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were dim. Beckett was lying on the

t have to," he sai

Cole showed

lt dense, but strangely tight, almost spastic under my fingers. I began

eets. His head was thr

warmer than I expected, and I could have sworn I felt him tense beneath my palms - not in pai

eath h

ing closer, close enough that a loose

is voice scraped low, rough at th

not quite understanding, and kept going, my thum

s, up my arms, until my whole body felt strangely lit from within. I to

re felt powerfully built, confusingly so for someone in a chair, but before I co

he com

"Did I

sharp line of his jaw, the pulse ticking hard at his throat. "Elianna, I'm

d. I realized

I whis

wrist didn't loosen. If anything, it tightened, his thumb dra

let go. He pulled me down. I lost

came out as barely

eel his heart hammering against

fingertips grazing along my jaw, tilting my face toward his wi

y lips. I stop

e I could feel the warmth of his words against my

fingers curled into the sheet beside his shoulder, and the s

losed my eyes, wa

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and vibrated violently,

nder his breath

g the phone. It was a t

tricked him into the prenup and t

ust won't stop," I said, sh

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m, feeling unsat

gone, he picked up his enc

hase One."

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ett exhaled smoke. "We st