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For the first time in my life, there were so many unknowns. There were things I was no longer in control of—that had been ripped from my control.
I’d never felt so close to shattering.
And I didn’t know how to hold myself together.
I took a step forward before rocking back, my head shaking wildly as my eyes burned.
Just as I started to turn, a muscled arm wrapped firmly around me and pulled me close.
“Chaos.”
My chest heaved, but I prayed to any god listening that he would mistake it for anything other than my pain . . . my weakness.
Kieran pressed his nose against my head as he held me for seconds that lasted a blissful eternity, and seconds that would never be enough.
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??Thought you were gone,” he rumbled as he began pulling me toward the booth.
“No,” I said quickly and dug my stilettos into the ground. “Take me away.”
When Kieran twisted my body to look at me, his face was hard, unreadable. “Don’t ask that of me.”
I didn’t know what was so wrong with those words, but I wanted to leave. “Anywhere,” I begged. “Anywhere but this bar, Kieran, please.”
His face softened, his eyes darting toward the bar in question before back to me. “Jessica . . .”
“Let it go,” I pleaded. “Let her go. Let me be enough that you don’t need this revenge anymore.”
He stared at me for so long that I was sure he was going to say no. I was sure he’d release me and walk past me toward his booth.
And with all that was happening, I couldn’t handle his rejection again.
But before I could step away from him, he dropped his mouth onto mine for a searing kiss, right in the middle of The Jack.
His tongue teased the seam of my lips, prodding and begging, and then torturing my own in a slow, seductive dance that left me breathless and wanting more—wanting everything.
He could’ve asked me to be his in that moment, and I would’ve said I already was.
Hooking his arm around my neck, he pulled us through the crowd and out the doors. As always, without touching a single person.
The walk to Holloway was fast.
Faster than the other nights.
I wanted more of his kiss. More of his possessive touch. But Kieran kept me tucked close to his side and hurried to the estate.
What normally took fifteen minutes took only ten.
Once we were in the mansion and in his room, he pushed me against the door, his lips and teeth grazing my neck as he ground his thick length against my butt.
I groaned and pressed back harder, needing to feel him.
Needing everything.
“What do you want?” he asked against my throat, giving a teasing bite.
My breaths were ragged and my voice nearly inaudible when I said, “You.”
