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“I don’t want to ask anything” She givesI need to know You seelad Really”

Her words fall around my feet like shards of a s for her

“Willow, I never stopped caring for you I never stopped” Loving you

My heart breaks again as I let my voice trail off, but her eyes narrow I step out froatthe beast inside of me nearly out of his mind

“I know It’s okay Mos

The day I left it was herme know in no uncertain terms our business deal was over—and that included any contact with Willow

At the tiht it as best for Willow That I should just disappear and leave her to find a life without hter consu as best for her And inthat everonto

To do what is and was and alill be best for her

I reach to unburden her fros her shoulder to her ears as ertips brush her arm

“Do you reave you the first Jane Eyre book?”

The blush that races up her chest and settles onto her cheeks answers my question It was her favorite book and each year after that first tiifted her a first edition of the novel, I searched for other rare and beautiful copies of the book In the years that followed, her collection grew to include over ten copies of the classic story

“Of course My thirteenth birthday You said every princess deserves her happy ending”

“And Idown on the soft cream velvet tufted chair that sits in front of my desk

My other hand dares to settle once again just above the swell of her ass, urging her forward to where the fireplace is crackling and the warmth radiates To my honor, she steps with er Complex and soft, but still exotic and pure

I lean forward, intendingthat they will somehoind their way to her heart “That was the first time I called you my princess”