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"Because I want you"

Totally lost, he nodded "So much so, you wouldn’t even answer your phone, ht and she looked away, but only for a second "I’nant"

"No?" Damn, but he felt like he’d walked into a scripted play without knowing his lines He hoped he hid his disappointment, especially since he kneasn’t what she wanted

"I just finishedboth her wrists into one of his hands so he could touch her He started by gliding his thumb over her temple "So , she whispered, "Are you accusing rin Slowly he drew her arms up and over her head "It’s a fact of life, honey, not an accusation You just said you’re a woainst hi to free her hands

Dash held on "Does your arm--"

"No!"

He studied her face "You can be such a little fibber" He kissed her lips, keeping it light and quick despite her effort to the contrary "I think it does pain you, but I like holding you like this, all stretched out under me" He looked down the side of her body She had one slender leg sprawled over the side of the couch, her foot on the floor He turned and looked at her other side That leg was half-squashed into the couch "Let’s reposition you a little"

"Let’s just go to bed so we can both be coht here" He wouldn’t explain that a bed would test hiive her the ti to be respectful to the de extreme withdrawal from her sweet little body

"Dash--"

"Shhh Quiet down, honey, and let e you"

It didn’t surprise hiht her inside leg and raised it up high so that it rested on the back of the couch, opening her legs wider so that he could settle ht in her teeth, her breath rushing Da up on an elbow, he looked her over "I’ve ently draw her nipple into hisup to hiht "Hold still, Margo" He waited, and when she didn’t move, it excited him unbearably "No does your arm really feel?"

"It’s sometimes achy"

Her honesty pleased hih that I need to--"

"No" She tugged gently, then admitted, "I like this, but then you already know that"

As long as she was being honest "You’ve ain "So much"

Relieved, he filed away her emotional reply "You were" He couldn’t say afraid, so he amended, "Worried?"

After an audible s and a sniff, she nodded

"Do you believe that I love you?"

"I don’t know" She quickly added, "I hope you do"

Cupping her breast, his thu her nipple, he asked, "Do you love me?"

"Yes"

She said that so fast, her eyes dark, her lips tre Relief slammed into him and he put his head down by hers, and whispered, "Say it"

"I love you so , he took her mouth, kissed her hard and slanted his head so that he could deepen the kiss evenher legs around him

But not yet, he told hied her legs high around his waist "But you should be After you get naked"

He smiled, and cupped her breast "Do you have any idea what the past week has been like for me?"

"From what Rowdy said, it was maybe, but not quite, as bad as my week"

He knew she’d been inundated with the job and personal fa he’d wanted to be there with her, to help however he could "A lot going on at the station?"

She shook her head "A lot going on with htly, he tugged at her nipple and watched her eyes go heavy-lidded "Roas here to sing ht "--it waslike that Hard to tell with hiet naked with you and everything else would work out"

Dash had to grin over that Yes, he would thank Rohen next he saw hiave that advicewhy?"

Her eyes closed She even turned her face away "Because I’ht her face back around and then just waited

"I love you, but" She licked her lips again "SoIn my life, I mean Even with my family I haven’t had a solid relationship I’ve never really known" Her voice trailed off and she stared at him helplessly

Dash smoothed her hair "Love?"

She nodded

God, he adored her hair--more so now that he kne she’d first come by the sexy style "You will always have it from me"

"My job, my family" Worry etched a frown in her brows "They can be difficult"