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173. Back to You
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2024-10-29 19:42:56If you like music while you read, try “Masquerade” by Euphoria + Bolshiee. It’s what I was listening to while writing this scene!
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~ NATALIE ~
“I love you, Mack. I always have. I’ve… I’ve been so miserable without you—”
Something broke in his eyes and his hands came up to my face as he took my mouth in a soul-searing kiss.
I sucked in, gripping his wrists, as he devoured me—frantic, desperate—and everything in my body, my heart, broke open and sang.
I couldn’t think, could barely breathe, as his lips pressed mine, his tongue seeking, demanding, insistent, and his body, his warmth pressed against me from knee to chest.
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