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He swept me into his ar because I knew he needed to assert himself, put his stamp on me As he dried me, I warned, "I won’t put up with this forever"

"Until the baby’s born?"

"Maybe It depends on how crazy and/or cranky I get And right noant you so bad, I can’t stand it"

"God, h, it’s all I can think about You Mine Baby I think my brain’s short-circuited"

"Too much testosterone You weren’t used to it over there?"

"Don’t know Don’t care" Yeah, he was out of patience

Thank God

No foreplay There would be years and years for slow, seductive sex This, this was raw and pri ood leg around his I left the other straight, as it hurt enough already The pain added a layer of spice to the pleasure as he pushed His thrusts lost their cadence, going ragged and fast straightaway Iinto his shoulders

Chance kissed ue moved in my ht leg and his wildness drove ood--and we’d had soagainst hiasps He broke the kiss when he lost control completely, but he didn’t avert his eyes or hide his face As he ca

No barriers No doubts

My whole body clenched, rocked in gradually dio of ood side, and wrapped entle on my back I peppered his face with kisses, unable to stop, as if we broke physical contact for even a second, then this reality would dissolve

"I’ain," he promised

"Me either"

For just ato his heartbeat This odhood for you He died for you Part of one I did deserve to be loved; I wasn’t a cipher, insignificant and unworthy of joy Contentrieve quietly for Kel

I didn’t mean to sleep, but the day’s events overwheland I was alone Panic spiked, but there was definitely an indent on the pillow beside

He’s still here This is real This isbreath, then joined hi and messy, and the housekeeper probably wouldn’t thank us later But I ed shower sex Afterward, I dressed in clean clothes while Chance put on what he’d been wearing the day before I gave Butch his breakfast and a drink in his collapsible travel dishes Then we took hi business

Just in ti was settled, Chance said, "Let’s swing by Chuch and Eva’s Then I’o home if you are"

"One stop before that"

"Oh?" He cocked his head in a heartbreakingly faht I love him Always

With some effort, I roused myself to answer "Twila"

"You have business with her?"

"I swore to her It’s polite to let her know I’ her deet out of Texas--to get back to the life we had been building together before the de

Talk about unusual relationship obstacles

"This won’t take long"

Twilight was closed e arrived, but Bucky, Jeannie’s husband, was cleaning the place and stocking the bar He s the ti Good to see him one last time If I could help it, I wouldn’t be back in Texas for a while Our friends could visit us for a change, and the baby gave reat excuse to make them

"Twila in?" I asked

"Go on back She’s expecting you"

"Of course," I rin He knew firsthand hoing and powerful Tas One of these days, I’d get the truth of ent down between the on account books when I walked in, Chance behind me, and her brows shot up To be honest, I think she expected this quest to kill me

If not for Kel, it would have

"Well, I’ll be daave you low odds for success," she said in lieu of greeting

"I had an ace in the hole"

Not really I had friends who loved irl" Twila ski ahead, Ms Solomon The darkness I saw before has fallen away"

"I just stopped by to tell you I’m on my way out of San Antonio I’ll be in Laredo for a little while Then I’e, if you ever need--"