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never goes down. My need for you never goes away. I haven’t changed my mind and well you know it. You are mine, Dusty. But I told myself that I wouldn’t sleep with you again until you were ready to admit that you belong with me. Are you ready for that now?”
    Dear God, a big part of her wanted to say yes.
    But…
    What if he changed his mind when he learned her secrets? If she was mated to him she couldn’t bear to have him turn away from her. Would he want her no matter what? Could she open herself up completely to him?
    “I want more than sex from you, Dusty. I want forever.”
    She sighed. “I’m tired of running. I can’t do it anymore. I was at Samson’s last night, trying to ignore what I feel for you. Hiding like a coward because I wanted you so badly that if I hadn’t left the estate I’d have been knocking on your door.”
    “So why didn’t you?”
    “Because I’m a fool. And I’m scared,” she spat the word out as though it was dirty.
    “Of what? Of me?” he asked, shocked.
    “Of how much I care about you. A few weeks ago I thought I wanted my life to remain exactly as it was. My job was everything, my life. I thought if I let you in that you would try to change me, make me give up being an enforcer.”
    “You really think I would do that to you? Dusty, I don’t want to change you. I would never force you to give up something you love.”
    “Well, it doesn’t matter now, does it? I’m not an enforcer anymore.”
    He frowned. “So if you’d never been injured would we still be here now?”
    She thought for a long moment. “Yes. Eventually. It would have taken me a lot longer. I have nothing but time to think now. To want you.” She ran her hand over his chest. “You don’t have to hold back. Please, don’t punish us both.”
    “It’s not meant to be a punishment.”
    “It feels like it. Like blackmail.”
    He groaned, shaking his head. “I didn’t mean it like that. I just, I want you to know this is more than just sex. I am not going to let you fuck me and leave.”
    “I know. If I promise not to run, to still be here tomorrow, will you sleep with me?”
    “You won’t run,” he repeated.
    “No. I won’t run.”
    He looked at her intently then dropped his head, almost in defeat. Concern stirred within her before his head snapped back up, arousal darkening his eyes.
    “Woman, you snap my control like no other.” Leaning down, he nipped at her lips then licked them. Her breathing quickened.
    “Good. I don’t want to be like any of those other sluts you’ve brought back here.”
    He rolled, taking them to their sides.
    “There have been no other women in this house.”
    She stilled, looking at him incredulously.
    “Really?”
    He nodded, tugging at her t-shirt. She sat up and pulled it off.
    “Oh yeah,” he breathed. “No one but you, Dusty.”
    Boy, if she wasn’t already horny as hell she would be after learning that.
    His gaze was intense as he stared at her.
    Undoing the top button of his jeans, Dusty stretched her hand under the denim to grab his cock, pumping. She grinned wickedly at his indrawn breath.
    “Dusty, honey.” His breath hitched as she rubbed her thumb over the head. “I’m not going to last if you do that.”
    She licked her lips and tugged at his clothes. “I don’t want you to last.”
    He grabbed her hands, holding them still. Before she could protest, he stood, stripping, and what he revealed stole her breath. He was glorious. Thick with muscle, tall and broad-shouldered. His dark skin gleamed in the moonlight. His chest was smooth, his stomach ripped. He stood still, letting her look her fill. There wasn’t an inch of him that wasn’t pure decadence.
    Her gaze roamed down to where his shaft stood heavy and thick.
    “Oh yeah,” she crooned in appreciation, looking up as he chuckled.
    “Like what you see, sweetheart?” he asked huskily.
    She nodded.
    “Lick me,” he ordered. Dusty shivered at his gruff demand, then she ran her