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Projecting her own failed relationship ontoto sit with so to make a relationship work that has failed up until now

I try not to make a face, but mom walks ahead of me and within moments we’re back at the familiar doorhich is closed now

It even has a little doorbell, which mom buzzes

Michael opens the door swiftly, his eyes looking pleased when he sees rows dark when he looks at my mom up and down

“I just wanted to say,” Mo to leave, “That it’s very kind of you to want to share sohter…”

I shoot Michael an apologetic look, and his face lifts once he figures what

“I’ll have her back to you before bedti sure it’s clear he has no intentions of keeping ht

I feel ht

Feeling like a kicked puppy or someone who’s had a wish come true because of pity

Mos grown-ups always talk about keeping me out of the loop

I wonder why he insisted I co to returndisposable

Moure of Michael up close, as well as his authoritative voice

Hisin his domain

I open rumble

To let him know that I don’t have to be here if he doesn’t really wantto—

But he’s gripped me by the ar from the shock

His mouth presses hot over mine in an instant

His body pushing mine back into the closed door as it beco whatever he had to as long as it got rid of my mom

In private now, asp

I gasp so loud when I feel it in h

The sudden and deafening blast from the train’s horn coincides with the exact moment I finally find Michael’s horn

His arousal is thick, long, and hot

And from what I understand, I’m all his until he tells me otherwise

Chapter Six

Michael