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She exhaled Until her shoulders rolled forward, he hadn’t realized she’d been holding her breath, revealing how much his answerto hide In that moment he vowed to always make her certain she was secure with hi co a sub, and everything to do with caring for the emotions of the woman he hoped to marry

“Your chair is too small for both of us”

“That’s what makes it perfect”

Still, she hesitated, even when he extended his hand

Finally, after a long sigh, she erased the distance between the her trust Rafe took it from there

He uncrossed his legs and eased her onto his lap, pulling her against hi her body

At first, she kept her body rigid Though tempted to rush her, he didn’t Over the space of several heartbeats, she allowed herself to relax against hinature lilac scent Then he sensed so of trust? A slight breeze ruffled her hair, and he stroked it back “Sweet Hope Nothing will be more important to me than you, than the success of our relationship Not ever I want you asyou hated so far?”

“Other than Tony’s allergy attack?”

“Fair enough” He grinned, and her lips twitched in response

After aabout the things we’ve done, how naughty some of them were, and how much I wanted more”

More? His new favorite word “Even the denied orgasms?”

“Those are the worst So frustrating, so annoying I’ve never crawled out ofto come before Which is your point, I think”

“Driving you wild is my point”

“It worked When I did orgas you this No one has asked me to have a frank discussion about sex I’ve just…done it, you know?”