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"Which is what?"

"You stay with me" I lower mybreathless I kneas right in that coffee shop when I met her I damn sure like her breathless and I plan to keep her that way for the rest of the weekend

I brush my lips over hers, a caress and a tease that I folloith a deep, drugging kiss, the sweet, honey taste of her biting at my self-control But it’s her control I want It’s her command of her secrets I want to tear away her reserve, and that starts noithelse Driven by that intent, I lowerover my back, while I plan to ers tunnel into my hair, and this ti away her de down her walls, and sliding into their place, and I waste no ti her deeply, usingher hips andsoft, sexy sounds of pleasure I feel in the pulse of my own body I explore, lick, touch, and it is only h burn that tells e where I want her With only a fewaround ers I ease her into release and back down When she cal her That sweet honey taste of all of her is on ue and I want more

EMILY

An hour after we exit the shower, Shane and I collapse on the bed flat on our backs, one of his legs draped overheavily "I don’t think I needtoday," I pant out

"At some point in the near future we’ll have to eat," hein the bathroo to rest on his chest

His hand flattens at the base of my spine "I’ out of bed to race over and see that apartment Not when I have you naked and to eous Don’t lose it"

"Money talks and so does power If I want it, I won’t lose it"

"And you want Brandon Enterprises"

"Yes I do"

"But you worked so hard for your law career and were at the top of the food chain"

"I resisted," he says, scooting back to prop hi me with him "But I think you know that’s why I’ed yourdirection, and I am certain this will be its demise"

"But it’s an empire"

"Empires do crumble And I don’t want ours to be one of them"

"And you think the phar that?"

"I know it is It allows us to cut the dead weight that are many of our divisions"