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She wrapped her arms around my neck and lifted her face to mine

“That’s good to know Right noant you to kiss me”

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Sarah Jo

Nothing had ever made me feel as wanted or as special as those words Luke Maddox wanted me and nobody else He’d said it so matter-of-factly like it was obvious, like ould I ever think he’d want anything other than for us to be together? His aruarded The curve of ave evidence of grueling workouts Without even indulging of a fantasy of hi me from a fire, there was a lot there to unpack Not just the brother’s best friend part that was a little forbidden, but also the brave hero angle where he’s a firefighter who risks his life It was more than that, so much beyond that superficial attraction as his hands curved down my back to my hips

I felttense or trying to hold in my stomach or pose attractively, I felt like every ainst ue A spark kindled somewhere around my belly, and I felt my skin heat It was more than possible that I loved him already

When I stroked his face and neck, I wondered what he thought of hened fro with lumber and tools all day They had been a bit softer when I was at school, although when I was there, I forever had a crescent-moon of dirt under my nails Now my nails were clean but bitten short My palms were as coarse as his oere I felt a moment of self-consciousness I should have used hand lotion I should have bought under-eye concealer, had athis step

“Are h?” I blurted out

“Let me see,” he said

Luke took my hands in his, turned the closer, he kissed first one palm and then the other “There has never been a moment in all my life when you have touched me, and I wanted you to stop,” he said

I sed hard, trying not to tear up and make a fool of myself

“I need you Sarah Jo, I need to see all of you To feel all of you,” he said, his voice low and heated

I nearly came on the spot at his words “Then take me,” I offered “All of me”

“This is going to cos for you For both of us,” he said diffidently

“I don’t care right now Right now, I just want this I want you We can deal with the rest in the ”

Luke drewme I liked it so much that my knees felt weak My knees had held perfectly fine while I wasin his ar He tucked my head under his chin and kissed my hair

He scooped led He strode through his house and kicked open his bedroohtness in his arhtlessness in s I was stressed about seehed down by fear, by obligation I was set free And being free, I was in the place I had chosen I didn’t want to be anywhere else When he sat me down on the bed, I kicked off ainst a pillow

He caso co flip-flops over as to come I arm and safe I felt that down to my bones But I was also in for a wild ride

Luke reached foracross my belly The slow circles he traced with his broad pal in deep inside I felt myself soothed, felt my body relax under his touch My hips canted toward hi a bicep, stroking his hair

His lipsswirling and darker that pulledhiling up together I loved the pressure of his knee between hs, arched closer to him He brushed my hair back from my face and kissed my neck The slide of his ht rivulets of sensation stinging alonghim, he moved with exquisite slowness He let me savor every sensation of his touch As if there were no hurry at all