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Before I can even catch my breath, she’s on her hands and knees, wiggling her ass at me. With her hair slung over her shoulder and a sparkle in her eyes, who the hell am I to resist such a sexy sight? I sidle up behind her and start kissing the back of her neck and down her spine while I angle myself toward her. Any minute now, I’ll be inside her, and I can’t wait…

Oh!But all of a sudden, I realize that I have to pause for a moment, just to be smart. “Protection,” I rasp. “I'd better…”

“Why?” Cassie reaches behind me to grab onto me, to hold me in place. “Do wereallyneed protection now? Surely, if you and I are going to be together forever, if we’re in love, then we don’t need to worry about it? What will happen will happen.”

I can’t stop myself from smiling back at her. I know what this means, and it’s everything to me. Cassie is really committing herself to me in every single way, so much so that if we ended up having a family together, she would be happy, and honestly, I want that too. With her. I don’t know if I could have wanted it with anyone else, but that’s because Cassie Jones is the one.

“You’re right.” I lean down gently and kiss her on the lips. “This is forever now, isn’t it? Me and you. So, why not?”

Eventually, I slide my way into her, and Cassie’s whole body tightens up with desire. I know I’m close to the edge, her body has already had that effect on me, so I wrap my arm around her waist and explore her clit while we fuck. Each thrust is harder and faster than the last one. There’s so much passion between us that it’s electric. There’s no way that we can slow down and take this too carefully at the moment. Maybe one day, a time will come where we can ‘make love’, but for now, this is what we have.

By the time her walls clamp around me, pulsing with pleasure, causing me to erupt too, we scream so loudly I’m sure that the whole country can hear us. I don’t have any control over my vocal chords and it seems that Cassie doesn’t either. We’re too busy being wrapped up in our little bubble of love to eventhinkof anyone else. We’re so wrapped up in our own love that maybeit’s made us selfish. But we won’t be here disturbing people forever. We will be on to our next adventure soon, and I’m sure that it will be just as perfect as each one to have come before…

28

CASSIE

One Month Later…

Ring, ring… Ring, ring… Ring, ring…

“Urgh, Benji, you'd better wake up.” I shove him over to the other side of the bed. “I still don’t have a cellphone, so it’s yours.”

I haven’t had one since the kidnapping. I don’t know what Alex did with my phone. He probably tossed it somewhere on the way to the jungle, to be honest, and I really don’t care. I haven’t missed it one bit. I might never have one again. If I can travel the world without needing to be in touch with people, then I can’t see another time when that will change. I’m freer without it.

“Who the hell is calling?” Benji moans. “Don’t they know how early it is in Italy? This is like torture.”

“I don’t know if we told anyone that we were coming to Italy,” I remind him. “They might still think that we are in London. Or maybe they think that we followed through on our original plan to see some of Africa. If I can’t keep track of us, no one else will.”

Benji nods in agreement but continues to roll his eyes as he leans across to pick up his phone. “Hey, Max, how are you?”

I already know that this isn’t going to be a chat I need to hear, and I’m awake now, so I might as well make a move. Once I’m dressed, we can start planning for the day to see what we intend to see next. There’s still so much I need to explore. I head into the shower and sing to myself as I wash off the dirty night before that Max and I shared. My God, every night with him is dirty. I don’t know when this chemistry will fade a little because we seem to exist solely in passion.

“I don’t know,” I suddenly hear Benji stating, getting closer to the bathroom door. “I’ll just go and speak with her.”

I flick the shower off but remain where I am, standing naked and proud as Benji pokes his head around the door. Immediately, his jaw slackens and his eyes glaze over. I don’t think he even knows what he came in here for.

“Is everything okay?” I ask him with a giggle. “It seems like you wanted to talk to me about something?”

“Er, oh, right, sure.” Benji shakes his head to remind himself what he’s in the bathroom. “It’s your father…”

My face falls. I already know that this is going to be serious judging by Benji’s expression. For one horrible moment, I suspect that something else has happened to a member of my family. We’ve been lucky. The gang haven’t gone anywhere near the Joneses since me, but there has always been a fearful voice at the back of my brain worrying that it isn’t over.

“He really wants to see you, Cassie. And I meanreallywants to see you. I think he’s getting a bit stressed that he hasn’t yet.”

Oh!So this is a bit more serious than just another phone call. Now my family want to see me, and I suppose I do owe them that much. I can’t keep hiding forever. And if the gang hasn’t been noticed since that day, then maybe it would be safe… I definitely would be safe with Benji by my side. He’s always making me feel like I’m okay, no matter what.

“What about the press, though?” I half-whisper to Benji. “I still don’t want to be on TV again. Can we avoid that?”

“Your father has already said that he will make sure there are no cameras around. No one from the TV show and no one from the media either. We can certainly make sure that it’s a private meeting, shrouded in secrecy. Whatever you need.”

The thing is I do kinda want to see my family. I’ve missed them a lot, and if we can make sure that it’s all behind closed doors, then I could use a visit with them. As long as we could return to our travels afterward. I don’t want to give that up.

“If we go back to America, will we stay there? Or will we continue on exploring the world?” I ask him curiously.

“Oh, you don’t need to worry about that. We will continue our travels. This will be just a detour. A little moment out.”

I nod eagerly. “Sure, why not? I need to introduce you to my father, anyway. I’m sure he’s eager to meet you.”

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