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“No thanks I’ll wait, we’re al the battle to keepbefore I wake up inonly a t-shirt and underwear A wave of confusion slips over me before I realise that I must have fallen asleep in the car after all Silly Silly

I turn over andstretched out beside me My hand falls on his bare chest I pull it away instantly, but he grabs le in fear for one, two, three seconds before I see the golden hair, and then the face, and realise that thebut a pair of boxers My fear transforer

“Let go ofto break his iron hold

“Hush, go back to sleep beautiful,” he whispers, his breath tickles ood He feels good And war I refrain fro

“Why are you in ry now –else

“I wanted to lie with you,” he answers, voice low

I glance at the clock on h despite the fact that htest, and then bury o on forever I’m about to open my mouth and order him to leave when I realise that I kind of don’t want hi since so me It’s definitely some sort of screwed up nourishment that we all pretend not to need

I lift h From both of us, I think

“You can stay,” I tell him “But no funny business”

“Funny business?” says Ethan, testing the phrase out on his lips with humour It sounds like he’s never had occasion to use it before But of course, English was never his ue “What’s that?” he continues “Is this funny business?” he asks, as he trails fingertips along h

“Don’t…” I whisper, but before I know it he’s flippedover me

His lowers himself, and dips his nose to the inch of skin between my t-shirt and pants, brushes his lips over my stomach

“You sood,” he breathes I exhale on a shudder and try to pull ether

“Don’t distractI struggle on “S-soh to be nocturnal Soo to work”

My scolding is tragically half-hearted Who could resist this man? Even the fact that he’s some sort of oose pimples at his touch He presses a hard kiss onto the thin cotton ofevery tiny hair on my body to stand on end