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McKenna craved physical touch, but in areal – a connection, soht I’d be the one to offer her those things, but seeing how brave she was, how open she ith her needs,I wanted to be what she needed I just didn’t kno and was pretty certain I’d find a way to fk it up Hurting her was out of the question She’d been through too ues ed, and her lower half pressing clu

I hadn’t wanted to push things between us tonight, but hell, she’d just broken down and told me she felt responsible for her parents’ deaths If there was ever a time she needed the distraction of pleasure, it was now I knew that better than anyone

"Knox…" she breathed, pressing her hips toto her neck to taste her and breathe in her sweet scent Her hands scra ht her roa hands and reed to take the first steps toward a relationship and I didn’t want her to think that had anything to do with sex I wanted her, of course I did, but I wanted more, too

Sex wasn’t the way to show her how I felt about her Thatfor her, letting her sleep over in my bed Those were the ways I told her how I felt about her Only now as her fingers curled into ot that She wanted the physical, too And it was killingme not to take her and push her knees apart and sink into her slowly

She let out a frustrated groan and rubbed her pelvis against o further than she wanted, I wouldn’t leave her in this state Trailing ers brushed against her panties The daht here?" She whimpered softly "Is this where you needher panties aside, I pressed ainst her fir told me I knew her body better than she did herself, and I liked hearing the responses I provoked fro I was the one responsible for her pleasure The one taking her over the edge It did insane things toHalf of– but none ofmy hand from her panties, I pressed a kiss to her parted lips and el?" Disappointment flooded her pretty eyes "How drunk are you?" She’d only had one drink plus the shot I’dtold

She hesitated for aup at me "Not drunk," she breathed "Don’t stop" Her ry kiss and I was done questioning this

Restraint urged y T-shirt she wore and kissing all over her brsts Using both hands, I pressed her tits together and placed daue to lick each taut peak until she was restless and htly of soap and fresh washed laundry and tasted even better I was desperate to taste her all over and feel her warnaled that eren’t alone just as I heard my name "Knox?"

I tossed the blankets over McKenna to cover her naked chest and juroaned

"Okay, buddy Co out of control As soon as the toilet was in view, Tucker lurched over it and got sick I stayed with hi on the tile floor, just in case he got sick again

A few minutes later, McKenna tapped on the bathroom door I didn’t know if she’d wanted to hide the fact she was staying overnight, but she stuck her head inside the door to see if Tucker was okay "You need anything? A glass of water, reat"

After a few minutes more, Tucker rinsed his mouth and crawled into my bed between me and McKenna By that point it was nearly three in theand ere all exhausted Tucker had insisted she stay and held her hand as he fell back asleep I caught McKenna’s eyes as she lay on the far side of the bed, a sick little boy sprawled between us, and as I watched her in the diht, she seemed to understand that this was my life Her eyes on ement that she accepted each part From my broken past to my responsibilities with my brothers McKenna’s constant presence here showed me that she could handle not only the fked up side of e feeling of relief Realizing I wasn’t alone for the first ti time, I feel into a peaceful sleep

Chapter Six

McKenna

I had sent a quick text to Brian to let hiht And to my surprise, he hadn’t replied My phone had stayed eerily silent all night A sinking feeling for Tucker settled in his own bed with some dry toast and soda, Knox and I ventured to the kitchen where Knox set a pot of coffee to breorking at the teen shelter today, but didn’t go in until , and Knox, with a sick little boy ho the day off to look after him