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"I don’t knohat you want me to say"

"I’ve told you before The truth Say what you feel"

"Confused I feel confused You went frouard"

"You were never a one night stand to one way farther than you wanted it to" He started to move away Damn, this worabbed his arm "No No It’s not that I I just don’t understand e’re doing"

"I thought ere getting to know each other Apparently, I’ you work another man out of your system by way of sex"

"Oh God, no, Royce No There isn’t anything to work out of my system"

"He hurt you and ht That doesn’tyou It means," she inhaled and let in out, "it means you scare me If this is just sex then I need it to just be sex Clearly Cut and dry I don’t want to mix it in with conversation and pretend fluff to feel better about that"

There it was The truth What she really felt, and he was daa? Hiding things fro he said to her now, she’d question later and he knew it But he was in too deep to turn back If he confessed, she’d kick hile to protect her

Royce kissed her and then pushed her away to stand up and grab his pants He stepped into the dazed and confused He yanked the blanket off the floor and crossed back to her, wrapping it around her and squatting in front of her

"I need you covered before I try to prove to you this isn’t just sex I want you, Lauren I tried to resist and I eak and if you sit there nad I’ll be weak all over again There’s so fast, but I’m not sure there’s any other o people as drawn to each other as we are can do things This is new territory for uy, Lauren, but you have to kickto protect me You’re law enforceut, because he knew they were a previeas to come, what she would think when he finally confessed his deal with her father

"I have a staff," he said "I have resources If I felt soation to protect you, I could put surveillance on you and you’d never know it" He traced the delicate line of her jaw "I’ht you wanted me to be"