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It was another ploy to getI felt the tension easing in my shoulders The determination to run down the hall and find a state rooone

“I want you to move into the palace, Molly, because I want you” He traced the line ofup next to me I want to talk to you and drink coffee on the balcony I want to find you buried in some classic novel in the library” He brushed his thumb over my bottom lip “Yes, I need you to be safe But what I should have said is, I need you”

I gasped That resolve was gone He had ripped it down and tore through it with his words

I fell against higing me toward his chest

“Move in with ainst my ear “Will you?”

I nodded My hands roa for the space under his jacket “Yes” I breathed “Yes”

“Are you finished with dinner?” he asked

“I think so” I hadn’t eaten half of the first course I was starving, but eous man in front of me

“Good, because I’ to take you back to the roo room table Your choice, of course,” he teased

My eyes lit with his I breathed heavily I pulled the edge of the gown up

“Here,” I whispered

“Fuck,” he growled “You are serious”

His hands wrapped aroundcontrol He kissed ainst my skin I searched for his zipper, desperate to feel his cock in my hands

He groaned when I freed it from his tux pants I slid my hand over the silkiness of his skin

He pulledtable My heels locked against his backside, hungry for hie mine as he took me in heated abandon