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61 | “I… This… You… I…”
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2023-12-11 13:49:20He shouldn’t be kissing her. Not so soon, anyway.
He had decided to hold back, to let this mess they were in be sorted out first before finally giving in to all those desires he had been holding back for so long. But then she came to where he had asked her to, looking all concerned and frightened for him, and he couldn’t help himself.
The voice that had been telling him to back off and leave this girl alone for his brother, whose heart he had already broken once, suddenly drowned in front of a different voice, one he had been suppressing all this time. That voice was louder now, almost booming and echoing, rushing through his veins and itching his hands to hold her and bend her over something hard.
Fuck, he couldn’t think of anything more satisfying than to press himself against her and devour her until her sweet taste was branded on every inch of him. He didn’t want to hurt her in any way, but right now, all he could think about was to k
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