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I re once, Henry had found the buttons to my ruined blouse on the floor of the conference roo me if they were indeed mine He’d been the one to ruin the shirt, and there he’d been, acting blaer, and the terror I felt as I realized he was out to ruin my career in front of his family

But he actually hadn’t been He was si to form a connection somehow, and completely at the mercy of this undeniable fire between us

I’d run, livid, fro as soon as it finished The hts, I could still hear the elevator doors close, feel the heat of his breath on o

"Why are you suddenly so much more pissy than usual?" he’d demanded

"It would be just like you towhore in front of your father"

"We’re getting ht" Bennett patted ently at rip his arrow clammy

"I have the power? You’re the one who pressed intothis tohtly, eyes searchingno his expression had fallen wide open, his heart exposed to otto me? he’d asked, allancing up and shtly at a waiter when he put the first course down on the table in front of us

"I don’t want to walk out that door and lose e found in this roo away fro down the row of seats, past our wedding party, and to the restrooms

I ran upstairs and burst into the s party, set near the restrooht The room was small and stuffy; we’d kept the flowers in here earlier and the cloying perfu up atthe entire span of the wall in front of me

It was as if I could feel every emotion I’d ever experienced with Bennett, and all at once Hate, lust, fear, regret, need, hunger, love,

love

love

blinding love

I pulled at ia, anticipation, and, above it all, need for it to be done, for us to make it official so fate couldn’t suddenly decide to take a different path and somehow leave us enemies instead of lovers

"Breathe, Chloe," I whispered

The door opened and a slice of light cut into the space before it returned to darkness Bennett’s big, warm hands slid downthe back oflike a current acrossinto his ar my face into his neck, I inhaled his aftershave, opened rily on his skin He felt like ho into

But with this re us both endure, a wave of anger and heat and frustration overtookmy fists into him "You did this to iant ck you won’t share! Your long fingers and tongue that does thatthat circle thing! You!" I gulped down a giant breath of air and continued, "You’re such a perfect, shit-talking, stubborn, exacting, bossy asshole! And fk you, Bennett! Why are you so da? Why do you loveout there!"

He laughed silently and I could feel him shake his head next to o I don’t think you’re due again until--"

I cut him off with a kiss, and I really had intended it to just be a firm, relieved kiss to shut hi him when I needed it But it went from playful to fevered as soon as he opened his ue over his bottorowl, he hadup the skirt of etting cold feet, are you?"

"No!" I gasped, round his ck betweenyou by your hair down that aisle"

I laughed, and it turned into a moan as his lips played their way up my neck and overme anywhere," I told hi on his shoulders "On your knees"

He glared at me "Excuse me?"

"Knees," I repeated

If looks could kill, I would be chopped up into tiny pieces and served with the cala, Bennett loweredin front of me He didn’t require further instruction; he sis over his shoulders, leaned forward, and opened his et ; there was no flicking of the tongue or gentle warm-up kisses around my soft, bare skin There was only open ers at ertips

But he didn’t do what I expected Instead, he slid his thuers to my backside, where he carefully pressed one just inside I let out the most desperate, pathetichiainst his face Bennett didn’t penetrate ers or his cock--it always left me sated and dopey for days

His er and thu dark pleasure The sensation was so he was doing to be deeper, and harder, and bigger almost to the point of pain My pleasure built low in s I feared the explosion would eludeout there, on the other side of the door I worried nothing but Bennett’s nad body would be enough, heavy and co er into hs shook,sensation between hs and boweda cry fro, clutching at his shoulders and trying to push hiently, he kissedup at ht?"

I let s were , I ical ht be in order" He stood, straightening his jacket with his other hand

I reached down, cupping his cock, stroking down to his balls and back up, feeling the thick head of his erection "One of us should get back out there We’ve been gonea few "