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Miller pushes past me with his suitcase and duuard?’ I ask, wanting confirmation Auard?

‘Did you honestly think I would leave you alone?’ Miller strides pasthis path until I’ farther away as he stalks down the pathway to Ted, who’s closing the boot of the Lexus ‘Thank you’ Miller passes Ted his keys before offering a hand to William’s driver

‘Most welcome’ Ted smiles and shakes Miller’s hand, then looks past Miller to ,’ I arden path Ted slides into the driver’s seat and is gone in the blink of an eye Then the world disappears as Miller shuts the front door and secures the locks

‘We need to upgrade security,’ he gru to findfrom the door to him, back and forth ‘There are two bolts, a Yale, a ot past it,’ he says, re et his thing

‘Because I looked out theit was Ted, and then opened the door,’ I retort

He sement to my sass but doesn’t retaliate

‘I need a shower’

‘I’d love to join you,’ he whispers, low and pri forward My arms drop and my blood heats He takes another step forward ‘I’d love to settle my hands on your wet shoulders and work the inch of your body until there’s only space in that beautiful mind of yours for me’

He’s succeeded already and he hasn’t even touched me yet, but I nod anyway and stand quietly until he’s beforeme to his body I wrap around him and my face sinks into his neck as he cli me on my feet once we arrive I s down ‘There isn’tmy clothes into the wash basket one by one until I’reeable nod, and he takes the hem of his T-shirt and pulls it up over his head The muscles of his sto my focus on his torso My tired eyes blink a few tih dreamily

‘Earth to Olivia’ The softness of his tone pullsforward to place my palm on the centre of his chest After a physically andday, I just need to feel hi him

I’ the slow path I’, Miller’s head dropped to watchcareful not to disturb htful motions My touch drifts up to his shoulders, onto his neck, and across his dark jaw until I’er slips between the a little on a dihtly

Then our eyes meet and a million unspoken words collide between us Love Adoration Passion Desire Want Need

I pull er free and we both s intensify when our mouths join My eyes close, rasp, holdingmy mouth I’m sed up and carried off to a place where only Miller and I exist, a place Miller has created for me to run away to Somewhere safe So, always is, and the power he exudes is , but his constant tenderness douses that control so that Miller is always the one driving things There’s no denying he rules my body and heart He knohat I need and when I need it, and he displays this in every ele o to the hospital immediately Like when I needed to co presence Like I needed him to remove himself from his perfect world and be here with me

Our kiss slows, but Miller’s hold ofat my bottom lip, then my nose and my cheek, he pulls away andwhich to focus on,blues to his irl’

We spend a blissful half hour under the hot spray The space restriction h I wouldn’t expect it to be anything less, even if we had acres of space My pal the soapy water disappear down the drain while the heavenly sensation of Miller’s smooth, soapy palms work into every tired muscle in h to the ends I re when he positionssoft kisses over every part of my wet face, he helpsthe brush through ht falter in his ue I’m placed in bed and he crawls in behind ether and his lips are perfor a lazy dance across my shoulders Sleep finds me easily, assisted by the low hum of Miller and his heat compressed to every available part of my back