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"Serena" He panted out her naainst the flat of her pal "I’ot hiet any kind of grip at all, she smiled And said, "Good," a beat before she slid her hand beneath his boxers and they finally came skin to skin

The last of Sean’s self-control snapped He slid his hands into her hair and dragged heroff as fast, as hard, as he was nowbut Serena disappeared Everything but the sweet taste of her ainst his Everything but the scent of her skin and the silky slide of her hair between his fingertips Everything but the sound of her gasps of excite but the emotion that washed over hih and out of hiain

"I knew it," she whispered against histhat with you"

Jesus, she wasn’t the only one who had loved it And after the way she’d just blown his entire world apart, it was nearly iy to clean both of them up and kick off the rest of his clothes Fortunately, his reas getting to wrap her in his arms and draw the covers over them And as he mentally rewound the sexiest hour of his life, he was a with Serena wasn’t just about feeling good, just about getting off

Love had changed everything--had taken every kiss, every touch, and nified the impact a million times over His mother had told him it would be like this, but he hadn’t understood Not until now Not until Serena

"She would have loved you"

It was an opening Serena could have taken if she’d wanted to push some more But somehow she knew he still wasn’t yet ready to tell her everything

Instead, she simply whispered, "I would have loved her, too," then tucked her head against his chest

Soht as he pulled her even closer, she knew

CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR

At noon the following day, Sean’s eighteen-year-old sister stood in her open front door and stared at Serena with big eyes "Ohto meet you!" She threw her ar

"Serena, this is my little sister, Madison"

"Maddie," his sister quickly corrected

"I told the and not to freak you out," he continued, "but you kno little sisters are"

Maddie shot Sean a frohen she finally let go of Serena "We’re awesome, that’s hoe are It’s not like I asked Serena to take a selfie with ave her a slightly crooked smile "Sorry, it’s just that I’ve seen you in like a azines and now here you are in my house"