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“Are you well, E voice asked

Looking down, she saw Rarev staring up at her with so naked in bed with the Monstrum Commander? What…?

And then everything caether…and ht before

“Oh, er…” Erabbed for a sheet to cover herself and Rarev frowned

“Why are you hiding your lovely body froht?” he asked, his voice still holding the hint of a purr

“I…I think we both know that last night shouldn’t have happened,” E to make her voice cool and stiff “And I think we both know it can’t happen again”

“I know it cannot” Rarev sat up beside her, hisunder his dense, velvety fur E about how she had slept against hiht When was the last time she’d slept in a man’s arms?

It had been years—decades, actually—not since the very first years of her ht she loved hi, after which the two of theether for the sake of their daughters and both of their careers

“Good,” she said, giving a short, sharp nod “Then we understand each other”

“No, we don’t Because I don’t understand why you’re pushing

“I…” E you away”

“Yes, you are,” he insisted, his frown deepening “Last night you cried in my arms as I cradled you, E your thighs foryourself to let me taste you until you came for me”

His words sent a shiver of pure lust down her spine—lust mixed with embarrassment God, she bloody well had done all that, hadn’t she? How could she have let herself get so carried away?

“I…I wasn’t myself,” she protested weakly “We’d had an extreht now—it’s got h I try not to let it”