The Den Of Desires

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was the oppos

of polished

s, that wa

d I couldn't stop my

trainer but from real work, thick arms, veined forearms,

s jaw square and stubbled, like he

eliberate, lingering far too long like he was deciding wh

denly thick and too hot, my body res

fabric of my tank top, the breeze catc

e dippe

u

methin

me out. My throat was dry, and my

ike a wolf that had spotted pre

voice, though it

who ar

Not sweet.

l of his lips that sent a bolt o

th

u are," Jared's voice

electrocuted, instincti

h

etween me and the man, oblivious to

turned his attention to

ed said, gr

mach d

cking

was

er Jared barely spoke of? Th

and they clasped hands, pul

voice still that rough grav

ared agreed. "I'm

't stop

n't. My gaze trailed down the muscles of Knox's back, the way his

e slowly like he kn

o play it cool. My

d his arm ar

rother, Knox. Knox,

an

anded diffe

ng to commit me to memory. He didn't bother to hide it. His gaze paused

ow and rough with a kind of amusement curling unde

ng enough to mak

stri

eading anything into it. "I got lucky." He added

ved, and he rea

finally mee

lm into his.

s touched, somethin

ock like the first roll o

alm, in my spine.

his thumb brushed over the inside of my wris

passed off as nothing.

, trying to keep

e," I managed, voic

o be appropriate. Finally, I eased mine free, but

," I said, desperate to say somet

ed like he was hol

oice dipping to something almos

e it

eyes dipped once more to my legs and the stretch of ski

ared didn't catch the undertone, too

asn't sure he'd even show," Jared sa

moothly, his gaze still fixed on me. "Not af

gered a seco

in my belly, that strange, r

thing. I was proba

gh

didn't feel

the way his voice wrapped itself around

sponded to it, traitor

hat I was staring

o

ooked like sin carved from flesh. The kind of mout

That mouth didn't belong to a man who played it safe. It belonged to

my belly, and my thigh

ked away. I mea

slowly along the bottom lip like he

h

look he gave me was lazy and loaded like he'd

e seemed t

ending like I hadn't just undressed the man w

ell was wr

voice from behi

om mine, turned slight

ts dramatic," he said to Jared

essive and then he turned and walked away,

did I brea

t at the view,

all here. This w

g a smile, my head sti

p down,

n fire... my skin hummin

the w

as K

u

was..

, even as I barely tasted the roasted

ing animatedly about the wedding, Jared smiling, his hand

uld think ab

ire meal avoiding

specta

and every time I dared glance up, his

ameless sort of intensity that made my nipples

e could ev

, he was a

skets. He spoke easily with both our parents, charming,

ime our eyes met, it was like a finger tra

You're overthinking it.

d you over the nearest surface and ruin you wit

tching up with them. Jared kissed my cheek and told me he had to jum

to do something with my hands, my body, anything t

hese," I offered, al

followed me into the ki

ld fe

stepped in. Heavy and charged

per-aware of every step he took closer behind me. Of the way

plate do

th

have been running from me all night," Kn

fr