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“I’m not sure what you want from me,” she said still focused on the roo, to…Wednesday It’s a lot to take in”

Fair enough He sighed then took her chin between his thue, she was no more than a breath away He kissed her Soft at first, but their out-of-control chereild and hungry When he pulled back, Shell’s eyes were glassy and her breaths stunted

“I’ve wanted to do that since you were eighteen fucking years old You wanna kno ? Not sure I could even count as high as the nu you on your knees beforeof the taste of your pussy Or the feel of you squeezingyears, Shell Even when you lived in New York, I wasn’t safe One of the guys would tellhard for days Yeah, I never touched you, babe, but it wasn’t because I didn’t fucking want to”

Owl-eyed, Shell blinked “So…what? Why did you stay away?”

“Stayed away because you’re sixteen fucking years younger, baby Stayed away because your popspromise you wouldn’t become an ol’ lady Stayed away because the shit I’ve done could catch up toof this castle, Shell I’m the one any number of enemies would come for”

Gorgeous blue pools of eht be confused but those eyes didn’t lie She felt so for him, and it ran deep in her veins

“And now?” she whispered

With a chuckle, he slid his hand up her back until her curls were fisted in his hand He held her head iainst her lips “I’m only a man, baby You walked in my room, stripped off your clothes and taunted me with the sexiest body I’ve ever seen You broke my resolve, and now you have to live with the consequences And that’s et”

Worry woraze There were still secrets buried in the ocean blue depths So answers and expecting his mandate folloas his style, it wouldn’t ith his stubborn Shell She’d close down Waiting it out was the only option Showing her she could trust in hih to one day open up

Hopefully, before it destroyed whatever they were building Because now that he’d had a taste of her, he wasn’t sure he could survive without more

“So you want a relationship with ed the words

Moment of truth Did he? Part of him was fully on board with that idea, but another part still screamed it was a mistake The years between theoddammit, he couldn’t make his feet move