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"I don’t want you to get in trouble"

His expression softened and he gently tugged his hand free fro to sources I was nowhere near Nen or Rich last night We’ve got a dozen witnesses ill all claiht at the time of the said attack"

I nodded but worried my top lip with my teeth

"Els, how are you really?" Adaht away, I turned around and slowlyto him follow behind me I settled on the couch and Ada the back of it Finally, I ed "I’ht "You’re not an idiot"

"I’m an idiot," I insisted "I’m stupid and na&iuers touchingto be humiliated about He’s a prick who played you He’s the idiot He’s the stupid fuck who’s going to look back and realize that for five months he was the luckiest bastard on this planet to be with you He’ll regret this, baby"

Baby

For a ot how to breathe Ada somehow intimate about the endearment I liked it I liked it a helluva lot

I s to say"

"Because I only ever tell the truth You’re one of a kind, Els Any guy would be lucky to have you"

I gazed into his eyes feeling his words like a caress across ain, surreptitiously checking me out before he took another sip of wine It occurred to me that perhaps all Adam needed was a push Yes, I was Braden’s wee sister, but I was also Ellie, the girl he apparently thought the world of and adht was beautiful Blame it on the wine or the fact that he’d stood up for ain, I wanted hi the fact

I let Adalasses of wine An hour had passed before I knew it and I had kicked offclose to hi the back of the sofa and every tihed I touched his bicep or squeezed his knee I was an affectionate person, tactile and open, but it was more than that, and Adam knew it I could see it in his eyes as we chatted and I hoped

You would think hurt and betrayal wouldit all out there but I just didn’t have it in me to close myself off It wasn’t who I was, and I definitely didn’t want to be that ith Adam

As the hour drifted into two, I beca to change between uys I couldn’t see duped by the o and his parent’s plans to return to the UK for a feeeks in April, when I stretchedto need to crackmy flat stohtand I could see ain his jaw

"Ellie, what the fuck are you doing?" he asked hoarsely, his voice quiet

Although ed nonchalantly

"Stretching"

His gaze drifted down my body and I watched his own tense "You knohat I’…"

Heart pounding I shifted closer to hih I licked my lips, nervous but co me back "I think you know," I whispered

Our eyesThe air thickened between us Adaaze I reached a treh and slowly Ihim It had almost reached the heat of his crotch where to ht I watched his erection strain against his zipper, when his strong hand grabbed asp when he tugged on ainst him I collapsed on hie-- he gripped the nape of rily down on his