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She huffed “You cannot just tie people up, Harris! Hasn’t anyone ever told you this?”

“I do what I have to do Do I need to remind you of that?” He lowered his jeans and his briefs with them

Huffing with disgust, Riley turned her head away and shut her eyes She just wouldn’t look She knew better than to look He was built like a fucking tank She knew this All those hard planes, abs and powerful everything!

He kept chuckling as his weight dipped the bed “Ridge,” he whispered “Come on You know you did not come all the way here to…”

Tears slipped down her cheeks

He halted “Dae”

She refused to speak and now she’d blown it Crying like a little kid Yeah, great way to keep your dignity

He grasped her face and lowered his lips to hers “I’e”

Her eyes opened rounding as she gazed into those e this froht she would But he couldn’t just say what he knew she wanted to hear and that be that “You have a funny way of showing it!”

“I’ain I will shower you, feed you Keep you”

She licked her lips at the est vows I ever heard”

He laughed “God, you are beautiful”

“Well, apparently, a forgettable beauty” She pouted

He caressed her face with gentle fingers “I was tortured night and day Every et you out ofinsane”

Her eyes got beady Still not good enough If he only kne ot to the mountain to see the cabin empty Her soul felt empty, barren She’d never felt so alone like she did that day

He couldn’t help but smile at her doubtful expression “Oh, you don’t believe me?”

She pursed her lips “Love theet sex then you left!”

“Daot you or shoot myself in the head One or the other”

Her eyes widened

He nodded “There’s no life without you I was planning just tonight to co to take you right out of his arms and keep you”

“B-but I wasn’t ever in his arms, Harris”

He sighed as his forehead met hers “I didn’t knoanted you to be happy”