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“Yes, it will I fucking promise”

Somehow, I expected hi determined, and I’ve never once seen them back down from an idea they believed in Maybe it’s because even in this id ass But whatever the reason, I’m not surprised by his words

I am, however, knocked completely off balance by what he does next

Still holding aze, he drops his head and claspsmy chin up Then he presses his lips to mine

This man is all hardness

All taut fury and straight lines

He’s stubborn and callous and harsh

But none of those things are in this kiss

This is the gentlest kiss I’ve ever received, a soft, barely there brush of his lips against s he toldto pull away from me To protect me from himself

I liftainst his His body tenses, and for just a heartbeat, the kiss morphs into more For just an instant, his lips turn possessive and de, full of pent-up need

Then the beast is locked back in its cage, and he pulls away

He blinks, looking almost as surprised as I a settles over his face—the same expression he hen he watched Marcus fuck me and Theo kiss me

As if he’s looking at the most precious object in the world, but it’s enclosed behind a glass case

As if he’s looking at so he will never, ever have

His hands stay onsoftly over my cheekbones as if he can’t tear hi me his arm to help me slide off the bed