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“Rachel, just calm down,” he said, his char in the wind like it didn’tto reason with lared at hi It peeked out fro it free

Killian’s shadow fell over lanced up and came face to face, well cock, with the one piece of him I’d come to love and hate Loved it for how it made me feel and hated for hoeak it lared and stomped to the door His heavy footfalls behind nore him

“Be reasonable,” he said as I pulled the door open His hand caught it and he pushed it closed I refused to turn around I didn’t want to face him I didn’t want him to know he’d won He warned et what he wanted and more Why hadn’t I believed him? Why hadn’t I run the other way and never looked back? Because I never backed down froe It hy I was in the city in the first place I thought I could chart ainst someone as formidable as him

He slid his hand alongwhat’s between us? Are you going to run back to Rhys and beg for forgiveness?” he whispered against ive a shit about ht he did He told me over and over what this was to him and I didn’t want to believe him Joke’s on me

His body heat radiated off hih my clothes I could feel his hard, muscled body The flutters that showed up whenever he was near ot before was dead It was like an automatic response I’d confusedreal But this wasn’t real He wasn’t real and even I wasn’t real I’d been pretending for so long I liked to think this was o back I rested ainst the door

“Just let one I’d have to run back hoed on the door, but he wouldn’t let it budge

“I don’t want to let you go,” he said, his lips dangerously close to my skin The hairs onhis wet lips onwas focused on that spot My body hyperaware of his erection digging intoto work their way under ht into his stomach He let out a whoosh of air as I turned around

“I’oing on You used me and I let you, but I’m done,” I said, as fiercely as I could I blew out a deep breath, the prickle of tears in the backs of my eyes I would not cry in front of him

“We’re not done until I say we’re done, sweetheart,” he said, the lazy smile back His perfect white teeth on full display He stroked his already hard cock and out of reflex I glanced down “You can’t resist o Coet all about it,” he said, turning back to the bed like I was just being a silly child Like I didn’t have my own mind and would be cock-mitized by him Maybe that was true before but not now

“I’m done”

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KILLIAN

I whipped back around as the door slammed Stunned That was the only way I could describe it She’d left I didn’t think she had it in her I saw the way she looked at ers and ht have taken things a bit too far, but I couldn’t let her get et in the way of the plans I had for her boss She was only supposed to be a perk in ed The things I wanted from her weren’t just in bed and that pissed me off

I sat on the edge of the bed, throwing rabbed a bottle fro to run after her like sooing to bend to her She’d be back They always came back and when she did I’d have to decide if I would take her back I toyed with that idea for less than a minute Of course, I’d take her back, but maybe I’d make her work for it

She’d come back