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He pinned her body and angled her ass higher Trapped in her heated stare he unleashed his strength onto her Being inside her, coated in herpassion overwhelmed him He needed to take her in the most primal manner he could He desired to own her, possess her soul, and ood under his touch His muscles burned and sweat coated his flesh as she went into a frenzy of pleasure beneath him

A minute later, they both broke wide open

When he cah his lips and she had stayed silent, too He stared into teary eyes that portrayed what he’d seen that first night Her expression was longing and pained

His heart twisted

Re inside her, he flipped their positions Once on his back, he wrapped his arainst his chest Why won’t you share what’s wrong? Her soft sniffles and thedead inside him

You’ve held her before

But no … never like this

Chapter Eighteen

Wednesday ca Cora off at horocery-shop, clean the house, and veg on the couch They hadn’t discussed her tears the night earlier, and Cora was glad When they had woken in the tent, Aidan had returned to being his same old distant self

He seemed happy and at ease, comfortable with her Yet he looked at her as a friend, and that hadn’t been what she wanted Not in the least While she had told herself not to hope that he was finally facing life with eyes open, the second he s all she saas his pain

Aidan didn’t wrap his aro

Nothing had changed

By Thursday , Cora felt a little off-kilter Even a telephone call fro trip hadn’t helped her recover Soh she couldn’t quite pinpoint what it was, all she kneas that she felt … different

A little unsteady and emotional

On Friday afternoon and in her office, she carefully dropped down on the polka-dot pillow Over the ri, Cora studied the four sixteen-year-olds sitting in a small circle