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I barely felt the hardness of the wall againstair around the s but Cain’s mouth, his body, his smell

I craved to touch hiers There’d been a point when he’d kissed er ere in and I’d clung to him out of need rather than fear

A roin brush mine

He was hard

It made no sense, which hy I knew I needed to stop I’d been ruled by passion before and that was nothing like this What would happen if I let this man take as left of ed to reach with his fists or his words?

But I couldn’t forceh the toous

The si a thousand times more intense when Cain suddenly released my hands and clasped my face with his hands and took co I couldn’t stop ers around his wrists where he was holding onto round ood

When ere both forced to co there, his forehead pressed tohard and his skin felt like it was on fire I held there, unet control of my lust

“Ethan,” Cain whispered “I need you to do so for me”

“Anything,” I said without hesitation

“I need you to touch me, but I need you to promise you’ll stop if I ask you to”

“I will,” I said softly “I swear it”

He nodded against me I was surprised when he kept his forehead pressed to mine as he moved my hands down to his waist His T-shirt was untucked so he used one hand to pull it up just a little before placing one of my hands on his waist After he maneuvered my other hand to where he wanted it, he released his hold on me and placed his hands next to my head His eyes were on my hands

His skin was hot and tight to the touch And soft Much softer than I would have expected I slowly slid my hands up his waist just a little, but stilled when I felt him tense up

“Keep going,” he murmured

I left one hand where it was and ers skimmed over a raised patch of skin just below his armpit I didn’t focus on the scar as I let my hand travel back down to his stomach But as soon as I reached his abs, I felt another scar When I moved my other hand, it quickly encountered a third scar, then a fourth I finally let er follow the co Tears stung my eyes as I realized what they were