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Marie-Laure tossed the towel onto the floor and sat back on her legs

"I understand," Nora said Marie-Laure nodded at Daain, and Nora sed air with renewed gratitude for every unencumbered breath

"Good Now let’s talk about this fiancé of yours" Marie-Laure returned to the head of the bed She propped herself up on the pillows and let her diaphanous robe fra that you don’t care about hisley described your young man as your only weakness I would love to knohat he meant by that Especially since you seem comprised entirely of weaknesses"

"I don’t knohat he meant by that, either Like you said, Wes is one of er men are a weakness of yours?"

"Kind of I have a little soft spot for virgin boys All that untapped potential irl want to, you know, tap that"

"So it’spart of it," Nora said without apology

"Is it? Have you been with a lot of virgin boys?"

"A few"

"I’d love a nue to say soain Taking a deep breath, she reflected on her past as ghosts of long-ago nights flitted across her mind’s eyes

Brasley had introduced her to

Alexage eighteen, barely eighteen

Noahone of Wes’s friends from Yorke She didn’t know they were friends until after Wesley hadif Noah would tell Wes about the night he’d spent tied to her headboard

And, of course, her angel, Michael Age fifteen A gift from Søren, who knew about her weakness and had decided to put it to better use than sih for a pattern, not enough for a fetish"

"Five Iins?"

"Every last one of theins, you’d have to triple the nuuilt at all?"

"None Okay, maybe a little but only with Alex"

"Alex?"

"He was the son of this bitchy book reviewer Totally blasted my first book Called all ot "

"And you felt guilty about that?"