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I don't re down beside her I was too focused on Scarlett I ran my hand down her arm, from her cuffed wrist to her shoulder "This okay?"

She nodded, raising herback when she would have deepened the kiss

"In a h to h her hair, brushing it back froht"

"What?" she asked, a little breathless The sound went straight to my cock

"This isn't just sex I know things are complicated and I know this is crazy, but this is more than sex"

Her eyes closed in a slow blink, and when they opened, they et, drenched in sadness "It can't be You know it can't"

"I don't, and neither do you" I ran the side ofher before I kissed the shell of her ear "I don't knohat's going to happen I don't knohy you're here And I' that neither do you"

"Tenn, I—"

I dropped a finger over her lips "All I do know is that this isn't just fucking I can't co I don't want to I want you"

"I want you, too"

"Just to fuck? Is that all you want?"

"I—" Scarlett stopped, her eyes on ht to my heart

All my confidence was bullshit Maybe I ay off base Maybe she just wanted to get laid I fought the urge to brace myself, to shut down

I waited, searching her face, hoping she wasn't about to destroy me