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"I can’t believe this happened to you," I sobbed

He wrapped me closer and buried his nose intoin the world I relaxed on top of him, so relieved and exhausted to finally be ho him, but he was the one who calmed me

I probably fell asleep within seconds

I woke rested and yet drained Day ht, because it was dark in the rooainst hilue

His even breaths were like a balhed I was in bed with Knox Parker Finally Though ritty and I was sore, plus h earlier, I stretched like a contented kitten

I still couldn’t believe what I’d learned, still couldn’t wrap my brain around the horrors my man had suffered It only h, to show hiood left in the world, life was still worth living, and being with the one you loved was all thatmy hands explore, I slid therown I had no idea a bicep could actually get this big, much less Knox’s He’d never been small, but, he was massive now And his skin was so sleek and hard, like slick silk over steel

My nails scraped gently up the side of his throat and over his cheekbone, delighting in every aspect of hi to make him see, one way or another, that no et past this, and heal, and be happy again

He sucked in a breath, , "City"

"Yes?" I stretched up to kiss his jaw

He jerked "What?" Sounding an to sit up, but I pressed a hand to his chest, urging hio yet"

"Felicity" His voice reotten that rasp They’d kicked hi to let that da my way down his neck, I slid ht, but a second later, he caught ?"

With a husky laugh, I nipped at his shoulder with my teeth "Do you want ainstBut what he groas, "Stop This isn’t going to happen Just because I held you doesn’t ether"

I paused and tipped my head to the side "Yes, we are Because we’ve never really been apart Froed to each other I tried to deny it for two years, and you’re trying to deny it now, but it’s not going to change the facts I don’t care if we’ve grown up We’re still Knox and City at the core, and we’ll always love each other You knohy?" I leaned in to whisper into his ear "Because we don’t kno to stop"

His breathing picked up, the tension in hi He turned to ainst ht it," he swore "I’ll resist you because I can only hurt you, and I’d rather die than hurt you"

"The only thing you’ve ever done to hurt ood for you," he insisted

I shookthat ever happened toin tothe hand he wasn’t holding captive, I slid h his pants "I can feel how runted and seized that hand too, but he couldn’t seeroaned and pressedcock with more force

"I’rated out "Of course I’h his jeans "Oh really? So I’ht now, huh?" With a sniff, I continued, "Sorry, but I don’t buy that In fact, I bet you couldn’t fuck er I bet the second you filled ether We love each other"

He growled and caught my wrist when I went for his zipper "Really? Now you’re trying to convincethe old Knox, and all this shit that keeps haunting o away"