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He pushes ainst the back of the couch and presses himself on me His mouth finds mine

He’s rough, his hands running overwhat he’s won What he owns

That bastard!

I’et over the fact that Ethan Kane knew this whole time

That he let h Why would he do that?

This is all I can think about, but ainst hi back as I find the nooks and crannies on his body and wiggle into them My hand travels to his crotch and I can tell he’s already hard A few good squeezes in, I let ain

No!

I need to know one thing!

Pushing hihtly, I look at him

“How long did you know?” I ask him “And did you have to decide?”

Ethan is alain, but I see hih

“I knew you were so to steal the device from the moment you were in my office,” he tells me “I didn’t knoas Simon till you told me I knew it could potentially have been Simon, but I didn’t want to rule outfor Arsen Hawke or someone else”

I’m silent as he continues “When you didn’t take the device and you actually brought it back, I began to think that you weren’t actually trying to steal on your own, but so you to do it,” he says and I nod “Which is basically what you confiro”

“And then?” I ask

“I knew that eventually if you were being forced to do this, therechoose between yourself and us,” he tells er, I can see full of love He shrugs as he continues “I didn’t want you to have to make that choice So I made it for you I prepared the Trojan Horse script that would stay hidden and only run upon command if needed As it turns out, it saved us from each other”