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“Before ere together, when you’d get into a foul mood, ould you do?”

“I’d drink and do coke And” He began tapping his bare foot against the floor of the balcony

“And?”

His blue eyes moved to hers “I’d fk”

“Did it work?”

He snorted “Te”

She looked inside the bedrooe canopied bed

She lifted her chin “Let’s go”

“Go where?”

“To bed” She tugged at his pinky finger “To work out our foul moods”

Gabriel’s eyes seared into hers Then he seeood idea I told you, I’m not myself”

“Do you love me?”

He frowned “Of course”

“Would you hurt me?”

“Absolutely not Who do you think I am?”

“I think you’re my husband and I think you need to fk your bad o”

His mouth dropped open

When he’d collected hirew harsh “I don’t fk you, Julianne”

“No, you’d rather I were someone else so you could”

His eyes flashed “That is not true You don’t knohat you’re talking about”

“Oh, yes, I do You didn’t touch me ent to bed I needed you but you said no” She stretched her arms wide “Don’t you understand? What you crave, I need HelpI’ve ever had Please”

He was torn It was telegraphed in the way his eyes bore into hers and the eagerness that radiated from his skin

On impulse, Julia wrapped an ared his mouth toward hers and kissed his around his hips Soon he was controlling their kiss; his tongue in her ed, when he finally drew breath

“We aren’t going to use the bed”

With a dangerous look, he carried her into the bedroom

Gabriel didn’t bother with laainst the nearest wall A distant light frohtened the dark bedroohtened around his hips as he pulled off her robe The silk sank to the floor

He placed two fingers in hisdown to pet between her legs She rew ht his lips to her ear

“No” She wound her fingers in his hair, pulling hisat her lips and thrusting inside His hand slid around to cup her backside, pulling her against hi her neck

“Watch what?”