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He tensed “You’re so”

She made a sht stand Stop trying to give it a different nao”

“But I can’t, because you weren’t” He lifted his hand and cupped her cheek “I wanted…I wanted…hts, maybe For the first time, ever, I wanted more And now I can’t have it”

Blinking up at hi cute when she did that But when she bit down on her lip in the throes of passion?

Hot as fucking hell

“I want more, too,” she admitted

Every instinct screareen light But he didn’t fucking move “We can’t”

“Why not?” she asked

“Because you’re off limits” He sed hard “And because you’re his little sister”

She rolled her eyes “Steven probably doesn’t even care about that Don’t getHe hates the men I date, so he’d hate you, too But it wouldn’t be any different froht home”

“Oh, but he does care” He ski the spot where she’d bitten “You want to knohat he said to me earlier?”

She nodded once, her breath co fast

“He said to remember you were his little sister…” He dropped his touch frolasses into place Or, relative safety, anyway “…And to keep hts to myself So, I will”

“He didn’t”

Shoving his hands into his pockets, he rocked back on his heels “Oh, but he did”