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“But I deserve it,” she squeezed out, gaze cast downwards. “And this hurts because I know what I’ve lost.”
I wanted to tell her that she hadn’t lost me, but I would be a liar.
“I want you to be healthy,” I said instead. “It’s important to me, Liz.”
“You’re important to me,” she breathed, sidling closer until I could feel her hot breath against my ear. “You’re everything to me.”
And there it was.
The sudden shift in mood.
“No touching,” I warned when her hand landed on my thigh. “If you do that again, I’m leaving.”
“Really?”
“Really, Liz.”
“Fine.” Reluctantly, she placed her hand on her lap. “Happy now?”
No, because Iwantedher hands on me. “Peachy.”
“Do you miss me, Hugh?” she asked, eyes growing darker the longer she looked at me. “Like I miss you?”
“You know I miss you,” I replied, not bothering to lie. There was no point. She held every piece of my mangled heart. I figured she might as well take the last sliver of my pride while she was at it. “It kills me to see you with him.”
“I don’t want him.” Her voice took on a sultry tone. “I’ve never wanted him.”
“And yet here we are.” I shook my head in frustration. “You fucked him, but you fucked me harder.”
“Do you want to take your clothes off?” she asked then, shamelessly raking me over with her eyes. “You’re soaked to the skin. You might get sick.”
“I’ll take my chances.”
Frustration etched her features. “You’re not going to make this easy, are you?”
“Nope.” I smirked. “I have my virtue to protect.”
“I don’t know why I did it,” she repeated for what had to be the hundredth time in a matter of months. “I’m not even attracted to him.” She touched me again, trailing her finger down my throat, and this time I didn’t have the strength to stop her. “You’re all I’ve ever wanted inside me.”
Jesus Christ.
“Icouldfuck you,” I admitted, feeling both bitter and turned on. “Right here. Just once. For closure. But that would only make it worse for you.”
“No, it wouldn’t,” she said, pressing her cheek to mine and inhaling deeply. “You’re all I want.”
“It would, because once you’ve had me, you’ll never get over me,” I whispered in her ear, deciding to turn the tables on her for once, and then enjoying when she shivered in response. “It’ll be game over for you, Liz, and then what?”
“Then we’ll keep doing it,” she moaned, rubbing herself against me. “Forever.”
This was a bad idea, and I needed to stop.
Just…not yet.
“Not a chance, baby,” I growled, nuzzling her cheek with mine. “You threw away forever with me for temporary with him.”
“Let me make it up to you.” Peppering my neck with kisses, she reached between my thighs and palmed my rapidly growing erection. “Let me make it right.”
“I’m not putting my dick where’s he’s been,” I groaned, unable to stop my hips from arching into her touch. “You need to stop.”
