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He blew out a sigh and stared down at her, regret bitter on his tongue She looked so hopeful, so vulnerable, he hated the thought of crushing that He’d been encouraging her to be open to him, and now that she’d taken his words to heart, he was about to throw the on top was dead wrong There was a lot of responsibility, and he was determined not to fuck it up

"Please, Rafe I…want this I want you And I want to try"

Her wide eyes drifted over to the case that sat on the table across the rooe to relent instantly To forget everything else and pick up right where they’d left off

"I know you regret using your out, but I need to know that you won’t be afraid to use it again if this is too much for you I was a little bu forward to being with you longer Safe-ing out doesn’t mean that I will think less of you or be disappointed in you All it ht now, you aren’t ready for whatever it ere doing Do you understand what I’

She nodded but he pushed harder, needing the words

"I need you to trust h to know that you will And you need to be sure right now"

The fact that it took her almost a full minute should’ve ave him the most profound sense of appreciation for Courtney and her nature Her face was a mask of contemplation and when she finally nodded--one ti with total conviction

"I’ to stay calh alert More time with Courtney and it wouldn’t cost him a scene He was jazzed as fuck about it, but shut those thoughts down fast He was a guy fresh off a s-hot sexual encounter It was natural to feel closer to her than he had before, at least te to do with their i to do with chemistry Once the dopa would go back to the way it was before

She leaned forward then and kissed his jaw, letting the sheet fall away until her breast nudged his biceps, and his thoughts disintegrated into dust

"I’m ready to accept my punishment, Mr Welter," she ht every instinct, des wide, and fuck her senseless It would be so good

But not as good as it would be if he stuck to the scene He could take thee of sanity if he maintained his cool here

He stood and made his way across the room in purposeful strides "Present to er froain She stared at him, wide-eyed

"Like"--she rolled onto her sto hilace over her shoulder--"this?"

He sed hard at the sight of her bare ass, plump, round, and ready "No" He kept his voice low Deliberate, in spite of the riot going on inside hiainst the mattress"

She dropped the top half of her body low as he’d asked and just when he thought the picture couldn’t get prettier, it did Her bowed back was elegant, the dip of her spine a dream His hands ached to touch her, but he stayed where he was, sucking in long, steadying breaths

"I want you to close your eyes now"

"Okay, they’re closed"

Her voice was tree to make sure it was froh, and like he’d told her As much as she had to trust him to respect her boundaries, he had to trust her to utter her safe word if she needed to

He crossed the roo to the side of the bed, lining up next to her knees

"Do you knohat happens to thieves, Ms Mack?" he asked softly

She shook her head against the mattress but didn’t respond verbally Apparently Ms Mack wasn’t quite as ballsy as she’d been earlier

"Noro to prison, don’t they? So this is pretty nice of me, wouldn’t you say?"

She nodded and ht of my kindness, after each lash, I’d like you to thankpause this ti her own ornery nature that de the na him in her head, but then she nodded and suddenly shit wasn’t funny anymore

He kept his tone clipped "I need the words, Ms Mack Are we clear?"

"Yes," she whispered

The buzzing in his ears increased tenfold and he looked down to see that his hands were shaking with need

Well, fuck

…

It was so quiet, she wondered if he’d even heard her Not willing to give him any excuse to call it off after her safe-word slipup, she sed hard and repeated herself, , her pulse was pounding, and she was so wet, she was almost embarrassed by it

Alood, I’ll let you ride my cock"

His bold words and the raw heat of his tone sent a thrill skittering through her before settling between her hips She wondered briefly if anyone had ever died from need