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He wanted so much more than to just take her She knew it, she could see it building in his expression, in the battle for control in his eyes And she watched him, felt him, lose that control

She arched, twisted, felt the hard thrust that burrowed the length of his cock inside her, stretching her, burning her, taking her with a desperation that rocked her soul

The hard, plunging strokes fired a pleasure and pain that tore past preconceived notions of pleasure It whipped through her h her senses and left her fighting for the breath to screa Each hard thrust, as he shafted inside her, threw her higher Her nails bit into his shoulders, her legs tightened around his plunging hips, and a second later she dissolved around hi into her, and those haunted, beautiful eyes of his blazed With possession With love

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Ca Jaci behind hi to the enclosed bathrooone She didn’t knohen he had left, or how long he had stayed

Seconds later Ca the thick, thirstyhily around his waist

He stared at her, horrified by his loss of control, by the sheer thoughtlessness of what he had done Or what he had nearly done What he had wanted to do, with a hunger that even now drove spikes of need straight through his balls

Hell, he still wanted her He would alant her

"At least you didn’t wait until I was asleep to pull away frohtly, as she secured the towel over her naked body

He shot her a glare before stalking to the fridge and beer His control was still shot He clenched his teeth and fought to hold on to what few threads were still left

"Don’t push this, Jaci," he finally told her, twisting the cap off the bottle before turning to face her

Her arms were crossed over her breasts, her hip cocked, her expression as confrontational as any pissed-off redhead If he were a smart man, he’d have been terrified instead of turned on

"Don’t push this," she drawled "Excuse ht now? What’s inside you every ti the words pass her lips was enough to make his blood boil with that need He could see her, flushed, screa different?" he growled "You knehat I wanted seven years ago, and you knehat it would come to when you invited me and Chase into your hotel room" He stalked toward her "You ca I was here You knehat you alking into You knew you wouldn’t be leaving here without this"

And then she srind with desire

"Oh, I knew" She shrugged, and it infuriated him "Just as I know that I’ll be da line of little pets you and Chase share"

"Did I ask you to be a pet?" he snarled, continuing to advance on her, watching as she retreated until he had her against the wall, until all he could think about was taking her again--plunging inside her, holding her to hiht around him, bare and so slick, so sweet, as he felt every ripple of that snug little pussy "I warned you, Jaci" He caught her to hi yours ? Why do you want it?"

"Why do you want it, Jaci?" he asked

She froze at the question Her lips parted, her heart stuttered in her chest as she pulled in a shocked breath

"You love it" He leaned closer, his voice lowering, his body tightening "Just as much as I do Tell me, Jaci, why do I see that saance filled his expression and his eyes He was primal, and he knew it--and she should have known there was so little she could hide from him He had the experience she didn’t have He kneomen, he knew lust, and he knew desire And he knew her

"I enjoy it," she admitted "Sometimes, yes, I would crave it But for God’s sake, Cam, I need more than a threesome when you take me I need more than that for you, for both of us"

Hurt and need welled inside her, tore at her heart and had her shuddering with the attempt to hold it back "I need more from a relationship than a man that can’t bear to spendwith me Damn you Cameron I need you to hold me I need you to need me, not er building inside her again No, it wasn’t anger, it was fear What the hell made her think she could come here and not risk every part of who and what she was?

She had promised herself the last time he left her alone she wouldn’t be seduced into what he wanted, without owning his heart as well And she’d be daly, he let her go She could feel his eyes on her back as she gripped the front of the towel and paced away from him But he didn’t have an answer for her, and she hadn’t really expected one

"What good does it do me to love you?" she finally asked hi to destroy us both Because you won’t be honest withto you, Cam, without the sa me what happened with the Robertses You want trust, Jaci Give it"

She stared back at hi with all her soul that she could tell him, that she could trust him not to keep his promise to kill any man that hurt her And perhaps he wouldn’t, but she knew Cam, he would spill blood, and it wasn’t blood that she needed to neutralize those two

"Trust you first, huh?" She smiled sadly "Doesn’t work that way"

She moved back to the balcony The rain had eased to a drizzle, the soft breeze that blew through was al them out as best she could, then aze raked over her, then the clothes "Subject’s not changing that easy, sweetheart"

"Conversation is over," she told hi at his furious face in shock The toas lying on the floor, and Ca her in place Not painfully, but carefully, as he glowered down at her