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"Not one of hten the ht ones to date At least, I didn’t until I met you"

Owen smiled a little at that, but his face soon turned serious once more

"You don’t even see it, do you?" he asked "How similar you are to Callie"

I frowned "What do youlike Callie"

He shook his head "Sure you are Think about it You’re both beautiful, strong, smart women You both have dark hair and pale eyes You both run these cool, quirky restaurants and are great cooks Hell, she even wears blue aprons just like you do at the Pork Pit It’s a little eerie if you ask me"

I didn’t knohat to make of his words Bria had told ht much about how alike ere I wondered if Donovan had noticed it - if it hat had drawn him to Callie in the first place I didn’t knohether to be flattered or weirded out

"Donovan had you, and he was a fool to leave town, to leave you," Owen said "Now, he’s trying to replace you with Callie That’s his business But I don’t want you to make the same mistake with hiain I love you too much for that, Gin I do now, and I alill"

The raw sincerity burning in his violet eyeselse ever had - especially not Donovan I leaned forward and cupped ed face

"I love you, Owen I want to be with you - not Donovan You’ve got nothing to worry about Donovan is e that or the old memories that he stirs up in me, but you’re my present - my today, my tomorrow, my future You alill be"

Owen stared atmine as if he could somehow see past the cold, indifferent mask that I usually presented to the world and peer into er, then leaned forward and pressed entle, but it turned into far more than that Donovan’s reappearance had shaken us both up a little more than either one of us would have liked to ad me down onto the blanket next to hi for buried treasure, his tongue teasing, retreating, and diving against h my body with every sure, quick stroke, and I ran , chiseled planes of his face, skihtly crooked nose, and the faint lines that fanned out from the corners of his eyes All the little imperfections that somehow made him so irresistible tofor more - so much more

"You’re mine," Owen said in a fierce whisper, the heat in his eyes as bright as the scorching sun "Not his Mine Only reed, then pushed hiet that you’re rowled and pulled my head down for another hard, alhme just where he wanted to I let him take control, let hi both of us on

Owen stripped off rab a condom out of his wallet so ould have even more protection besides the little white pills that I took Soon, there was nothing between us The warh the shade of the u compared to the fire that burned between us

Owen trailed kisses down ently, then a little harder, then a little harder still I dughiue swirled lazily around my nipple before he nipped it with his teeth Pleasure spiked through me at the sensation

"Do you like that?" he rasped

"I love everything that you do to me," I whispered back "I love the way you s are about to get a whole lot better"

He slipped a finger insidethem back and forth, in and out, in and out, in a steady, furious rhythainst first one nipple, then another, his faint, bristly stubble scraping againstme that ,into his shoulders "Don’t think that you’re going to have all the fun today"

A wicked smile curved Owen’s lips, and he ainst my outer folds and then slid in deeper, then deeper, then deeper still, as if he could lick his way to the very center of me

I arched and arched my back as if that would relieve the delicious pressure building and building inside e, Oould bring h to ratchet up my need that much more His rich, wonderful smell filled my nose, the one that always made me think of metal, until I was dizzy with it - and dizzy with the sensation of being loved by hi to scream from the pleasure of it all, Owen raised his head and kissed his way back up my body I reached up for his head, but he pinned my arms to the blanket and stared down at me

"You’re beautiful," he said in a hoarse voice "So strong and beautiful"

"So are you"

Then he leaned forward and captured ainst hi for hiht on his elbows and rested his hard cock against ainst roaned Above ame

Finally, I couldn’t take it anymore I slid my hands out of his hold and rolled hi down to capture his stiff erection

I did the sa, and caressing his thick length until his hands clenched the blanket But Owen didn’t letHe reached for the condo on his lap Every part of s locked around his waist