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God, she was so sweet, fro blue eyes when she realized she’d called his mother, to the fresh scent of strawberries in her hair, to her soft curves in his arms

And now, she’d--very unexpectedly--fallen asleep in a coer’s arms

Whatever his mother had said to Nicola must have really relaxed her, to the point that she would let down her guard this ht now, could have her bound up and gagged before she could wake up enough to fight hiht of what kind of guy she could have gone ho hard in his chest and his hand ain More to soothe himself than her, this ti in closer to him like a kitten in search of war about his day had gone as planned, including this They should have been checking into a hotel by now, getting ready to strip off each other’s clothes Instead, they were pulling up in front of his brother Ser to his lips as he paid the taxi driver, to let hiently as he could, he lifted Nicola into his arms and out of the vehicle Her eyelids fluttered as she tried to co down at her, he finally noticed the dark s eyelashes The club had been too dark for him to see the evidence of her exhaustion, but now he couldn’t deny that as ood on the implied promise of hot sex that they’d made to each other in the club, he could see how desperately she needed this sleep

"Shhh" He couldn’t resist pressing his lips to her forehead and kissing her lightly "You’re safe with me"

Her eyelids opened then, her pretty eyes fuzzy with sleep as she softly said, "I know"

Her full lips that he’d been aching to kiss since the moment she’d walked up to him in the club and introduced herself ain

Alain his bearings to keep fro with her in his arorgeous curves, she was a tiny thing

It was the trust in her eyes that had his knees weakening

Jesus, the things he’d been planning to do with her tonight…

Guilt knocked straight into his gut as his previous visions of stripping her out of her dress ca those visions--visions that were farher and breathing in her scent

A stranger wasn’t supposed to affect hier wasn’t supposed to fall asleep in his ar e of fourteen, after his father had died, Marcus had been the one everyone could count on He’d known his ht, he’d assuer siblings Sure, he’d had his fair share of woht Jill liked his family and that she understood how much they still needed him Instead, she’d been threatened by his connection to them