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It would be so much easier if that were the case But he already kneasn’t He had known as he stared down at her two days ago, his erection filling her one down on a man before She had never taken his release and she had never known the stinging rejection he’d dealt her uts like a knife each tiht of how he must have hurt her

He doubted she had ever faced a relationship with a man who demanded as much from a woman as he knew he could demand from her So much that his first wife had refused to sleep with him for years

"I don’t have relationships," he told her "I’ve not had a relationship since I returned here froue, for a reason"

"Gossip?" she sneered

He sht I cared ht in a loveless relationship or that no other woman ever paid foror thought I cared about who I was fucking, then they were safe"

He watched her gaze flicker then, those beautiful violet eyes watching hiainst the wall

"You’re involved in an investigation," she whispered "Joe and Jai, weren’t they?"

He couldn’t, he wouldn’t discuss this Not here Not yet He shook his head instead "I don’t knohat they were involved in, Rogue But being careful is a part ofyou will always be a priority with me You’ll have to accept that There’s no other choice"

She stared up at him, her eyes wide, lips parted "I make my own choices"

"I’m not an easy lover," he told her softly then "I’m not the type of the h with otherapproaching intiue Sweet and flirty and filled with life"

"And I kno to be a woman," she inforame, Zeke You won’t own me any more than I expect to own you"

Zeke felt his sto at the look in her eyes Frustration and heated anger filled her gaze She was a woman ready to explode in his hands, and how he touched her, how he treated her would decide if she exploded in pleasure, or in rage

"There will be no otherher feel the deter hi, he wouldn’t let her feel the adrenaline and need burning inside hi through his body, leaving every nerve on high alert

"There are no other e who or what I ah, and I dance, and you won’t change that"

And he had suspected that Could he accept it? Could he get past the possessiveness that rose inside hi to tear into any otherher?

Zeke stared down at her, unwilling to delve too much into what he kneere deeply ied solely to him He wasn’t a man that could or would share the woue, he would have to allow her fully into his life There was no other answer Some part of hi for her long into the night, warned him that fully in his life was exactly where he wanted her to be

It was a problenawed at his er than he wanted to admit It was one of the concerns that had held hi what he knew he could convince Rogue to give him

"I tried to stay away from you" He had to taste her flesh Zeke lowered his head, his lips pressing beneath her jaw, right there, where the flesh was so tender, where her pulse beat erratically

He licked at the flesh, felt her shiver His teeth raked over it, and he needed more The taste of her was incredible The sound of her breath catching, the feel of herin his arms was addictive

God, he needed her The need was like a fever devouring his insides He ached for her

Ached clear to his soul for so back, his hand fraly, possessively

"You’ll belong to ue’s eyes widened, her heart raced She had never seen this expression on a h his look alone would brand her The flesh was stretched tight over his cheekbones and lustto breathe

She couldn’t let herself hope, but she couldn’t help but hope that she would mean more to him than his other lovers had How could she let herself believe that? Wasn’t she the one who had sat and listened to several of those past lovers cry into their beers over hiue shook her head slowly, hearing it in his voice, seeing the possessiveness in his eyes

"Do you think I don’t ue?"

A shiver raced down her spine as his hand caressed down her throat to her collarbone, and she shivered in reaction A reaction that was both physical as well as eers and palm flat, he touched her completely; not an inch of his palhtly, she felt sensation wash over her His voice stroking her senses, his hand on her flesh, sensitizing her, re her of the pleasure of his kiss, his touch<ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>