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Staring at me, he said, "Clearly the child wasn’t mine, and here I am four years later, childless and still pissed off" He shoved his fingers through his hair again "Fuck!"

I moved closer to him and touched his cheek "You obviously wanted the child to be yours?"

"I did, even though the relationship with the mother was fucked up I had alanted children"

"You don’t want the children into this world and subjecting them to the hurt that people will inflict on them…that doesn’t make me want to have children"

"I understand that…God, do I understand that, but, Griff, there’s so ht away Rather, he let it settle for a moment And then he shared another piece of hirandfather used to beat the shit out of my father when he was a kid And then my father beat my brother and me ere kids He did take to er on us I grew up surrounded by violence, and violence lives in h to have a child" Eyes full of anguish and torment stared at me as he bared that piece of his soul

I wasn’t sure what he needed to hear from me in this moment, so I just ith the words in my heart "I’ve seen a little piece of your violent side, but I’ve seen farside, too, and let me tell you, the care and kindness you’ve shown me so far is ht have a gruff way of expressing yourself, and it’s clear you hold yourself back froiving love You have love to give…I estures and fancy declarations; it’s getting your hands dirty, and being there, and opening yourself up for the people you love…and letting the honest and handling their hearts with the aer into his chest "And you do all of that I hardly know you, but even I can see that you do all of that and more"

He sucked in a breath "How the fuck…" He didn’t finish his sentence, seehts

"How the fuck, what?" I asked, dragging his attention back to me

His hand cupped ed "How the fuck was I given you? Out of all the men available, you were led toive you up I never wanted another woman after Charlene burntbreath"

I leaned closer to him "You seriously underestimate yourself, handsoive ht out of your mind if it ever enters it"

His lips crashed down onto mine, and he stole my breath with a kiss that felt like he’d put all his es and bodies pressed hard against each other, hands all over each other, andfor in our lives – love

When he pulled away frorowled, "I need you in your bedroo for me"

As he said the words, his hands moved to my t-shirt, and he pulled it over my head, and discarded it on the floor His eyes shifted to my breasts as he undid aze ers deftly undid my shorts and slid the theers slipped insidehis eyes flare with desire for ht it was clear how turned on he was My own desire sizzled through ht his eyes back to mine, and rasped, "Go"

I did as he said, and a fewwith anticipation for what he would do to ht of his powerful body He was in the h the door, and my eyes were drawn to his broad, muscular chest

He dropped his shirt on the floor and flicked his jeans button to undo them A moment later, the rest of his clothes fell to the floor, and he ca in his hand, but I couldn’t work out what it was A ball, perhaps

I faced the bed, and he stood behind me, and placed his hand on the top of athered it all into his hand in a ponytail Pulling gently, he tilted my head back to look up at him and asked, "Do you knohat this is, Sophia?" He held the ball up for me to look at

I shook my head "No"

Heat flashed in his eyes as ifto put this inside you It has a bead in it that moves when you move" He crouched and dipped his face tototo get you so goddah you without even fucking trying"

My breath caught, and irl has when she feels like all her Christood fortune