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"Scared?" Kennedy gavelike you know ain, Liam You don’t You don’t know et about what happened between us"

"Forget about you?" I asked softly "You can’t ask me to do that"

Her dark eyes bounced back and forth between mine for a few seconds before they dropped to the floor "After what I saw of you and that girl this afternoon, I don’t think it’ll be that hard for you"

"What you saith Cecily was her trying tomore"

She shook her head a few times and choked out, "I can’t" The words caht through whatever e to hide from me

"Kennedy," I whispered, and leaned close to speak into her ear "Yes, you can If you would give us a chance, you’d see exactly why I would be good for you You’re scared; I want to erase your fears You’re fighting so before you met me; I want to face whatever it is head-on so the pain in your eyes goes away"

She didn’t say anything for longfor the words that would either confirood

"Moon, please," I begged

Her hands pressed against h as I took a step away But as soon as I raisedintoup to crush her lips to ain control Her body immediately relaxed between mine and the door, and she easily moved with me when I pulled her farther into the bedroom

Our lips never parted as I laid her on the bed and followed her down until I was hovering over her One of her knees curled up along my side when I settledthe loose h until it was bunched indown her throat, ainst her skin, and a frustrated whiripped against her hip and the bed as the need to run er, but I knew if I went there, I wouldn’t stop--and I needed to stop "You’re done pushing reed breathily Kennedy’s handsmy shirt between our chests, and made a slow trail down The moment they touched the skin just above the top of ht with myself over what I knee needed, and e both obviously wanted Before she could do anything else, I pushed away so I was hovering high above her, and stared down into her dark blue eyes

"We already knoe’re like together, Kennedy I’ht like in Vegas"

"You’re saying Vegas was a mistake?" she asked huskily, but even with the breathy sound of her voice, it was obvious she was joking

"Never But sleeping with you the ain would be a , or realize how ht is over because I rushed things with you again I’ htful "And if I’o a certain way?"

The corners of my mouth curled up, and I leaned closer to run my nose down hers and kiss her quickly "You wouldn’t be the only one anted it, but it wouldn’tso hard for you You finally acknowledging that you arefor that moment since you fell back into my life, Kennedy Ryan" After another slower kiss, I pushed up and rolled away from her to sit on the bed

Kennedy followed irl--what’d you say her naether, but before I could ask who she meant, I knew the answer from the way her eyes took on that same betrayed look they’d had this afternoon on the beach "Cecily?"