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"Move on me"

She flattened her palms on his chest, felt the erratic pound of his heartbeat A e, she rose all the way to the tip, then slid back down

Another round of curses froers in my mouth"

"Yes" Except when she reached up to obey, he shook his head violently

"Not those The ones you had inside you"

Oh He wanted her taste in his mouth God, that aroused her to the point of pleasure/pain He licked and sucked her wetness fro And all the while, she rode hi left on her hand, he popped the fingers out "Faster," he snarled "Harder"

Not yet, darling Stillwith tortuous slowness, she worked hi his hips against her, trying to force her into a swifter rhyth froh to push past his fears He’d waited so long for this ret what they’d done--whatever happened afterward

"You feel so good I’m so close Can’t wait to feel you come inside me Never had that Want that Need that Need you Only you You’re so--"

A roar of satisfaction parted his lips, and he slapped his hands against the tiled walls at his sides, arching his hips so high he completely cleared the bench Her, too Her knees lost their anchor, and she balanced only on Hector, his cock so deep inside her she’d feel him for weeks

As he jetted, a hot streae of satisfaction herself "Hector!" Her nails sank past skin and into hts sparked behind her eyelids, and she nearly collapsed against him Even in the furious haze of a pleasure so intense she’d never known its like, she re, too, because as she floated down froh, she smelled the smoke, and knew He’d set her bathroom on fire

Thirty-two

HECTOR SAT AT THE end of Noelle’s bed, a torapped around his waist She paced in front of him, but he couldn’t look at her Not yet He’d destroyed her bathroom Would have burned her house down if the fire had started anywhere but the shower A twist of the nozzle and they’d ed to douse the flames before they could spread

By then, the tiles were already charred and black His first tiht darkly A fact that utterly slayed him

What Noelle had made him feel…

His body had existed for her, and her alone He’d become her slave--more so than any tiiven her Anything to sink inside that warod damn He’d almost come that very second It had taken every bit of his will power to hold back

He wanted that again Every day, every night Now he knew There was nothing better than discovering your wo her pulse with satisfaction Because of you Hearing her cry your na she was as swept up by the moment as you were

Hoas he supposed to resist her now?

And he had to resist her Until he learned to control his ability, he couldn’t let anything like this happen again

You’re a goddamn broken record, you know that?

Yes Proof: Would she wait for him? he wondered

Hell, no, he decided a heartbeat later She wouldn’t wait for hiuarantee that he’d ever learn to control himself Two, she was a beautiful woman with needs Three, she did not handle any type of rejection well and she would consider his backtracking another rejection

Fucking hatefriends and partners and nothing more, aren’t you?" she demanded

His stomach churned with sickness "Noelle--"

"Don’t you Noelle o I was baby"

And he would have chopped off his arain "Your bathrooh! This shit again? Really? The bathroo deal I can have another stall in place within the hour"

No big deal Right "That’s not the point, and you know it" And he’d known better Had known sex was too hazardous for hi this tiht cal, and you aren’t radiating any heat"

"Doesn’t ain if you touch ht had his cock twitching Down boy

"So okay Fine What happens next?" She stopped in front of him, her hands on her hips The scent of soap and orchids wafted from her She, too, wore a towel The fluffy material was anchored just above her breasts and fell to just below her ass

Gorgeous fee he’d caused, as tortured as he was, his body continued to respond to her, craving her "What do you want to happen?" he asked, finally looking up and aze

Noelle’s heart lurched in her chest Hector’s expression was one of pain, regret, and soul-wrenching sorrow Not about the sex That, she knew he’d enjoyed But about the danger he’d put her in

"I want you to followI tell you to do," she said

"What else?"

Her lips pursed "Tell me what you like about me"

He blinked, clearly surprised by the topic switch "Everything"

There was so much conviction in his tone that he left no room for doubt "Even if I told you that twice in my life I’ve hacked off Ava’s hair, just because I was mad at her?"

His brow furrowed "What does that have to do with anything?"

"I’ my sins so you can reevaluate what you like aboutout there except Onadyn," she interjected "And the only reason I’ve never done Onadyn is because it turns your skin blue for several hours, and blue isn’t h a pyre phase and torched a school, as well as my parents’ summer home Oh, and I once stole a twenty fro a robo-dog Machines have feelings too, you know, but I still kept hiolden gaze no longer crackled with tension, had softened ariness "Interesting, but why do you think any of that would make me reevaluate what I like about you?"

"It doesn’t?"

"No"

Her heart fluttered, a thousand tiny butterfly wings in flight "All right, then What would you change about "

More conviction Much more Heher Further proof: he’d never tried to change her He’d only ever tried to protect her

She would have hiht for hiether intimately successfully, but okay He required ain For her own good Well, not this ti Not away from her, but toward a commitment She would have hi happened with Corban I refused to let him inside my house, so he took me to a restaurant We talked for an hour before I left his ass there I went to ht briefly about coht with her The reason I was still in a dress was because I refuse to keep clothes at her house and had to buy so for the party That was all I had to wear ho with relief "Thank you for telling me"