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She didn’t knohat he was saying, couldn’t make sense of the fractured words, but it didn’ton clouds of pure satiation now, dazed, mesmerized by the aftereffects of his possession, as he slowly pulled free of her and collapsed on the bed beside her

The vibrator eased froht clasp she had on it as he slowly pulled it free and silenced it She heard a thu her in his ar her with his warmth

She didn’t want to move She wanted to drift here forever, so replete that even her soul dozed, sated with such an excess of pleasure that she didn’t want to move Not forever Or at least for a few more hours She wanted to stay wrapped in the inti they had lain entwined, exhaustion wrapping theether But she knehen she felt hiled his body from hers, rolled to the side of the bed, and sat up

She stayed still, praying, hoping against hope that he was going to lie back down beside her, that he was going to hold her for just a little longer--doze with her, let the final remnants of what he had done to her ease inside her before he deserted her

Finally, long hly, then felt his weight ease froh her as she felt a sheet settle over her slowly, then listened as he picked up his clothes and left the room

He would be back, she told herself He wouldn’t leave her alone like this, not after the pleasure he had just given her, the soul-deep possession he had just taken of her He would not just desert her

But he had

She waited, listening carefully, and finally heard thein the open kitchen

Her eyes opened and she rolled over in the bed slowly, suddenly so lonely she could barely stand the feeling that poured through her

Lifting herself from the bed, she pulled on a robe and then collected a pair of soft, cotton pants and a sleep shirt, beforeat the entrance, she stared through the open rooms at the man that had just loved her as no other man had even had a chance to In the time he had spent with her in that bed, he had marked her body and her spirit, laid clai in bliss And noas breaking her heart

He sat in the recliner, a beer on the table in front of hi as he sat forward, his elbows braced on his knees, a heavy scowl lining his face

He looked as lonely as she felt, and just as alone Like aend

Moving toward the living area, she watched as his head lifted, his gaze flaring as he stared at her His eyes were filled with shadoith tor to take a shower before I fix dinner Would you like to join me?"

She took hi as though he wanted to say soave a sharp nod

"Cam"

He stopped as he moved to push himself from the chair

"I can understand that you have an aversion to beds, but the next ti me knoithout a touch or a word, then I’ll walk out of this relationship Do you understand me?"

His eyes narrowed on her

"You hurtbetween us will turn bitter That’s the only warning you’re going to get"

His jaw clenched before he nodded again, doe she was putting out to hi you isn’t what I want," he finally said

"Then don’t do that to ain," she whispered "For both our sakes"

She watched his face as he moved to her, the heaviness in his expression, the flash of pain in his eyes Then his arht, his body tense as he held her to hih his jaw bunched as it pressed against the top of her head, and she could feel the anger--it had to be anger--growing inside hi how in hell she was going to survive the pain she atching brew inside him Whatever it hat they had done in that bedroo desperation, and the haunting shadows that had no explanation

She loved hi to be enough

The next night, Jaci tossed in the freshly made bed, uncomfortable, cold, and alone Silence filled the apartment, except for the soft drone of the television

Caht And then he had left her,room and the cold emptiness of the apartment

Why? Why couldn’t he sleep with her?

She rolled over to her back and stared at the ceiling above her She hadn’t expected this when she , and still the aloneness This was the second night he had taken her like a wildthe in the aftermath

And it was the second tiht alone

Well, too dahts alone Too hts when she had needed him close to her and refused to allow herself other options Too hts when she had wondered what she had allowed to slip fro to be harder than she had iined it would be She would just have to adapt<ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>