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help," I
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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na," he said coldly
ow
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m, feeling unsat
gone, he picked up his enc
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ett exhaled smoke. "We st
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