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"Jace"

"Yes, sweetheart"

"Please fuck me"

"Well, since you asked nicely" He flips me over, pulls my hips back and I hear hi rips onto my hair at the nape of my neck He doesn’t pull hard, but he has a firm hold, and it’s h, I think that every time Jace and I have sex

He clenches onto my hip with his free hand, and I bury roans and slows, pushing all the way to the root, and loses himself in me

"Is that what you were after?" he asks into catch my breath "Yeah, that’s the stuff"

He chuckles as he pulls out and collapses to the side of lad you don’t suck in bed," I reply and then laugh at his look of surprise "What? I ood if you were a horrible lover"

"Are you saying you’re just with me because of the way I bone you?"

"No" I shove ain "Also, I love how roether"

"I can’t believe you’re just with h harder "Here I thought it wasuglies," I say, still giggling He cracks up, his abs clenching with the action, and I reach out to trace theertips "These help, too"

"My stomach?"

"Your abs They’re hot Let’s keep them"

"I’ll do omery would be here," I whisper to Jace as we carry our drinks out the back door to the gorgeous outdoor living space Meredith, and her husband Mark have a beautiful hoazine

I wouldn’t be surprised if Joanna Gaines decorated it herself

"The Williaomerys," Jace says as he sits in a love seat and uess I just didn’t consider it"

"Do you want to leave?"

I stare at hi slowly "No No, I don’t"

He smirks and sips his beer just as Levi joins us Kids run around the yard and to the playhouse that’s a replica of thearita "Mer said Mark built it"

"He’s a contractor," Levi says with a nod "He and Isaac Montgoomery Construction"

"Cool There’s a lot of people in this fa, Will’s wife says as she joins us "It intimidated the hell out of me when I was first with Will But they’re nice, and they only bite if you ask nicely"

I s the way he sank his teeth into my side earlier If I’m lucky, I’ll have marks from it later

Another woazebo My mouth is suddenly dry, and I can’t remember my own name

Because, holy shit, that’s Starla

As in, Starla the , dance, act You na, then plops down in a chair and sighs Her hair used to be bleach-blond and short, but it’s grown long and is auburn now She’s a tiny, petite woman, yet a powerhouse all at the sao, and I’ve had a irl crush on her ever since

I had no idea that she’d be here today

"Starla, this is Jace and Levi Crawford, Wyatt’s brothers, and Joy Thompson"

"Hi," Starla says with a kind s anyone, and Levi just nods