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Her hands ride the headboard as her hips gyrate over my mouth.
Fuck, I wish both of mine were free, I’d mash her sweet pussy against my face until I couldn’t breathe.
She pulls away just as her legs begin to quiver.
“Sit,” I grunt, tugging her with my palm.
“Wait,” she pants, working herself down my body until her lips hover above mine. “I wanted to tell you something.”
What on earth could possibly be important enough to stop just before she comes?
My arm moves down her body in an effort to reach her soaking clit, but she shifts again.
“Elena. You’re begging to be punished,” I growl.
When she sits up, she’s almost at my knees, too far to touch now that I’m tethered to the damn bed.
“I discovered something today. A big secret.” Her lower lip rolls in her teeth.
Why does she look like she’s going to cry?
Wait.
A knot forms in my stomach. “Who told you?”
Her forehead furrows. “Dixon,” she whispers.
How did he know?
It doesn’t matter. I need to fix this.
“Elena. I’m sorry. It was a long time ago and he was a very bad man.” I wish I could reach her.
This isn’t how I wanted to tell her.
Her eyes narrow. “Who?”
The hell? “Your father. What are you talking about?”
Those pretty, perfect lips fall into an “O” before she leaps from the bed. “What about my father?”
Shit. This is not what I expected. “Wait, what was the secret?”
She stands, staring at me. “What about my father?” Her voice shakes.
Damn all of this.
My head drops to the pillow. “I’m the reason he’s gone, Elena. He showed up that night after I was gone and hehurtyour mom. Bad. That’s why she left.”
I drop my free arm over my eyes to fight the flood of memories. “I found her, broken and bleeding. After I took her to the hospital, I went looking for him.”
When I glance at her again, she’s pulled a robe from the hook and covered herself.
“Go on,” she says stiffly.
“I found him. I made sure he’d never hurt her, or you, again.” I hope she can understand without asking for any more details.
She doesn’t need to know how I beat him with my bare hands.
