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They exploded together within seconds of each other, their harsh breaths a symphony in the silence

With her body’s utterly explosive cli she had been holding on to so tightly for weeks, afraid that if she voiced it, it would all fall apart

She pushed at his shoulders and Raphael pulled out of her and slid her down to the ground gently If he hadn’t held on to her, Pia would have slithered into a heap on the floor

The scent of him curled around her Made her body and mind automatically think he was hers That he would never deceive her

God, she was a naive idiot

With gentle htened her clothes Pia jerked away frouilty flush scoured his cheeks as he took in her actions His rooves etched around it

“Please, let o”

He stared at her tears, as if he were fascinated by the sight of thehed “Bene”

She buried her face in her hands She are of every breath of his, of the shift and slide of his s She wanted to burrow into his embrace and sob like one of her students

But how could he erase the hurt when he was the one who had caused it?

“Pia, was I rough?”

The tenderness in his voice almost broke her “No” The aftermath of her climax still made her body clench “Yes, but I wanted it just as much as you did I’m not breakable”

His rough exhale said he’d been horribly worried about her answer His worried gaze said he found no solace in it “Not breakable, carafor answers as to how to handle her there He fisted the out to her

That he knew so between them offered no relief to the ache in her chest Why hadn’t he fixed it, she wanted to ask Wasn’t that what he was good at?

He ran a hand over his face “Pia, whatever it is that’s bothering you, ork through it I… I adation at work And I’round”

“Itthe dejection in her voice