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“You know exactly what it irls hoht only, and not to get attached And I’in your life, andme feel even worse than I already do”

“Lydia, I—”

She held her hands up “Look, I get it, okay? You regret touching ain I was a o hoain”

“Wait, I didn’t say that” He shook his head, struggling to answer her “It’s just…I…fuck” Damn it, the words wouldn’t come

“Yeah, you did I think you said it at least a million times, in a million different ways” She opened the door and walked inside “Goodbye, Holt It’s been real You’ll never have to see ht you stooped so low that you actually screwed a girl like me”

He should let her walk away He should leave with empty hands and an even emptier heart But he couldn’t Not with her Not now He wasn’t supposed to want her, wasn’t supposed to go after her, but da did

What was even worse than the fact that he should be resisting te him a chance to form a reply

And that pissed him off even more than his slow brain, or his inability to keep his hands to his fucking self He followed her inside, his blood puhts into words Not this tirowled…and kissed her

And, God help her, she kissed him back

Chapter Eight

Lydia collapsed against the hard wall, clinging to his even harder chest She didn’t knohat the heck was going on in his brain right now, but she knew one thing All she’d been able to think about since last night had been kissing hiht here in her hallway, then so be it

She’d kiss him back

He pressed closer and ran his hands over her body, squeezing her breasts and rolling his thuhis forehead on hers and letting out a shattered breath “Jesus, Lyd You have no idea how fucking hard it is for ht now”

Sheyou?”

“Nothing Everything” He nipped at the sensitive skin over her pulse, and then kissed away the sting At the same time, he slipped his hand up her dress and cupped her core, pressing hi