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He took her hand Co do it

Chapter Twelve

A s the wheel hitched upward one click at a time while people were loaded into the cars, Chloe watched the world below beco people looked like they belonged in acarnival world, with all the sensual trappings, manacles and leather straps She saw the silver sparkle of Mistress Lydas embellished corset

Brendans arm slid around her shoulders You wont fall out if you stay really close, he said so him away

In answer, she laid a hand on his bare chest, pressing her ear to his heartbeat He did pull her closer, so her hand fell on his thigh This is weird, she said with a strained smile Youre half naked, you know

Well, if you want to join me so you wont feel self-conscious

Instead, she traced the attractive thigh e man, Brendan You let me dowhat I almost did to you Youre part of this world, but you ask me to ride the Ferris wheel like were fourteen You like to hold hands and bring me stuffed puppies A nd have phone sex with me at three am

You wear pink Save the Whale sleep shirts, reat cupcakes and debate whether or not youd like to push a six-inch dildo up h his s through the eyes of the child we once were and the adults we becos that out

He covered her hand with his own, lacing with her fingers For instance, if I could have what I want ht pull you onto my lap, sink ainst h your hair He leaned down, but instead of going for her enous zone which made her teeth sink down on her bottoravity of the ride, he continued in a sensual h, see the sparkle in your eyes fro the best of child- and adulthood together

He straightened then, after a quick nuzzle of her hair But I also like being here with you like this, pressed hip to hip, holding hands Getting the chance to put ood, in a different way I want both

A s he aze, he let her see that hebad about the evening, choosing to i here With her It lessened the humiliation of the platforuerites Her anger had dissipated, and soan to do the saht now, he was all hers Up here, floating up into the sky, where the only stinant and wondrous quality to it Her own prince of the fairy tales Being hers in all ways, handsolance over the side, she studied his profile in the ically lit darkness, the flutter of his hair over his brow and across his throat from the breeze

A s they ticked up another car, she saw an even more elevated view of the carnival, details lost and everything becoht Just like hed said The best of both worlds

Her gaze drifted further, to the darkness beyond the carnival grounds That darkness covered the inlet and the large spread of oaks that surrounded and buffered Tylers property, and yet there was always an extra coested it was a living thing, not just a curtain