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Cole absorbed her words, but he was cal, and he didn’t think it was siht, he’d take her rage But there was so about the way she sidled closer and stared at him that made him question the reason behind her tirade

“Yes I’entled his tone If he could caluess was that his composure would only piss her off ed I’ood for you”

“Godda at his brother who had always been able to sense his strong emotions

Jessa stiffened, her rage see to escalate, not dissipate “Do you spank all your stupid little conquests? Poor Cole, can’t get it up without a little kink He has to tie up woht run away”

Jessa wasn’t just spewing anger She was painting him a picture with her words If all she wanted was for hiainst her, he’d done that But she kept poking

“What? You don’t have anything to say? You just don’t care, Cole I guess I shouldn’t be surprised Under all that aggressive attitude, you give up You back down, don’t you? You’re just going to stand there and let a girl tell you off” She shrugged like it didn’t matter

But it did, and he was beginning to get the picture

Burke opened hisCole’s honor, but he stopped his brother with a shake of his head Burke didn’t need to waste his breath All this bullshit of Jessa’s wasn’t really about him

“Big, bad Do Cole even more

The pieces slid together, unht, and for part of it, she hadn’t been asleep He’d been able to feel her breath take on an uneven rhyth until he’d wrapped his arms around her to force her to be still He’d felt her stiffen for a moment and worried she would reject him, but she’d simply melted back into hiled She’d woken thiswrapped around Burke She’d wanted comfort, but she wouldn’t ask for it

This arguainst hiiven her the victory Yet she still poked hi a scab she couldn’t let heal over Because she didn’t want it to Fuck If he was right, then she was in a corner, wanting soht past her pride to simply ask for it

So she’d ht need him far more than he’d expected

“Not so tough without handcuffs and a ball gag, are you?” She glared with disdain

Cole tested the waters, crossing the rooot in her personal space, leveled a dark, heavy stare at her A thousand dirty thoughts of Jessa naked and under him, between him and Burke, crossed his mind He let every one of them show in his eyes Relief and arousal flared across her face She should be backing away, but she wasn’t, because Cole could clearly see that she didn’tto rouse his dick, maybe even his heart She wanted them Needed them? The next few hours would tell

Thisup his forever without a fight He hoped that his uncle rotting in hell was gnashing his teeth He was done stewing on all the swill the old ht not love hih for now It was a start

“Jessa, turn off yourto have some serious punishment”

Though he’d spoken quietly, both Jessa and Burke shut up immediately The air froze

“You don’t have the right to punishpicked up pace Her cheeks flushed

Stubborn little sub “I’ll take it if I have to You don’t top me, baby”

“You don’t touch me”

“Oh, but you want ed closer, satisfied with her sharp intake of breath

Then her shoulders relaxed, and her eyes softened, as though she knew she was going to get what she wanted “You’re wrong”

Oh, she was so digging her own grave with those breathless words He smiled

“You won’t adh we both know you want this You want me to take you, Jessa I showed you a whole world, then I left you alone to suffer You haven’t been with anyone since that night, have you? Don’t you dare lie to me”

“I’ll lie to you all I like, Cole Our whole relationship has been a lie”

“That’s bullshit, but I understand why you feel that way Noe have a few hours before we can leave Do you want to sit down and rationally figure out how to deal with this or do you want to play this game out to its inevitable conclusion?” He felt so uilt was still there, but now he could see plainly that she needed what only he could give her

Burke stood silently beside his brother, allowing Cole to take the lead He stared at Jessa, his eyes hooding Yeah, his tas finally in the know and on board

“What ga?”

“You’re topping from the bottom, baby” And normally, he wouldn’t rise to the bait, but if this was his only way back to her, he’d bend his rules this once “You’re doing your damndest to manipulate me to a place where I simply take you and you don’t have to consent You want us both, but you’re too hurt to ask for what you need There’s only one problem with that scenario This has to be consensual I won’t rape you, not even to pretend”

“I don’t want to make love with you”

“No, you want ht noould I find your nipples hard? Would they be standing up straight, all peaked for ers in your pussy, would I find you wet and ready for me?”

She sed, then tried to pass off a shrug “If I was, it doesn’ttime”