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“Fine, don’t trust your gut instinct,” he quickly corrected, not looking in the slightest deterred He rolled, pinning her beneath hiet free she could easily do so He brushed the tip of his nose against hers “Trust in me, Natalie”

His plea sounded so si about her spending ti him? Ha! How could she when not only would her personal life be on the line, but also her professional one?

“Trust in this” He kissed her Softly, slowly, tenderly

His lips felt so good on hers, so perfect

She should tell him to stop, to not further muddy her mind with lust But she didn’t want him to stop She just wanted to feel, to squeeze every precious memory from the moment

To give in to the lust

It was just lust she was feeling, right?

“Proainst her lips, pausing to drop another lingering kiss against her mouth

She blinked up at hi to continue to have sex with you?”

He chuckled “I want you, Natalie I’ll use whatever ree with me”

He set about doing just that, loving her so intently that Natalie was left gasping for air and wondering how she’d ever thought she could deny hi

Once they got out of bed, Matthew made Natalie breakfast, then drove her to her apart to the hospital, where they rounded on their patients and took care of paperwork When done, Natalie headed to the cardiac coain

Which here Matthew found her

“Tuesday reat day to schedule this”

Glancing up froht her breath at the vision of hiainst the door jamb