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I ju closer “I want you You know that, right? I can’t forget that night in my hotel room” I fuse my stare with hers “You think about it, too, don’t you?”

Color creeps up her face, blooerous territory”

“Because we’re rivals?”

“Because I don’t trust you You lied to me I don’t care why you did it A lie is a lie”

“I never wanted to do it”

“But you did”

I follow her to the sink She sets down her plate, and I brace my hands on the counter, one on either side of her hips, then press my lips to her ear “Not because I don’t want you Or don’t care about you I do One has nothing to do with the other”

She stiffens “It sure feels like it does”

“Ulti shockingly well together in the office” The heat of her body lures me closer The sweet scent of strawberries fills nore “We’d be daether in the bedroom, too”

Sloan doesn’t answer Nor does she protest when I slide the curtain of her fiery hair over her shoulder

The silky skin I expose and the graceful curve of her neck te her anymore

“Baby…” I breathe against her just before I lay my mouth on her nape

She gasps, her whole body tightening But she doesn’t push me away

I take a gaer the sensitive patch of skin I just worshipped before licking my way to nip at her lobe

She exhales roughly and shudders, gripping the counter in front of her as if it alone will keep her fro into my arms