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“Raphael, we need to talk—”

“No, what you and I need is sleep Hours and hours of it We’ll only wake up when you’re not sore and I can be inside you again Until then, sleep, tesoro”

And just like that, Pia fell asleep

The loud peal of Raphael’s cell phone startled Pia awake It took her a few seconds to orient herself but the soreness between her legs brought back awareness of the previous night

She felt Raphael’s kiss against her shoulder, and then his groan as the phone started again The sheet held tightly with her fingers, she turned around to face hi sunlight

With a gentleness that stole her breath, he pressed his thuood?”

She nodded, unable to find words that could su in her chest And then, because she knew he couldn’t ignore whoever it was indefinitely, and because she didn’t knohen she’d get a chance again, she pressed a kiss at the hollow of his throat and licked his skin

He groaned, kissed her hard, and then picked up the phone

Within seconds, the gentle lover disappeared

With two rapid-fire sentences he finished the call, whipped out of the bed and padded, utterly naked, into the bathroom

Hearing the shower run, she quickly pulled his T-shirt on and sneaked down the corridor into the other bedroom She’d barely finished her shower and pulled on another of his shirts when he walked in, a scowl on his face

His jet-black hair et and dripping Undone shorts hung low on his hips Pia sed the jolt of lust that hit her low in her pelvis

Before she could blink, he picked her up in his arms and dropped her on the bed in his own roo to sleep around the clock”

Pia laughed and pushed her wet hair out of her face She didn’t knohether to be lad about his possessiveness “I just… I’ve never been in a relationship like this before and with you everything’s muddied” She smiled when he joined her on the bed and sat up with her tucked between his legs “I didn’t want to assume”