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“Are you certain, Alexis? Because if you can’t, we stop now I don’t want you to be under any illusion that we’re going to fall in love and have a future I’ain I did it once and I can’t trust anyone that way again”

She caught her full lower lip between her teeth, the sheen in her eyes a telltale giveaway A shaft of fear sliced through him She wanted more Of course she did It was in her nature to love, to nurture It was only natural she’d want the same in return She was the kind of person who always put others first, the one others turned to when in need But he didn’t want all of that froive it to her in return

“Can I have some time to think about it?”

“If you need time to think about it, you obviously have questions If you have questions, or doubts, then we should probably forget the whole idea”

He could see her weighing his words Before his eyes she changed Her eyes cleared and the expression on her face hardened She drew herself up to her full height and looked up at hiave a brief nod and spoke

“Yes, I accept”

“Yes?”

He barely dared to hope she was giving him the answer he desperately wanted to hear

“Yes, I’ll be your” she hesitated just a barest moment “your sexual partner”

“No strings attached”

The clarification was important Vitally so

“Agreed, no strings attached”

“And you’ll keep taking your pill I don’t want there to be any mistakes If you’re not happy with that I’ll take care of protection myself”

Maybe he should be using condoms as well anyway You could never be too safe

“I’ my pill I don’t plan to stop, so don’t worry Is that everything you wanted to discuss?”

Hell, no, it wasn’t