“I… When?”
“In the courtroom, after Rosie burst in on us.”
I thought back to the chaotic moment after Rosie caught us with Dane’s face between my thighs: the open door, my panic at being half-naked, Dane’s struggle to zip up his pants.
Ihadsaid it was a mistake.
“But… that’s not what I meant,” I said.
His eyes flashed like cold steel, but it was the hurt in their depths that hit me like a sucker punch. “It’s what you said.”
I stood and crossed the room to where he stood. “I just meant… doing what we did in the courtroom, where anyone could walk in on us, where Rosiedid…”I took a deep breath. “I don’t think of what happened between us as a mistake, and believe me, I’ve thought about it a lot.”
“You have?”
I nodded. “More than I’d like to admit.”
He took a step toward me. “You’re an infuriating person.”
I took a step toward him. “So are you.”
“I’m not using your stupid swear words,” he said, taking another step toward me.
Now there was only a foot between us, and I knew the distance was mine to close.
“I’m not asking you to.” I stepped forward and came into contact with his bare chest. The contact sent a shiver of needthrough my body, but I owed him full disclosure before this went any further. “But you should know… I had sex with Noah and Beck. At the same time.”
He slipped a hand into the hair at the back of my head.
“I know.” He tightened his grip on my hair. It stung a little, but I was surprised to feel myself get wet. “And it’ll be the last time you do that without including me. Do you understand?”
This was the Dane I’d come to know: demanding and in charge. Except this time he was making demands I wanted to meet.
I looked up at him, letting my gaze travel over his sharp cheekbones and strong jaw, until I fell into his steely eyes. “Yes.”
He groaned and lowered his mouth to mine, crushing my lips so hard I tasted blood.
I didn’t care.
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AVERY
I wrappedmy arms around his neck and molded myself to his body as his tongue assaulted my mouth. There was nothing tender about the kiss. Every stroke of his tongue was a demand.
A declaration.
He wasn’t Beck or Noah and nothing about this would be gentle or lighthearted.
He drove me back to the bed without breaking the seal on our kiss, his tongue plunging into mine, leaving me gasping for air as he stripped off my tank top.
He palmed my tits and squeezed. “I’m going to finish what I started, but this time, I’m going to see all of you. Take off your shorts.”
I didn’t have to be asked twice. My body hummed like a live wire, primed for the pleasure I knew he was going to deliver.
I tossed my shorts aside and he lifted me off the ground, his big hands covering my ass.
I wrapped my legs around his waist and gasped at the heat of his body against my pussy, then wrapped my arms around his neck to continue kissing him.