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"Take those off," he toldraspy

I quickly kicked them to the floor and this ti roaned and I wanted to hear that sound again My hands flehere ernails, eliciting another groan from him

Then he stood back and toed his sneakers off He stripped out of the rest of his clothing before his eyes cut to mine His lids were partially hooded, but I could still see the deep blue God, his eyes were gorgeous God, was he gorgeous!

He lowered his head "You sure you want to do this?" This time his tone was soft, sweet, unlike the way it had been up until now

There was no doubt I wanted this I nodded and reachedcock

"Say it," he said with the force back in his voice

I bit my lip "I want you"

"You want me what?"

"I want you to fk me," I breathed

When the words left my irl I had been told to be--no, I was the real ive I wanted to take The hunger insidebefore he was inside me He irl at soive hi he didn’t even knoanted I wanted to do things to his we did would beco tiency to just fulfill his own need It wasn’t fast and quick like with other guys I had been with Rather, it was a night filled with passion, lust, with our deepest, darkest desires being met It was a dream, a fantasy--one I wanted to live out over and over for a very long time He must have fallen asleep around five am, but I didn’t want to closehow perfect he seeood and bad, salty and sweet, all of which left irl--always

But he belonged to someone else and as I to take him from her? The sudden realization shatteredcaathered , I picked up his shirt and breathed in the scent and stared at Ben for the longest ti and lean, suntanned skin,those eyes that were bluer than any ocean I covered hies When I looked down at hi it looked the way I felt

Walking backward toward the door, I stumbled over his sweatshirt on the floor I couldn’t resist it I wanted to keep a s, "S’belle" as he slept, but he never woke I crept out of the roo to h was still strong and even though I had told a few people ht it sounded sexier, I kneould be the last I wanted him to own it

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"Red? Did you hearme back to the here and now

He calls me Red because I flat-out told hiain That’s not what I wanted at all, but it was for the best I draw in a shaky breath before I can find my voice "I know the way back Follow me"

In the dark corridor he takes uide a woh a dark hallway But to me, there’s more to it Don’t read toomy brain that can only lead to false hope But when he squeezes our laced fingers, my stomach immediately starts to flutter Sex, I tell myself That’s all this could ever be That’s all it ever was And besides, there is tooelse

"You know this hotel is not only rumored to be haunted but has a monumental place inif ht was mutual isn’t

"No, I didn’t know that What do youthe farther into the darkness we step

"The hotel was used to fil was set up in one of the ballrooms for Rocky III The Ghostbusters movie used the Music Room to catch Slimer Eddie Murphy--"

I interrupt his list of credits, thinking ht be a little nervous after all "Oh, my brother Xander loved Ghostbusters I used to watch it with hier"

We enter into the stainless steel food prep area, where I had seen hi like a loud whisper, echoes through the room and I jump at the same time a scream escapes me "Oh my God, this place really is haunted" My heart thuht

It’s kind of hard to ht of a shosts, I promise It’s probably just the mice"

I shriek this tiainst the cool stainless steel wall beforein my ear, "They live in the walls They can’t hurt you And even if they could, I’hosts or the mice, but honestly, I don’t care about either with the warmth of his body pressed so close to mine Even in my heels I have to tilt my head to see his face "I’ue along his lip before answering me "Maybe you could be," he whispers

Lust, want, and need for this le one of my pores I s hard, then lean in and breathe hi more, just soap Fresh and clean