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"I don’t knohat to do," he said, facing Aidan again "I don’t knohere I should go, or what I should do, or how I should feel"
"You do what I did," Aidan said "You forget the
’shoulds’ and you ju is ever that easy when it comes to women"
"I didn’t say it was easy But if you want her, make it work It’s worth it to be happy"
Happiness Connor wanted it He wanted it with Stacey "Right" And just that quickly, he decided
"So, before McDougal’s et a security systeot to have top-of-the-line shit I want this house locked up so tight Ft Knox will be jealous I’ll be gone a lot I need to know they’re protected"
"Great idea" Aidan sestured hiet my money’s worth"
Stacey ith a violent, skull-crushing headache
Both palroaning She bu an apology, she rolled the other way and fell off the side of her bed She hit the floor on her knees and cried out, biting her lower lip to stelance at the clock showed it was nearly three in theThe way her head felt, she doubted she’d live to see the sunrise
She crawled a few feet, then rose by necessity It was too jarring to move on her hands and knees
How she made it down the hall, she’d never know, but it was colder in the open space of the living roo of her skin
"Stacey?"
Connor’s deep brogue curled around her spine and coursed down like warht her to the floor again
"Where are you?" she gasped, afraid to open her eyes Thefroht even from behind hastily closed lids The full brunt would only increase the feeling of having an ice pick piercing straight through to her brain
"Here," he ruht here"
War her to a hard, nude chest lightly dusted with hair
"I’ you, sweetheart Even when I’one"
"My head hurts," she whi down her cheeks
"The doctor left so to his waistband, recognizing by touch that he wore sweats The thought of hi her,else in her life ever had "Don’t leave me"
"Sweetheart" His lips pressed to her forehead and so"
"Do that again," she begged "Kiss ainst her closed eyes and lashes, kissing away the tears
The throbbing in her head lessened
Tilting her neck back, Stacey captured his lips with her own The instant she tasted hian to flow, her heart rate picked up Miraculously, the debilitating pressure eased
"Stace," he rew ?"
"I want you"
She felt the surprise h him, then the desire he couldn’t control
"You’re nuts," he said, but his hands were on her hips, his fingers sliding beneath her cotton shirt to touch the skin of her back His touch was soothing, cal
The more he touched her, the less her head hurt
"Make love to me," she pleaded
"Justin… ?"
"The laundry room has a door"
"You shouldn’t--"
"Now, Connor!"
"Aw, fuck" He picked her up and carried her to the back of the house Stepping into the laundry room, he kicked aside the basket that held the door open and pushed the portal closed He sat her down atop the old desk she used as a folding table and stared at her with a beaze "Nohat?"
In the back of herrubber "Don’t stop touchinghis hands on either side of her hips, Connor caged her to the desk and nuzzled his lips against her neck "Tell me what you need, sweetheart"
She reached for him, embraced him Beneath her pal muscle and she melted inside She moaned when his teeth nipped her earlobe "I need you"