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"You’re always taking care of people You … I don’t know … observe, and then you give others what they need, by instinct" Her right knee barely touched le "It’s not just an eed "If soive it to thehed "And I’ for the right tiure all this out" She leaned forward and slid her hands intowhat I really want"

Inhale, exhale Inhale, exhale

"What do you really want?"

She placed a gentle kiss on the corner of my eyelid If I’d closed ainst her lips Then she leaned over to kissher body close towith ht jaw, then the left side ofthe buildup, I was certain that if there was going to be a payoff, it would outweigh it But whatever happened next needed to be her decision

"What do you want?" I repeated

She hesitated for two seconds before I saw the power in her eyes, felt it co for

We ue, the heat of her skin againsther ay more addictive than any substance I’d ever tried

I wanted to unzip my skin and pull her inside

Lily twisted her hands in the sleeves of my jacket and pushed back Her eyes ide, her voice unsteady "This ison intense"

I unpinned her hair and trailed ers over her collarbones, into the hollow of her throat "How is intense working for you?"

She shuddered and grabbedmy time My hands were on her neck, and I could feel her pulse beating in her throat I moved my asped

I stopped, ht you wantedinto h real estate in here to kiss you" I scooted over and wrapped htly as I could "That’s a dao up" She leaned back and pointed to her apart her back did to her front

"Although it ht be too much real estate Especially since Abi isn’t horoaned

"What was that for?" she asked

"The way you feel, and taste, and e"

"Yes I’d like to take you upstairs and kiss you cross-eyed"

"I’d like to be taken upstairs" And do a whole lot more than kiss

She read between the lines like a champ "Then any real estate that involves an empty bedroom and a serious lack of supervision probably isn’t the wisest choice right now"

"You don’t ain, pulled her body even closer to mine "I want to be with you"

"Kaleb"

"Not because of this" I gestured to her in my arms "Because of you"

A so close up shop"

"How long will it take you?" I asked "I’ll wait"

She raised one eyebrow

"Just to et home okay" I raised my hands innocently "Swear"