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We stayed like that for the whole song. Silently staring into each others' eyes as the lyrics blared around us. She was good at stopping time. I didn't want to move. I didn't want tonight to end.

"I wasn't actually doing fine before I met you," she said.

"Neither was I."

"I think we were meant to run into each other."

"I know that we were."

The smile she gave me made my knees feel weak.

"I love you, Tyler Stevens," she whispered as she pressed her forehead against mine.

I breathed in her exhales. "I love you. And I need you, Hails."

"You can have me whenever you want me. I'm yours."

God I loved the sound of that.

Chapter 45

Hailey

Thursday

He kicked the door closed with his foot and slammed my back against it. Our lips hadn't parted since the elevator. It was like I didn't need to breathe. I just needed him.

His palms slid up my thighs as I tightened my legs around his waist. God, I was soaked. As soon as he had caught me mid leap in that bar I couldn't stop thinking about being alone with him. This was the last time we could be toget

her for a long time. I was going to make it count.

His breathing was labored when he pulled away from me. "There were nicer hotels a little farther down the..."

"This is perfect, Tyler." I intertwined my fingers in his hair and kissed him again.

He pulled us away from the door and set me down on the edge of the bed.

I grabbed the hem of his shirt and pushed it up his abs. I wanted to see him. I needed to memorize every inch of his hard body. But when he didn't take it off, I grabbed the fabric and pulled him closer to me instead. He had no idea what he was doing to me. I needed him right this second or I was going to internally combust.

"Lean back," he whispered seductively in my ear.

I ignored him as I spread my thighs even more for him. If he wanted me to beg, I'd beg. "Tyler, I need you."

"Trust me, Hails, you're going to enjoy this." He slowly pushed my tank top up the sides of my torso, trailing his fingers against my skin. His touch sent shivers down my spine.

I put my hands in the air so he could take my shirt off more easily. But that didn't make him go any faster. He kissed up the length of my arm as he slowly pulled my tank top off over my head.

I was practically panting as he unhooked my bra.

The groan that escaped his lips as my breasts spilled out just made me even wetter. What the hell was he trying to do to me?

He slowly pulled the straps down my arms. "You are the most beautiful girl I have ever met."

I swallowed hard. I hoped he meant that. I knew he had been hung up on Penny...

"Inside and out, Hails," he said as he put his hand on the side of my face. He slowly trailed his fingers down my neck to the center of my chest and lightly pushed, so that I'd lay down on the bed like he wanted. He leaned over me so that his arms were on either side of my head. "You're gorgeous. And I'm going to keep telling you that until you believe it." He kissed the side of my neck and I immediately moaned.

I felt him smile against my skin. "And I love what I can do to your perfect body." He left a trail of kisses down my neck and between my breasts.

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