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He was silent aI knehat he was thinking And I felt ugly and worthless I pushed against his chest again "You can get off e He shook his head, his expression clearing as his eyes returned to mine "Four years," he replied quietly "You hadn’t had sex for four years Since you caed?"

"That’s another question"

Braden’s expression darkened to so so scary I was finally, truly inti my breath as his pale eyes fired ice chips at me "Did someone hurt you, Jocelyn?"

What? Oh my God… I relaxed as I realized what conclusion he’d drawn "No" I reached up and soothed a hand across his cheek, hoping it would erase that look in his eyes "Braden, no I don’t want to talk about it, okay," I explained gently "But no one hurtwild However, I wasn’t lying last night I’ve been checked and I’m clean And anyway, I’uys, and I’ you, Jocelyn"

"Oh you were so judging me"

"I wasn’t"

"You were"

He sat up, his ar me up with him, and then his other arainst his hot, naked chest My palms fluttered uneasily onto his pecs, my eyes wide as he stared down at me with this intense look in his eyes "I don’t like to share," hetwisted in my chest, a mixture of exaltation and unease "Braden, I’htened "For the next three months you are I mean it, Jocelyn No one else touches you"

My body conored my mind as it screamed ‘run, run, run!’, and I felt rowl of warning "You’re being an ass," I told hiyou," he continued as though I hadn’t said anything, ski my jaw to my ear, where his voice rumbled sexily, "In public, you’re Joss Butler Cool, self-possessed In bed, you’re Jocelyn Butler--you’re hot, babe Uncontrolled Needy Sweet," he breathed "I like that I know that I don’t like the fact that other ot ere and what this was supposed to be, but I found myself in an unusualthe way he arched his neck to let me My hand slid up his chest, across his shoulder and curled around his neck I nipped and licked and kissed my way back up to his mouth, and then I pulled back, so ready to have him inside me it wasn’t funny "They were boys, not ot last night froave lanced up toat hio" My grip tightened around his neck "But it is the truth"

I waited for hirew dark with desire and I was crushed to hi the deep, possessive kiss, trying to steal breath froone In less than a minute I was under him In less than anotherinside ain that sometimes I really could be needy and sweet

I strolled into the bedrooain, and I watched as Braden buttoned up his shirt He grinned at ?"

I shrugged, feeling a lot asoing to be easy if all it takes is sex to change your ave him an exasperated look "Braden I’ with each other, we agree not to be sleeping with other people But we also agree, no pressing each other for answers to questions we don’t want to answer"

After a while of just gazing at reed"

"I better get back to e" He pressed a quick kiss toto rest on ht"

I frowned "No I’ht"

"Yeah Adam, Ellie and I will stop by"

"No, you won’t" I shook my head Not after last time And truthfully I needed some space fro No distractions"

"You working with Craig?"

I grihtened "He kisses you and-"

"You’ll knock his teeth out" I nodded, rolling ot thewill happen I proed in overly casual agreeet back"

Okay, I alreement before my brain went, wait! No! No, no, no! "No!" I replied a little more loudly than I meant to