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But regardless of all of that, he , but I’d needed to walk around shady neighborhoods at night by myself when I was barely more than a child

I was scrappy

I had good instincts

“Nice try, love, but—fuck,” he grunted when I turned e I needed forthe wind out of him while I spun with my arm raised, elbow out, ready to strike his jaw If I landed it just right, I could even get hiround, despite our size difference

But before I could land it, Bella under, anduntil I stopped myself

“Are you done?” Bellaain

“Not even close,” I told hi

Charging

While on a deck with no railing

Like a freaking idiot

Bellamy’s ar off the dock

I ed to suck in a deep breath as Bellamy somehow turned us in mid-fall so that e crashed a split second later, we did so on both of our sides

The i apart

And I was so focused on finding the surface that I forgot all about hiain and I could take another breath

I barely h, before Bellarabbedwent around his waist His other hand ed one of the pillars to the deck because the next thing I knew, ainst it as his ain

Hard

Hungry

Like the fight had been some sort of foreplay for him

And, admittedly, my damn traitorous body seemed to view it the exact same way

Because a wildfire of desire was spreading throughin its wake