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He presses harder, and I can’t hide the embarrassing whimper that comes out. My eyes are closed, and my head tilts back as he begins to use his palm to add pressure to my clit through the leggings. His other hand moves up inside the front of my shirt until he finds my lace bra. His fingers tease my nipple through the thin fabric before moving to my other breast.

“Fuck, Noah. Please,” I whimper, not even knowing what I’m asking for.

“Use your words, Willow. Tell me what you want.”

“You,” I whisper against his lips as I pull his body closer. “I just want you.”

CHAPTER 54

NOAH

Hearing her say that causes a surge of emotions to erupt in me that I’ve never felt before. She wants me. Only me. Well, you have me, Little Rabbit. You always have because I’ve always belonged to you.

I’m still on my knees between her thighs when I see Jeremy quietly sneak down the hall to the laundry room out of the corner of my eye. Thank God I told him all about her father being down in the tunnels before everything happened. He was able to go down and make sure the fucker had water and even gave him some actual food.

I thankfully was conscious and able to tell him everything he needed to know to get down there. I told him where to find my mask and the hidden panel that leads to the staircase down to the labyrinth. He took care of everything during those two nights I was stuck in there and has offered to stay and help out now that I’m back home.

I figured once we were home things were going to get a bit more complicated since Willow would be here as well and I’d have to sneak down there but he assured me that he can still help take care of the issue in the meantime…Until I’m ready to tell her. He’s been very understanding of all of this…more than I ever thought possible. It makes me wonder what his own demons are.

He nods at me before slipping into the laundry room, letting me know exactly where he’s going. He did say that it freaked him out being down there because he felt like he was being watched. When I joked about the forty-three souls that still haunted those tunnels, he didn’t seem to enjoy the joke. Rayes was the last to join that total, and James Parker will make forty-four when she’s ready.

“Noah…Can we go upstairs?” she whispers, glancing back at the closed doors that lead to the dining room.

“Of course.”

I stand then bend to try and pick her up, but she swats me away.

“Your doctor literally said no straining yourself. You’re not supposed to lift anything over twenty pounds,” she demands.

“I’m fine. You don’t weigh more than twenty-five,” I tease, causing her to roll her eyes as she jokingly pushes me away to stand and head toward the steps.

“You also aren’t supposed to do any physical activity,” she says, looking back at me over her shoulder and smirking.

As she starts to climb the stairs, I can’t help this overwhelming urge to get on my knees and worship her. Even in her leggings and one of my hoodies, she looks like a fucking Goddess. I’m doomed. Now that I’ve gotten her back in my life, she’ll have to kill me to get rid of me…Let’s hope it doesn’t ever come down to that.

“Noah.”

I realize she’s already made it up to the second floor and is walking along the loft hallway that leads to the stairs to my room. I quickly make my way up the steps only to get halted by her hand.

“How’s your head?”

“Perfect, let’s go.”

“I’m serious, Noah. The doctor said…”

“Fuck what the doctor said. I’ve had concussions before, and I feel fine. Better than any of the other times I’ve had a concussion.”

“That’s mildly concerning,” she laughs as she starts walking backward up the steps to my room.

“Don’t trip. We both can’t be injured.”

“Oh, so you do admit that you’re injured,” she teases as she reaches behind her to turn the doorknob without taking her eyes off of mine.

“If it means keeping you here with me longer, then yes. I’m injured, and I can’t take care of myself,” I joke, but I can see a flash of something in her eyes.

She takes another step toward the bed before grabbing my wrist and spinning us so that it’s my knees that hit the edge of the bed, causing me to sit down.

“Well then, lie back and let me take care of you,” she purrs as she slowly lifts my hoodie off and tosses it onto the chair in the corner.