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“How do you expect ive you for this, Marcellus?” Her voice broke “I died when I was told Maxwell perished, and you knew he lived How could you have me endure such pain?”

He reached for her, his gaze regretful “I wanted to tell you, but I couldn’t I had my reasons, and I hope someday you’ll understand them”

She jerked away from him “You knew he lived and still took ave myself to you I wanted to confide in Max several times, but I couldn’t It would break him to know you betrayed him so That I betrayed him”

She inhaled and met the turbulence of Marcellus’s silver eyes “You rave mistake We will not speak of it And we must not tell Maxwell At least not yet”

Marcellus’s countenance becalittered That unwelcome fear that he always incited in her crept across her skin, and she stu that nearly stripped her control storainst his

“What are you doing?” she whispered furiously, pushing at his chest

He tugged at her drawers until he could caress the core of her She was already eers

“Open your legs wider,” he growled, and rage burned her that she responded to the do her, but she still winced

“Don’t I aroaned, mortified at what she had to reveal

He halted his finger, flexing his palm to cup her instead “Tell me you hated when I fucked and ate this sweet pussy of yours You wanted it as bad as I did And that was even before you thought Max had died I watched Max ride you hard and long Watched you wail for more, and you kneatched, and you wanted ether, Emmeline, will never be a er for me just as much”

His explicit words had heat spiraling to her core She wrenched froe “No! I only caone I would never have coh her heart screamed liar at her

She stiffened as with two strides he was in front of her, drawing her into his ar her ainst hers, drawing her desire and igniting fire in her She felt the pervasive hunger that overcame her each time Maxwell or Marcellus touched her infuse her limbs It terrified her Never had she known she could feel such cravings for two separate individuals at the sa rapidly, and her nipples were hard Blistering sha with fury She forced her arth He released her so suddenly she stumbled

“Are you insane, Marcellus? Maxwell is back”

Marcellus watched her broodingly “Do you not want h you have been with Max for two days and nights?”

“I do not,” she protested The lack of conviction in her voice had a blush cli her face