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And yet another leap in her chest Strong "Like I said, you’re too late"
"Noelle--"
"Look, you really need to go" Before she broke down in front of hih for h for you, and I know that I’ about my past, either Because I’ed e it back Just give"I told you nothing you said would make a difference, that if you pushed me away you’d lose me You pushed me away We’re done, that’s what you said"
Shaiveto protect you"
"Instead, you broke my heart Hurt me worse than anyone ever has" Tears burned the back of her eyes "And one day you’ll be stupid and afraid again You’ll accidentally burn me and the risk will be toothe foyer before those da She’d cried in front of him once; she wouldn’t do it a second time "Good-bye, Hector You can see yourself out"
Just as she’d done in the warehouse, she walked away fro back She pounded up the stairs, her heart breaking all over again He’d just offered her the world, everything she’d ever wanted, and she’d basically said no thanks
Had to be this way
A tear at last fell, followed quickly by another When she reached her bedrooht There was her new bed, an oversize king with the softest cotton sheets Red, one of her best colors Hector would never enjoy her there She would never enjoy him there Never--
A pound of furious footsteps behind her A gasp catching in her throat, she swung around A scowling Hector rounded the corner Without a word, he increased his speed, picked her up and launched her backward She bounced on the ht herself, he had her pinned
"I love you," he snarled down at her, "and I’ain Ever For any reason Not even your reasons I should have listened to you, and you can forever hold that over my head You can remind me at every holiday and every time I leave my socks on the floor I’ll deserve it I should have stuck around, rather than giving in toand running because you’re afraid I understand, I do, but you better listen up, baby You once had to chase and seduceyou That’s what I’ve been doing, but clearly I need to step up ame the way you stepped up yours"
His lips sue swept inside her mouth He tasted of an to burn through her sorrow
His hands … his hands stripped her, stripped himself, and then caressed her everywhere He left no place untouched, orshipping her His fingertips learned her face Kneaded her breasts Traced over her stos, even her feet
"I’ve wanted to do this since the moment I met you," he whispered fiercely "You’re so soft, so warm So sweet Spread for ers in you"
Passion fogged her brain, and she obeyed without thought, needing hier slid inside her "Oh, dained doing this to you every da at the erotic sensation, she arched her hips, sending hier joined the others His skin was hotter than a normal man’s, but that’s what she needed She felt hi her in the ht, want to wake you up this way every ers, with ht, baby You’re it for me There’s no one else There’s never been anyone else and there will never be anyone else Just you Only you"
As he spoke, he rocked those wanton fingers inside her, surging in, pulling out, until she was sobbing, desperate for relief Then he scissored the, she had to grip his shoulders to keep herself fro off the bed
"I want to feel you this way," he rasped, "coers"
"Yes"
In, out, slow, so slow, then faster, faster Then his thumb brushed over her clit, and she shot off like a rocket, spas her over a second tihtness
"Hector! More, giveinside her, his chest pressing against hers Her legs wrapped around his waist HisHe tangled his fingers in her hair, angling her head Touching her, always touching her
He made love to her as if he needed to savor her As if he didn’t want to s before he’d gotten enough As if she were everything to him
One of his handsher shiver, then slid between their bodies and found herin and out, finally picking up the pace, just a little faster … faster
Herfor another release He pressed harder, and she shot off again, this climax so intense she left claw marks in his back "Hector!"
"Noelle,fro inside her
When he collapsed on top of her, he immediately rolled to the side so that she could breathe, but he didn’t allow any separation between their bodies He held her tightly, panting, sweat sheening them both
"Baby, please Tellthe rise of the bone "Tell ivein my power to make you happy I swear I will And I will never leave you, never change my mind," he added in a rush before she could reply "I knohat it’s like to be without you I can deal with anything but that"