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n

of the tub, arms crossed, expression unreadable save

in pr

, completely unbothered.

y, his eyes flicking from Jared to me, rest

liberate in the way he said it. Subtle enou

ath hi

Jared chuckled.

" Knox said. "Coul

went rigid be

ench, vibrating against the wood. He reache

t me with apologies. "Sorry babe, I know I

," I manag

of the tub, water dripping off him as he grab

ng me

h K

oor snapped shut behind him, something in the ai

e world paused

o my skin. Every slow ripple against my

sta

is line of sight. Like he want

lness of the pool,

fun choice when I packed it, something flirty for lounging with

nox's gaze, it f

easts, and with how hard my nipples h

from t

was flustered. But the way Knox's eyes dragged over me, slowly and shamelessly

onchalance that felt anything but inn

l

ibe

ered it from last night, but in fu

t and veined, that V-shaped line on his hips leading down beneath th

a sheen of sweat

bidden to the last time

ght. On his knees

e flus

ll fixed on mine, and dipped one foot in. Then the other. He descend

pool from me, the distance between u

imbed out, and walked away wit

tisfaction. To let him know that he affected me li

sta

water in front of me, refusing to look at him again

of us sa

t and charged. Not empty.

the tension in the space between us, dense and

o far to

omehow, h

ence fractured the moment Knox's voice cut thro

f the pool like he had all the time in the wor

s gripped the edge of the po

fixed somewhere to the left of his shoulder. "Last night was a

nger. Maybe

mn amused smile. Like I'd

, low and slo

the words out. "Sera, come on. T

my jaw. S

istance. "You wanted it as much as I did. Hell, the way you sounde

, pooling between my thighs. I hated ho

dded, almost as an afterthought. "Like

gripped the side o

Knox!" I snapped, as if say

n't even

parting around him. Still far, but close enough to make my skin prickle. "Jared's a good

little too breathless. "How

ke it wasn't e

amn moan. Not when you were grinding on my tongue, riding my face like you owned it. Y

u

ted

how righ

that h

epeated, but my voice w

her now. Intimate. "You have been starving, Sera, and you know it. You've been holding back for s

jumped at

didn't have to. He knew hi

a brand, igniting places I tried hard to forg

in you?" His voice dipped darker. "You'll keep chasing

the water, a feeble attempt to co

ouching me," I sai

e hea

head. In your blood. You'll think about me every time he puts hi

ding up abruptly, water

ward slightly,

ck to me," he sai

," I said, barely

bed out of the pool, n