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was too easy for what that asshole had done.
    When
her arms came up and circled his shoulders, he nearly shoved his tongue into
her mouth. Her touch was so tentative yet eager at the same time, and the
effect was intoxicating. Instead, he wrapped his arms around her body and
pulled her closer, the emotion welling up inside for all that man had taken
from her.
    She’d
never known what a truly fulfilling, beautiful thing an intimate relationship
with a man could be. From what she’d told him, he doubted she’d ever had sex
that hadn’t either hurt her or frightened her. Addison wanted to change all
that for her. He wanted to show her what it could be like. He wanted to give
everything back to her that she had been denied. He wanted to erase those
horrible memories and replace them with lustful, exciting ones.
    She
shocked the hell out of him by parting her lips, so he didn’t hesitate this
time. He slid his tongue inside, not able to stop his long moan as her tongue
found his. Addison moved his hands up and down her back, trying not to act like
a dog in heat, but it was damn difficult. He needed to let her to set the pace.
The last thing in the world he wanted was to scare her.
    She
broke the kiss first, but it wasn’t fear he glimpsed in her big blue eyes. He
cupped her face. “Are you all right?”“Yes. More than all right. You’re an
incredible kisser.”
    “ So are you.”
    “ I want more.”
    “ Oh God. So do I, but I don’t only want sex from you,
Nadine. I want to date you. I want to court you, if you’ll forgive the use of such an old-fashioned word.”
    She
smiled. “I’ll not only forgive it, I’ll thank you for using it. I’m overwhelmed
by you, Addison, but in a good way.”
    “ I feel the same about you. I should have acted on my
feelings years ago.”
    She
shook her head. “What’s done is done. We’re here now.”
    He
brushed a finger along her face. “Exactly. The past can’t hurt us. Either of
us.”
    “ I know. This is crazy. I shouldn’t be afraid of sex.”
    Addison
was dying inside. His dick was so hard it was actually painful. He’d never
encountered a situation like this, but he wanted to help her. Sure, his
motivation might appear selfish on the surface, but it was so much more than
that. Every fantasy he’d had about her came crashing down now, all mixed up
with the horrible secret she’d just entrusted to him. He wanted to change this
beautiful girl’s life. He wanted to be the one to save her from the past.
    “ I don’t think you are afraid of it. I think you are
afraid of the memories of the rape. Real sex, sex with a man you care about and
who cares about you, isn’t like that.”
    “ I know that intellectually, but how do I block out the
memories?”
    “ Are they in your head now?”
    “ Not as much as they were before.”
    He
let go of her face and tried to harness the remaining brain cells that still
had blood in them. “When I trained with the Storm Troopers before coming up
here the first time, Merrill taught me visualization techniques to help with
the fear. I don’t know if they’re similar to what you’ve been taught, but I’d
be happy to share them with you.”
    “ You trained with the Storm Troopers? I didn’t realize
that.”
    He
smiled. “Yes. All my procurement team members did. I didn’t want anyone up here
who wasn’t physically or psychologically prepared, including myself.”
    “ I misjudged you, Addison. You need to know that.”
    “ What do you mean?” He believed he knew what she meant,
but it was important to give her a chance to say it.
    “ I thought of you as nothing but another billionaire
womanizer, just like all your friends are.”
    “ We get that all the time, and no I’m not offended.
None of us are. When we were younger, we spent a lot of time acting like horny
teens. We know that. Now we’re older and I hope wiser. Most of us are, anyway.
Ace is married. Emmett, Dominic, Kane, and Damien are all engaged. We’re