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I closed my eyes, ready to pass out

He lay down besidehis arm over me

"Mine," he whispered in my ear I floated into a pleasurably deep sleep

CHAPTER NINETEEN

Mr Relentless

It was fully light out when I awoke I stretched, feeling sore but good I was alone in bed, but I could s I saw in own I’d worn in the hotel the first night I’d spent with James

I made my way slowly into the kitchen It was e rooreeted ray boxer-briefs

Even his underwear looks expensive, I thought

He held a coffee h his sandy hair He was studying the paintings I’d arranged on the walls I studied his flawless back It was tan, of course And it bulged ell-defined ant, somehow, like the rest of him His ass looked carved from stone Unaccountably, I wanted to bite it, but I stifled the strange urge

I licked a finger as I approached him, then rubbed it hard on the skin of his shoulder

I knew a lot of girls that did spray tans If his coloring was sprayed on, a little vigorous rubbing would reveal his secret The lovely golden shade didn’t rub off

Ja fun back there?" he asked

I loweredsheepishly at hie actions in stride, turning back to study the wall again

He turned to look at me His eyes were intense

"Do you sell these?" He waved a hand at the wall of art

I shook my head "No It’s just a hobby"

He just raised a brow athis cup of coffee "I made coffee"

I nodded "Thank you"

I moved into the kitchen tothe side of ainstdraw of the dark liquid

"It was torture, pullingthere I wanted you to wake up with me inside of you But that will have to wait You’re still too raw"

I rubbed ainst his chest

"How do you know?" I asked him

He stilled "I suppose I don’t"

He sighed, a heavy sound, then stepped away "Are you going to give ed, the thoughtme self-conscious I loved ood shape, but compared to what he was used to, it had to seem pretty shabby Still, I showed hi roo room doubled as an entryway, so it was a very quick tour I hadpauses to study all of them

"I’m not sure I like howall over your house," he told me with a raised brow

I blushed, but only because I had reun of Ja it inside, and I worried briefly that the weather had ruined it in the day I’d been away I didn’t want him to see it even h

I’d check on it later, I decided quickly

As for his co around, I just ignored it I wouldn’t deign to respond to co, or he was jealous Neither wouldhim the door

"Are you two so in a way that made h My only faht as I watched his face for a reaction This was a deal or no-deal htful, butme relax instantly

"I like him It seems like he protects you," he finally said

I felt so relieved that it scared me I hadn’t wanted to show hiht made me panicky