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"Slow," he urged her, keeping his hands firo too fast their second time And, Lord, the way she looked as she ood in all her life

He couldn’t keep fro up to take her niles into histhe pattern until he’dwith pleasure and he had gone nearly crazy from her s to hold her close, he sat up and wrapped her legs around his waist so that they were heartbeat to heartbeat and face to face She wound her arms around his neck and kissed hi in to what they both wanted so badly

But even as he thrust up into her and she buried her face in his neck, holding on tight while her body started to come apart at the seams in thethat tonight wasn’t the beginning of good-bye

CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT

Nothing, absolutely nothing, would ever be as good as waking up in Sean’s ar he’d been wrapped around her, his chest to her back, her body fitting so perfectly into his that it was as though they’d been made only for each other Serena wasn’t usually a very sound sleeper, but she hadn’t stirred once all night

And yet, feeling sofor her even harder to face If only she could stay in his bed, in his aret that she had any other life

She wanted so badly to be strong, to continuethe choices that she wanted towith to make her ent happy But with Smith’s movie thrown into the mix, it felt so much harder this time to say no and stand firm

Maybe the way Genevieve had behaved should have made it easier, but Serena could still remember the ti And even if those times had more to do with Serena’s perfor else, she couldn’t forget how good it had felt

Serena’s heart rate was already rising by the ti herself thatout for nothing And ht away

"Goodanxiety, Serena rolled over so that she and Sean were face to face on the pillow He was gorgeous first thing in the"I like this," she said as she reached up to brush her fingertips over his dark stubble

He captured her hand in his and kissed her fingertips "Good Because you’ll be seeing a lot more of it in the future"

Just like that, the tension that she’d only just ed to shove down burst open inside her "Sean, I--" Just then she caught a glimpse of the clock on his bedside table "Oh no, I didn’t realize how late it is and how long we slept I need to go I have et ready for it"