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"And yet you took care ofto feed inforo toof me to want to protect you?"

"I don’t want your ive you what you gave up for ive y tears down the wall I’ve instinctively erected,on his cheek "Yes"

Leaning back, he cups my face to look at me "Thank you for what you did" He leans in and brushes his lips overunder my shirt, his shirt, to scorch s the T-shirt over ers are instantly on hten with electric sensations "I won’t bribe you withto mine, "but sex, is another story"

"What exactly is it that you want to bribe me for?"

"I haven’t decided yet" He lowerson top of me "But," he continues, "I a you your clothes back, will come to ue doing a sultry slide pasthe’d ask for Even the revelation of ret And so would Shane

This is the life we chose, the life we lead And there is only one guarantee: none of us will see heaven

--John Rooney

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

SHANE

I wake on the couch where Ehts I never turned off glowing around us I hear her , "No No No It can’t be true No!"

"E her hair

"No! No, I--"

"Ehtmare"

She jerks up, her hand pressed to my chest, her naked body draped over htht?"

"Yes Do you have thelance at o"

I tightenanywhere, sweetheart" And I’m surprised at how vehemently I say those words andwith you"

Her eyes flicker with soet the chance She eases back down, pressing her cheek toone of her legs with ers curling in my chest hair "I most definitely do not want to talk about it"<ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>