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"Da to hear" His hands trehtly wound he was "Because you’re the kind of toy I plan to play with for a very, very long time"

I arched a brow, and he sent s from around his waist and settled my feet onto the floor

"I wanted to talk to you first," he said, tuggingit to the floor At this ot to this, but I can’t wait I need to be in you" He wrapped his fingers under the hem of my shirt "If you don’t want that, you stop me now and I will back off" His eyes, a liquid silver, met mine "I’ll do whatever you want me to do If you want to talk, we’ll talk first If you want et the fk out of your face, I will, but if you tellto be so deep inside you, you’ll think I’ll never coain"

My entire body dampened, liquefied at his words and his deep, husky drawl I was out of ue with him sometimes, but I holly ready for hi closer so that our thighs touched "Icoward, too scared of being hurt again, and I was hurting the moment you walked away I did that to myself and to you, and I’ve never been htand what itprepared me for the rush of emotion his next words opened up in me

He dropped his forehead to ently parted ainstto spend the rest ofit up to you, because I love you, Tess I a in love with you in a way I’ve never loved soer and love "Please let me prove that to you Please, Tess"

A flutter picked up in my stomach, and my heart rate accelerated as I stared into his beautiful eyes He’d said he’d loved ht of lust, and those three little words had been lost in what happened after that These wordsnow, and that was all that mattered ­Peopleand saying the wrong things And Jase hadtoto let him try

I illing to let him love me

My knees eak and I had no idea how I re or was able to force out the one word "Stay"

Jase closed his eyes briefly "Fuck yeah"

My shirt ca quickness The boy had talent when it caers across my ribs, just below the white lace of my bra My skin flushed as his stare devoured eous, and I a lucky" He kissed the valley between my brsts and then each swell "But there’s another part of you that’s even ue dipped into my navel as he lowered hi a breath and holding it untilrinned as he held one "Elves? On socks?"

"It’s close to Christmas"

"Cute" He tossed theers found their way under the sweats Cae into As Jase slid theo," he said, kissing just below the band of my cotton panties A rush of wetness hit h thick lashes "You kno I like to eat sweet things"

"Oh God"

With a deep chuckle, he hooked his fingers under the band and tugged them down I was almost nakd and he was completely clothed The difference made me feel vulnerable as he rose like a predator His hands slid aroundrazingback, he admired his work "God, baby, you blow my mind Look at you" He placed a tanned hand on es of his soft hair brushed the swell ofmy nerves

But then he drew my nipple into his hot asped as pleasure rolled throughinto his hair as his free hand slipped betweenover where I throbbed with every fast heartbeat I ainst the wall

He lifted his head, nuzzling my neck, just above my shoulder "I love you, Tess I love you so ht shudders rackede "I love you, Jase"

"Say it again," he ainst my cheek "I need to hear you say it"

"I love you I love you" I repeated it over and over, lost in pure sensations My hps surged forward, grinding against his thigh and his hand

A satisfied s that" Pleasure spiked as he slipped a finger inside "God, you’re so wet" He growled low in this throat as he sht concentration of nerves My body jerked in response and was flooded with heat "You like that?"

"Yes," I whispered, panting "Very much so"

His dark hair tickled my niles as his lips drifted over ht in s wide until I was coh lided froh "So beautiful"

The air left ain and he slicedand unclenching in his hair He capturedbetween deter deep as if he needed ainst him as he worked me quickly to release The fierce heat built and then exploded I couldn’t breathe as every hme up with his hand as he soaked up every response until the aftershocks died off

Jase rose then, his lips moist and swollen as he drew me to his chest His eyes burned with lust and love when he cupped the nape of th of his hardness burned through his clothes, pressing againstto make love to you"

Chapter Chapter Thirty-one

Jase scooped ently lying me down in the mound of pillows I’d accumulated since I’d moved in