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Her heart gave a warm patter, a tiny throb that went faster and faster. When he released his hold on her hands, she moved them to his body. Ohhh, his muscles flexed like velvet steel.
She missed his body so damn much. Not only his impressive length pounding into her pussy but the feel of his hard chest against hers when it ended and those strong arms encircling her.
His rhythm changed, and she felt his need coiling in his muscles. The cords on his neck stood out as he thrust deep inside her. Sinking her fingers into his ass, she rocked her hips to meet every thrust, taking everything she needed. Taking—
“I’m coming!” Her throaty cry met with his primal groan.
He grabbed her by the hips and lifted her into him, arrowing his cock at that perfect spot that fractured her mind into a million pieces of pleasure. She floated on ecstasy, aware only of Quaide’s cum splashing inside her and the masculine shudder of his body as he came down from his own high.
Long seconds pulsed by. He brushed his lips over her brow. “We’ve never had fight sex before.”
“I thought that was makeup sex.”
“Nope, that comes after the fight. Pretty sure we were in the middle of it.”
Her mind whirled over what they’d even argued about. The fight went out of her. “I know you have my best interests in mind.”
He rolled off her, dragging her closer. “Dove…I don’t only have your safety in mind. I am here for more than that.”
Tears burned in her throat. “I don’t think you really want to hear about my past, Quaide.”
His gentle touch on her cheek and the tender look in his eyes brought a fat lump to her throat. “I want to hear anything you want to tell me. But I’m trying to understand where you’re at right now. I can’t see the big picture because you haven’t shared it with me.”
She squeezed her eyes shut. She couldn’t bear to share what happened while looking at him. It was bad enough the horror lived inside her mind—seeing it on his face would break her.
“You want me to tell you…” She broke off.
“I’m listening, baby,” he said in the softest tone.
She burst out, “That my dad caught my mom cheating and he killed her before offing himself?”
He sucked in a sharp gasp.
She barreled on. “That I was barely eighteen and Rain was sixteen and we were broken and alone and terrified? We clung to each other and made it work, but now I’m scared I’ll lose…her…too?” Her voice splintered on each word.
His warm arms squeezed her closer, and he tucked her head under his angular jaw. “Jesus, Dove. I had no idea. I should have looked into it all so you didn’t have to tell me.”
“I’m glad you never dug into my p-past.”
He tightened his arms around her. “This all makes so much more sense.”
“What does?” Her voice was muffled.
“Why you don’t want to get close to me. Maybe you’re afraid to get close toanyone. After losing people close to you, that makes a hell of a lot of sense. You might be using this whole office love affair as a bullshit reason to hold me at arms’ length, but I see through it now, Dove. With that said…I have no excuse for being bossy, and I’m sorry. It’s the protector in me. The Marine, and hell, even the FBI agent too. I take charge.”
She drew in a deep breath, filling her head with Quaide’s spicy aftershave that always lingered on his skin even when he let his beard grow. Several minutes passed while he just held her exactly the way she needed him to.
“Are you okay, honey?” His chest rumbled under her body pressed to it.
“I hate talking about…that time of our lives. And I hate feeling like I have no control over any of this.”
“That’s on me too. I need to trust that you know what’s best for Rain, and that means helping you get to the ranch with your sister instead of hindering you.”
An uncontrollable shiver rolled through her. “Thank you,” she said quietly.
“Thank you for giving me another chance at…” He broke off for several heartbeats. Then his voice came in a tender murmur. “Loving you.”
This wasn’t the first time he’d confessed his feelings, but this time, when he was holding her skin to skin, and after she’d cracked open her heart enough to share part of her past…it felt different.
