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“This ed to say It was hard to speak and vocalize as in her head

“I like complicated,” he shot back

“And messy”

His fingers were on the edge of her top “I’ood with messy”

Her hands crept up to his face and held him steady, because she needed him to know—to see how bad it really was

“Trustyou’ve ever seen before”

So in his eyes shifted, and she felt him stiffen—only for a moment, but she knew her words had struck a chord “I’ve seen complicated and messy I don’t scare easily”

Surprised, she licked her bottoht words In the end, she didn’t have words She only had herself and her daan took a deep breath and slowly extracted herself frorateful for the deep shadows and the liht from the fireplace

Fire

It wasn’t so long ago that particular word had the power to drop her to her knees And now, as her gazeflah, some weird sense of liberation

Morgan exhaled, closed her eyes, and slowly tugged her top over her head before tossing it onto the floor She felt faint— heart that had taken off like a loco down the track Eyes still shut, she unzipped her jeans and winced a bit because her leg was stiff Ignoring the pain, she stepped out of them, and the denim joined her top somewhere a few feet away

She stood there, , warers work at her bra clasp, and then his mouth was on the back of her neck as he slowly slipped her bra off

His hands slid around her, cupping her breasts from underneath as he continued to kiss the side of her neck Greedy fingers touched her nipples, and she whih her like sparks of energy that hit hard, right between the legs She shuffled a bit, trying to alleviate some of the pressure, but it was no use

He rolled his forefinger over the rosy peaks, pressing into her froainst him

“I need to see you,” he murmured into her neck