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“Sorry,” Natashame instantly when she absently reaches for my hand, but she lets hers drop before I can reach her

“Moone soon But Suze…” she says

I grip her hand inher back to my suite

“She can look after herself,” I tell her, sounding friendly enough but not hidingirritation at the fact Natasha feels she has to answer to anyone but herself

Her tiny hand squeezes e that tells me so much

She’s ehtened even, but it’s a good kind of scared

I feel the sanal back to her with a squeeze before pausing to face her

No one’s watching, and I wouldn’t care if they were

I lean over and take her face in my hands, and kiss her tenderly

Kiss her the way I wanted to the first ti every time I kiss her Every time I touch her, it’s better than the first time

Once back in my little suite, which only feels s car, I put ain

Harder, firainst hers until we both fall into a locked and passionate embrace

Chapter Nine

Natasha

Feelingback to his suite to be alone

I feel a ripple of nervous energy run across my belly

The thought of hi his hands all over me

I alood it feels to walk beside him until he stops

He leans in and kisses ht there in the corridor

The next thing I knoe’re in his suite, and he’s lifting up et his hands in all the places I know I need theonna work

Pretending I don’t want this or don’t deserve it? That’s over

I’m so done with that

Michael uses ainst mine as he tries to undress me and himself at the same time somehow