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“Because when it co to plan” He indicated his bound wrists “Including this”

And then he decided he was done with this gaave the ties that bound him a quick jerk, and was free

CHAPTER TEN

CLEO HARDLY HAD ti when he simply pulled her to him, then rolled so she was beneath hi, Khaled had balanced his weight on his elbows and was holding her head in his hands, his fingers spearing deep into her hair

“You promised,” she whispered

“I aaze so dark she tre I ever think I ought to do with you seems to work Wasn’t that the point of this exercise?”

She was shaking “You were only pretending You could have broken free at any time!”

“Perhaps, then, you should ask yourself why I didn’t choose to do exactly that”

He didn’t wait for her to answer, didn’t pause at all, he simply leaned forward and kissed her

And it was unlike anything that had come before

That searing, intoxicating current of passion was there, as it was always there, si, but this ti like sacred

His mouth moved over hers like a revelation Like so that Cleo felt inside her, each exquisite note washing over her like the purest light Quiet and bright

Perfect

Cleo clung to hiely hushed and torn wide open at the sa for her chest, and she felt all the confusion she’d been trying to keep locked away inside her spill over and trickle from her eyes

And this time, she didn’t care