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I try to fight the tears that burn in my eyes, but it’s i to explode from my tear ducts

“Oh, it’s okay, Bria,” Maximillia mur, haven’t you?”

I try to tell her, yes, but my voice is choked with the immensity of my emotions I started this internship with no boyfriend and no friends, definitely no ure in my life

And now I feel as though I’hter and friendship and banter and love

Yes, love

My love for Braden flutters inme with a warmth I’ve never felt before

I just hope next tiive myself to hi

Chapter Twenty-Two

Braden

The savage inside of et me to tackle her onto the bed like I did last time

The teaze roams up and down her body She takes s candlelight with a chest-tightening s with emotion

She’s wearing her work shirt, the thin white aze lands on her Her hair is wavy and tangled down past her shoulders, daring uide her mouth to mine… and then force her onto the bed, bend her over and drive up inside of her

But no

I told her I’d take it slow, coax her into it, give her virgin body a chance to remember how excitable she is

“This is beautiful,” she says, taking another step into the rooht work pants

I study her for a longa off her full blushing cheeks

“You’re beautiful,” I growl, stalking across the roo myself to keep my hands there, and not move the me to