small smile

That smile hit me in the chest like a punch It was intimate It was affectionate

It hurt like hell My expression hardened "What are you still doing here?"

"Making coffee" He shrugged, adding the sugar and stirring

"Don’t you have work?"

"I have a ain as he crossed the kitchen to handjust as his mouth came down on mine Addicted to the taste of hi kiss Short but sweet When he pulled back I was scowling

Braden sighed and took a sip of his coffee before asking, "What now?"

"You’re still here" I turned onmy foot underneath me as I curled into the corner of the couch Braden sank into the arle him My scowl deepened "And you’re shirtless"

His mouth quirked up at the corner like he knew exactly what the sight of him half-naked did to me "I need coffee before I can function, and since I was ht I’d h without coffee to call a cab?"

"And we need to talk," he added, as if I hadn’t said anything