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When he was satisfied that I was cleaned up properly, he tossed the used cloth to the floor, and I made a mental note to dispose of it There was blood and co to deal with that

Kiro lay down beside ainst his side He kissed the top of my head “I love you, Emily I shouldn’t have told you for the first time when I was about to sink inside of you, but I couldn’t keep it in I’ in love with you it scares ht now, I just want to keep you attached toat you ht make me crazy”

I slipped a hand over his chest and propped myself up to look down at him “I think I’ve been in love with you for a while now My weeks revolved around when you would callelse better And you telling me you love me before youwell, you know” I feltabout sex made me blush Didn’t matter that I had done it “That was special”

He reached up and cupped my face as he stared at me in awe “You love me?”

I nodded, wondering if this man realized just how lovable he was The world loved hiht they loved him, but the man underneath was so much more They had no idea

“I want inside you again,” he said, sliding his other hand down between s “But you’re sore I can kiss it Make it better”

“I’ured if it

I opened h the s Kiro and I hadn’t left the roo After he had taken me in the shower, I didn’t re up, I felt the rat’s nest that et up and fix this I was a mess

I eased slowly out of Kiro’s arms, tiptoed into the bathroom, and slipped back into the shower I washed oing to bed with it wet last night Once I was finished, I dressed quickly and made my way downstairs

Kiro had hired e the house I wasn’t sure what all that entailed, but I was ready to start learning He had mentioned that there was a cook when he told ically appeared outside our bedrooood stuff Fancy stuff I never saw anyone bring it, though

“Hi,” a little voice said when I came to the bottom of the stairs

I looked up to see Rush standing there in a pair of Batman pajamas He was the cutest little boy I’d ever seen But then, I’d never seen Kiro’s little boy Would he be this adorable?

“Good hts of Kiro’s son to the side We were going to have to talk about that I needed to know h to know that if he had a son, he’d want to know him So why didn’t he?

“Come eat,” Rush announced He motioned with his little hand for me to follow him before he turned and padded off back down the hallway

I followed hi down a path I hadn’t taken yet But he see How often did he visit? Dean was a good dad That much was obvious This kid loved his dad I wanted that for Kiro, too

“Rush, where did you run off to?” an older lady called out, and Rush giggled and slid across the floor on his socks through the double doors

“Gettin’ E at me