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Shrieking wildly, I took off for the stairs, where he caught me around the waist, threw me over his shoulder and took the steps up two at a ti to howl, I kicked my feet and thumped my hands on his back Up in my room, he threw me down on the bed and tore ht back After ditching his jeans and T-shirt, he crawled over“Re run up the stairs”

“Maybe I wanted to get caught”

He shook his head “Poor little princess Do you have any idea how loud I’ to make you scream?”

“And there’s no one around to hear me in this dark, deserted forest, is there?”

“Nope” He anchored my arms over my head “You’re all mine to do hat I please”

“Is this payback for last night?”

He laughed, low and sinister

My entire body shivered

“Did you have a good tiers trailed up and down my back

“Yes”

“Where’d you go?”

“Trattoria Lupo The food was delicious” Al here in his ar the whole meal on the house because Ellie’s family knows the owners”

“Nice”

“What did you do for dinner?”

“Blackened some chicken Not on purpose”

I laughed “There was a fiftieth anniversary party at the table next to us”

“Yeah?”

“Mhertip “That’s a long time, isn’t it?”

“Fuck yeah, it is I don’t kno anyone does it”

I bitwith you and Naomi?”

He exhaled “We never should have gottenreasons—at least I did”

“What were your reasons?”

“You’ll think I’m a shitty person if I tell you”