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She pushed against hi out of control “No You won’t”
He let her go, left her to stule, smiled at her “Are you sure about this?”
“I won’t let you haveyou ecstasy?” His certainty, its truth, sent response surging like lava inside her “Is this what you’re objecting to? Tooa bit…racier, riskier? Maybe soe you I probably will, after all this tientle But then, I’m sure you won’t want me to be”
She sank deeper in the mire of desire and desperation “No, Farooq, I don’t want this”
The translucency of his eyes fogged, his lips stretching to reveal teeth perfect but for too-sharp canines “You want nothingbut this”
She couldn’t deny his verdict But she had to know “What changed your ry…”
His lips remained frozen in that smile that filled her with dread and lust and anticipation “I’ry It will probably make it all the more explosive”
She raised her hands, an attempt to dilute his convictions, stop her capitulation fro you, if you think I can enjoy force…”
He barked a laugh “Force? The only force I ever used hat I needed to unlock you frooodwill between us, not this—this e in name only you proposed”
He raised his eyebrows in mock bafflement “Were we in the same scene back there in your apartment? When did I propose or even i at each other within hours of , and now that we’re married, you think it a possibility to keep our hands off each other?”
“We only goton to her separateness, knowing that this ti left of her
“That we married for Mennah, that I would have neverto do with the fact that I’ve been burning for sixteenand screa your pleasure as I pound into you No matter hoe came to be married, we are I’m your husband And I want you You will share ain in private And I will do everything to you, with you, for you Everything, Carave out She went down like a de,on it She looked up at hi him, if not for the tenderness he’d lavished on her before, then for some assurance what he felt wasn’t a cold lust that would consu for everything you’re pretending not to want, but I have toback, so you have our bed for yourself for the night I won’t see you again, as is our custom, until the cere arch, he tossed over his shoulder
“Get all the rest you can You’ll need it”