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Slowly, Luc began to push inside her He stopped, retreated, eased in again--a soft glide, a slow dance As always, she burned hi this tender for her, ed into the scalding clasp of her body, she seared him, especially when Alyssa braced her feet on the mattress and raised her hips up to meet him

"Luc Yes! "

Damn it With tords, she nearly unraveled his self-control She felt so good that it hurt, boiled his blood As need rocketed, he began to sweat Luc tried to breathe deep, re-engage his brain But he needed her touch, needed to know that despite all that had happened today, she was still his

Luc drew back, then thrust forward to the hilt "You feel so perfect around ood, too"

Alyssa didn’t reply, just pressed herkiss He tasted her need, her healing As difficult as hearing about Joshua had been for him, Luc would do it a thousand times over if it would ease her pain and allow her to feel closer to hi to hiain, deeper, slower, in rhythhtened her arms around his neck

Luc sed as he thrust his fingers into her hair, his thu bliss and she looked beautiful

"Alyssa," his whispered, his voice husky

Slowly, her eyes fluttered open, revealing dilated pupils, and she met his stare Satisfaction hummed inside him Now he knew that she was utterly aware of as deep inside her

His heart juhtening her slick walls around hi me with your story," he whispered "Your body"

Alyssa nodded, her gaze never wavering as tears filled her eyes Her trust and the exquisite feel of her were denting his self-control He had to find the will,his possessive instinct Frightening her was the last thing he wanted

Lowering his hands to her hips, he tilted her toward hiain Pleasure transfor wide

"Come for me"

"Y-yes"

The catch in her voice drove him deeper inside her He drowned in her blue eyes and dark lashes He didn’t blink; he didn’t want to htened, and she whi her nails into his shoulders

He held the pace steady, sweat beading across his body Seconds later she cla Satisfaction roared through him as she keened out her pleasure

His pleasure spiraled nearly beyond his control as her face revealed her bliss And trust She trusted hi

He closed his eyes, trying to get a grip, but need shut down his brain Grasping for self-control was a waste of ti over, he wanted to take her with hiain

With that instroke after another and began to rub her clit

"Luc!" She could barely find her breath now "I can’t--"

"You can For me"

In the next ain, her explosion of pleasuredrove him

"Who’s deep inside you?" he deht Always" And her body told hi you come?"

"Luc!"

She bucked and screamed beneath him, and he swore he was even deeper inside her than before

Da, his body screa for release

As he pushed back inside her swollen sex with a steady, urgent stroke, Luc could never re closer to any woman, ever Alyssa rose up topleasure and rising need killed the last of his self-control

Sweat broke out across his back, his forehead, as he pushed his way inside her again Then she was chanting his na to him in every way possible Luc fell deep into her as the last of his resistance gave way, and he soared into a pleasure so intense, it rattled his core, then re his love for her

Slowly, their breathing recovered, and Luc wrapped her up in his ars with hers In that ether He only hoped that all of the difficulty was behind them

"Feel better?" he asked softly

She bit her lip, hesitating "Do you wish you hadn’tI told you"

"Don’t ever think that I’d judge you for what you had to do to survive As h, I’m incredibly proud of who you’ve beco dawn, and Luc’s heart broke all over again

"Are you going to sell the club?" he whispered

He hadn’t even finished asking the question when she began shaking her head "Toothings happen under its roof I’ll turn overforward in life, hoping that the restaurant allows me a fresh start"

It would Luc would see to that He had the talent, connections, and influence

He kissed her forehead "Close your eyes"

She shook her head "Not yet Since it seeht for truth, why don’t you tell me your secret?"

Chapter Seventeen

LUC couldn’t have heard her right "What?"

"Whatever it is you’re not saying I’ve sensed it"

How had she known he had a secret?

He shook his head The honesty of their ue But he stopped First, Alyssa had endured enough today, and with the bleeding scare, the issue of the baby’s parentage and the inevitable arguments were best left for another day Second, ould telling her that the baby couldn’t possibly be his accomplish except to tear them apart?