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He stopped those thoughts What in the hell was thinking? Actually, as he doing? Because he knew, deep down, he knew that tonight wasn’t about getting off or fucking an obsession out of his syste like that

So what did that ers down her bare arainst his side, and he was immediately hard Just like that She wasn’t even awake and trying to seduce hiers down her side and over her hip, he knew he should let her sleep Hell, he should probably get some himself, but that’s not what he did

He eased onto his side, s this littleher hair aside, he pressed a kiss to the nape of her neck and then followed her spine all the way down to the curve of her ass, kissing and licking

Lucian knew the moment she ake Her body stiffened for a second and then relaxed He rose behind her, planting a knee on either side of her

She drew one leg up, her hipsrestlessly as he slipped a hand farther down "Mmm," she murmured "What are you up to?"

"Seconds," he told her "I want seconds"

And he got theainst hiripped her hips He took those seconds, and when he was done, his body slick with sweat and hers tre with the aftershocks of release, he wanted more

Lucian neededher hair up into a knot, Julia shoved a thick bobby pin into the strands, securing the mess of hair into place "Are you sure you want to do this?"

Lucian didn’t look over at her as he thu of keys "Yeah"

Julia did not believe that for one second Fro with Madeline and said he wanted to get the stuff out of his mother’s room for his sister, it was like a totally different person one quiet and remote, and Lucian was never quiet--ever--or re, when he woke her once again, this tis and his ot seconds

And then thirds

So she wasn’t taking the weird vibe he was throwing off personally She also wasn’t letting herself focus on what had happened between theht, not at all He’d been pretty up-front last night about who he was Lucian didn’t need to tell her this was going to be a one-night stand kind of thing She was able to read between the lines of what he said They weren’t starting a relationship

They weren’t starting anything

But that didn’t meanwell, that didn’t mean she didn’t care about Lucian That she was okay hat he was forcing hi to do with Daniel, but even after he left and an entire day later, Lucian was still silent

She’d fretted over how to handle this as the afternoon progressed and he helped move his sister back to the bed But it had been Lucian who suggested they get this over with, and so here they were, standing in the wing of the house Julia had never stepped foot in while Livie sat with Madeline

The left wing looked exactly the sa wall sconces, except it was darker It seeht from outside couldn’t penetrate any of the s There was a chill in the air that wasn’t present in the other side of the house Since Devlin and Gabe stayed on this side, she iined they preferred to keep it cooler and that was the reason for the teical part of her brain elling over the ghost stories Lucian had told her about as she glanced down the dark, narrow hall they’d walked through

Lucian cursed as he stared down at the keys

She felt bad for his had to be painful, nodown on her lip, she glanced over her shoulder as she tapped her foot restlessly Lucian didn’t need to be doing this She didn’t want hi this And she knew he probably felt like he had to That this was his sister he was helping and this was his mother’s room--a room that obviously wasn’t entered often, because it had taken a good thirty minutes for Lucian to find where Livie had the keys stashed

"Got it" Lucian shoved the key into the lock A click echoed like thunder, and with a twist of his wrist, the door inched open The scent of vanilla wafted out

Lucian didn’tThe roo her lips, she placed her hand on his ar to hers, and those eyes closed off

She drew in a short breath, her ree to not do this "I’ry," she blurted out

His brows knitted

Okay She needed to elaborate on that "I didn’t get a chance to eat breakfast So No naree