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“You’re the playboy of the trio, aren’t you?”
“That’s what I’ve been up until now,” he confessed “No more Not with you”
God, everything he said was reaching into her and locking her heart to him “Are those just lines you use on woet you into their beds?”
“Who cares what happened in the past, baby? I sure don’t Yes, I was a man-whore, as my brothers like to call aze et to know you ood for ood for you, too”
Hopeful shivers spread out through her She welcomed theht? “Say Alex and Brandon are willing to try the Wilde way What then? I grew up believing I would fall in love with rew up believing you would each have a woht?”
He shrugged “We grew up believing in the Tooth Fairy and the Easter Bunny Guess what? We changed We learned We can do the same when it comes to you and your dreams, Shelby”
“I wish I could believe that as irls are taught e’re very young how the outside world works If you were from another town like Wilde, where my kind of family is the norm or at least accepted by the community, it would be easy to hope But you aren’t Alex and Brandon are not” Her heart dropped in her sto her best to keep her head, to trust her logic and keep her heart in check as she tried to convince hi good for a while, but then what if Alex or Brandon wants to bring another woht decide to do the same Even if it see you know, it all blows up in all our faces Can’t you see, Justin? What you propose won’t work It can’t”
The expression on his face was a mystery to her It looked part pained and part confused He didn’t say a word at first, which et away She’d confessed more to him than she’d ever done to anyone else Justin knew about the video Before now, she’d never told a soul about that, not even Jessie or Charly Why had she opened up to him so easily?
Justin feathered his fingers on her cheek “It’s going to be okay, sweetheart”
“Is it?” Even though she was a trained submissive at The Masters’ Cha tiether The hts at TMC had been her life since the video She couldn’t believe hoonderful he was being with her, perfect even “This scares the hell out of me You scare the hell out of me”
He leaned in and pressed his lips tenderly to hers She inhaled his scent of leather and wood and felt her heart skip several beats as the kiss turned ue didn’t wait for an invitation It plowed into her de surrender When he released herandup even hotter and faster
“Shelby, don’t be scared Trustto be okay You’ll see”
She was buzzing from his latest lusty kiss “I want to believe you, Justin”
“Then just do it,” he said in a tone that hinted of an even more dominant side to him than she’d seen so far
Everything about hi her “Okay I will Please don’t let m