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But he see for his gun and cupped her cheek instead “Tell me, Cate Tell me what you need”

At first she couldn’t get the words out, then she ed, “You I need you”

Chapter 14

Cate could never remember exactly how they ended up back in the double bed, but so her as he’d done last night, with lips and hands that rasp But this time she wanted more She just didn’t kno to ask

She was also afraid Afraid that when it ca when she’d woken in Liam’s arms She didn’t want to do that to him, but she didn’t kno to prevent it And the fear ainst him Only a tiny movement, but she knew he could feel it

Again he seemed to read her mind “Hey,” he said as his hands touched hers “Your hands are cold, sweetheart Let me warm the the the furnace of his body drive the chill froly slid one hand around beneath his arly warainst his shoulder

“Hey,” he said again “You don’t need to be shy withyou don’t want me to do”

“That’s just it,” she said in a small voice “I want you tobut I I don’t kno to tell you what Iand I’m afraid”

He cuddled her close “Afraid of me?” The way he said it indicated there was absolutely no reason for her to be afraid of himand she believed it

She shook her head “Afraid of me Afraid I’ll rememberand panic” Her face contracted in fear she wouldn’t be able to go through with it Fear she would hurt hi except hurt Liam

Liaht of it before He laid back against the pillows and murmured, “Make love to me, Cate”

“What?” She gave hilanced away

“You want methat way I know you do You said it yourself, so you know it, tooin your heart But the only way to get past what he did to you is to let you be in control of your body All the way To let you be in control of my body To take whatever you want, however you want it However little or however much”

He tore off his T-shirt and stripped away his boxer shorts, letting her see hi her see his arousal “This is what you do to when a man loves a woman the way I love you I want you to know it in your head I want you to believe it in your heart I want you to feel it in your bones there’s no reason to panic No need to be afraid I love you And I’ll never force you in any way Never take anything you don’t willingly give That’s why I want you to make love to me To prove it to yourself You can do whatever you want toyou want But the minute you stop, we stop”

She hesitated “How can you know” Color suffused her face “What if I can’t go through with it? What if I can only go so far, without re”

“Because I love you That’s how I know” His voice was husky with repressed desire “I want to be inside you, Cate I want to feel you tight around me, and I want to be so deep it’s as if we’re one—as if we’ve never been apart I want to breathe in unison with you, sharing those little tremors of desire Then I want to move inside you until we both can’t bear it, until the pleasure is so great we both explode” Her shiver of awareness told him his words affected her powerfully, and he knew she did want him nearly as much as he wanted her

“But I swear to you, I’ll stop the instant you say stop Because noelseI want you to know you’re safe with mein every way Because I love you”

Say it, he begged her in his mind Say the words I know you want to say The words I need to hear

She touched his face tentatively, then his lips As if her fingers were able to distinguish truth from liesa kiss against her fingers “Let me prove it to you Trust ret it”