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He ran his fingertip to her nipple, and it puckered for him.
Catching his hand, she brought it to rest between them.
“I can’t think when you do that.” She studied him. “Why did you chooseyourwolf tattoo? You told me what the wolf means, but…”
This question wasn’t one he’d ever had to answer. No one in his family ever asked the meaning behind the wolf on his chest, and he never felt close to anybody who might want to know.
“Long ago I came to terms with the fact that my personality is fierce and loyal.”
“Like a wolf…” she whispered.
He nodded.
“It’s what makes you great at your job.”
Her praise both lifted him up and sent him crashing to the ground. He didn’t want her to think this was only a job to him. Far from it. When they were together, he found it difficult to focus on any duty but putting a smile on her face and making her scream his name.
He issued a scoffing noise. “My brothers call it being impulsive. So does the team.”
She squeezed his fingers. “I can’t imagine you any other way, Jaren. It’s who you are. Don’t ever change…no matter what happens after this.”
A molten chunk of lead lodged in his chest where his heart sat. It scorched through flesh and sinew.
It left him bleeding.
He couldn’t let her go.
Fuck, this was going to break him.
Throat clogged, he pressed his lips to hers. When they drew apart, they shared a smile, though his felt interminably sad.
“Tell me why you chose the wolf, Trinny.”
She dropped her stare to his chest.
Tenderly, he brought her gaze back to his with a knuckle beneath her delicate chin. “I have to know.”
Her chest gave a small heave. “You already know, Jaren. Please don’t make me say the words.”
“I have to hear the words, Trinny.”
“What if I say them and things don’t work out between us?”
“This is just the start. You know that. I know that.”
She bit down on her bottom lip and then released it. “I shared my past with you already. You know how hard it is for me to admit my feelings.”
Cupping her face, he refused to let her look anywhere but at him. “This is your future.”
Her lips parted on a gasp. “You’re…my future?”
“Maybe I am.”
“It’s the maybe that has me worried.”
Seeing her throat working, he knew he couldn’t press her anymore tonight. And he’d already said far too much.
Fact was, he’d never felt anything that even came close to what he was feeling for this woman. Was it love?
