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Pippi’s heart was in her throat The way he was looking at her was ?

“I want you enough to have gone without sex ever since I kissed you” Acheron’s voice was taut “I just couldn’t make myself touch another woman”

Pippi didn’t even have the chance to react Her eavesdropping fa their presence away She saw him wince, and she couldn’t blaive et rid—”

She had already started to turn ahen his fingers curved around her elbow, and she froze

Oh God, how long had it been?

And then he was spinning her to face him

“It doesn’tof emptiness struck her at the loss of his touch “Neither of us will have anything to hide from them”

Pippi found herself struggling anew to make sense of his words “What do you mean?”

“I’ before”

He was?

“At that tiht, in ance, I knehat you wanted, too”

Despite the way his ader keep silent “You weren’t entirely wrong,” she forced herself to say “I…I did want you to t-touch—”

“That’s not what I’entle

Her cheeks turned red “Oh”

“Aslike a selfish bastard with you at that ti you just fine, but I wasn’t actually listening to you at all”

“What exactly are you saying?” she whispered

“I’ I had acted like an asshole before, and I hadn’t even known it” His lips twisted in a hu you to be bowled over by the privilege of being irlfriend for two months”

She wanted to lie, but she just couldn’t “I was bowled over—” She stopped speaking at the strained expression on his face

“You’re too damn honest”

Pippi stared at him, bewildered “And you don’t like it?”

“It ood forlike it”