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She was stiff, but with ainst ainst my chest

"I won’t let fate hurt you I swear"

Beulah

I HAD BEEN IN THIS room many times to clean it Now I stood in Jasper’sa bath and looked ata mistake? He was drunk I could smell the whiskey on his breath But he’d also been very serious He hadn’t tried anything He had said words, such beautiful words Words that a drunk ht?

"You okay in there?" his voice ca on me

"Yes"

He didn’t say more I slipped on my pink pajamas and looked at myself one last ti a woin his bedtogether I should have said no I should have gone to aest of ed his uide me when I had a sister to take care of?

I opened the door and was going to tell him my concerns My worries Because he needed to understand how this wasa chance I had h the door, and he was there In front of me His body arm and his hands cuppedthe first time I saw him study me They were open Clear I could see the raw emotion in them This was a chance for him too One that obviously scared him

I started to ask hen his ainst the door I’d just walked out of I’d never been kissed quite like this It was heady and delicious The taste of the whiskey he’d drunk was dark and wicked I closed ot everything I’d been worried about, and soaked in the sle with exciteled in the dark rooh the s I was hidden here We were alone, andwith need A need that deh his hair and he made a low sound that vibrated his chest

His mouth left mine and trailed kisses down round I was in his arently His shirt was off in an instant, and all he as a pair of shorts that hung loosely on his hips He was beautiful I liftedme in The softness of the bed was under me, and his hard, chiseled body was on top

My back arched as his tongue traced h that he could kiss to the tops of my breasts Then he looked up and into htly as o slow I’ll be sober when I’m inside you But I just want to taste, to feel a little"

The idea of hihtness of anticipation But I wanted him sober too "Okay," I said breathlessly

He rested his head on my shoulder then lowered his body until I could feel the hardness of his arousal betweenbut the pressure ood?" he asked, his voice a dark whisper inI wanted this