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"I… I’m not sure."
"I am." He walks over and squats in front of me. "Look at me, Solene."
I glance up, and his gorgeous blue eyes lock with mine. "I’m here for you. I’ll help you navigate through the madness. I’ll protect you from the worst of it so you can focus on your craft. At the same time, I’ll ensure you enjoy your rise to fame."
My heart begins to race. My pulse kicks up so I can hear the blood drum in my ears. "Why?" I swallow. "Why would you do that?"
"Because I’m falling for you."
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Declan
Her lips part. Her pupils dilate. Color floods her cheeks. She leans in, and I’m sure she’s going to kiss me. Instead, her palm connects with my cheek. My face snaps to the side, not because there’s much force behind it but because she caught me by surprise. Anger thrums at my nerve endings. That mean ugliness that I manage to rein in most of the time swirls to the surface.
Take off your top. Pull your breasts up above your bra-cups. Hold them together so I can fuck the valley between your breasts.
I shake my head to clear it. "The fuck is wrong with you?"
"The fuck is wrong with you?" Her green eyes blaze fire. "You leave me without a word. There’s no phone call from you. I have to get updates of your whereabouts from your bodyguard—"
"Yourbodyguard, actually."
"There’s nothing on your social media."
"Oh, so you scanned my social media?" Some of the anger abates and is replaced by an emotion very close to exaltation. Huh?
"Stop smirking, youstronzo. You took my virginity, and then you didn’t have the decency to talk to me after that."
"I thought you’d need time to recuperate from how—"
"How?"
"—how rough I was with you." My neck heats. I’m not going to apologize for taking her virginity. It’s who I am. I want something, I grab it for myself. I don’t wait. It’s who I am. So why do I feel regret for not taking it slower with her? I rise to my feet, and she jumps up onto the couch.
"Are you apologizing?" She arches an eyebrow.
"What if I am?" I scowl.
"Then you need to say it aloud."
I fold my arms across my chest. "I’m not sorry I took your virginity. I’m glad I was your first.”
She tips up her chin. "I still don’t hear it."
"I’m sorry if I wasn’t gentle with you. But I’m not sorry if it caused you pain."
"What?" She gapes. "You’re not?"
"The more the pain, the more the pleasure, don’t you know that?"
"Is that the story you sadists tell yourselves?" She huffs.
I look at her with interest. "You been reading the spicy books I bought you, Rabbit?"
She flushes. "They'rebooks."
"And hopefully, they provided you a quick education, which"—I widen my smirk—"I do believe they have."
