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I loved this man I loved hi to give me all of him, I couldn’t do this

I deserved more

He lifted his head, and his hooded gaze went to my swollen lips As he opened his mouth to speak, a knock came from outside the pantry

“Uh, guys?” It was Mina “It kind of sounded like two racoons fighting in a trash can fro okay?”

Vik slowly letto memorize every inch of it My feet touched the floor, and I released the front of his Henley, sers over the now-scrunchedawfully bereft of the warmth of his body

We watched each other closely, and when my expression fell, Vik’s turned sullen

I didn’t knohat to say, so I said nothing, siainst his as I swept past him and opened the door to the pantry

Mina took one look at me, and her brows rose to her damn hairline “Oh”

Great I looked that good, huh?

My cheeks heating, I ran a hand over o”

“Uh huh,” sheme without shame

And just because I wanted to avoid a situation, I slunk out the back door, just as Mina said, “Wow, Vik Just ”

I didn’t wait to hear his response I just needed to get out of there as quickly as possible

I was moister than an oyster, horny as hell, and I needed to do so about that

Call it self-care

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