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He leaned in, erasing the distance she’d put between theulfed her and she pulled the blanket tighter around her Lord, this

Master Aidan was a ht years older than her His black T-shirt hugged -hot in a pair of blue jeans With his stylish dark hair, there was no denying he was drop-dead gorgeous

He was a hundred percent beautiful, a confident, irresistible man

His chiseled face tilted to the side, his eyes searching hers “You sure?”

To avoid the onco, she needed him to leave She needed a breather from his intensity She needed to remember that the emotions she experienced could never becoet that what she felt for him wasn’t reciprocal

Years ago, that truth shattered her She’d told herself a thousand times not to play with him, that his pain and avoidance of closure over Lily’s death could ruin her Yet her heart had always betrayed her; she just couldn’t stay away

Now her heart and her head coet it, and then allow him to walk away She couldn’t have all of him She knew that She had accepted that He wasn’t capable of giving more Even if her heart bore the bruises every time separation slid between them, what she experienced with Aidan she couldn’t run from

She didn’t want to

Cora forced a laugh, sliding into friend reat”

“Oh, there you are”

At the sweet, soft voice, Cora glanced to her best friend, Presley Flynn, ore lacy black lingerie A fellow submissive who had apparently had a scene, too, since her blond hair was ruffled, her elossy, and her cheeks pink “Hi”

Presley turned to Master Aidan “Do you mind if I sit?”

“Not at all” S at Presley, he stood and stepped away froht”

Cora’s heart clenched as Aidan began to leave To h if Cora had been in a committed D/s relationship what Presley had done would warrant punish aftercare wasn’t tolerated in Club Sin The physical distance Cora had put between her and Master Aidan told outsiders they weren’t in aftercare

They were, she forced herself to reether Her throat tightened and she bit her lip, not allowing that thought to affect her God, she hated herself after a scene She was a freaking emotional mess She knehere she stood with Aidan and she had accepted being with him in this way Sometimes it was just hard to remember that