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loud as it seemed in my head. Sexiest goddamn sound I ever heard. He cleared his
throat, then said,  I should have woken you up before I touched you.
 You should have? She craned her head to stare at him.  Why? I m pretty sure
I enjoyed every second.
Her admission drained the stiffness out of his body. He smiled.  I didn t want
you thinking I took advantage of you.
She snorted.  Right. Just so you know, if you ever dream about me, I ll be
doing the same. Well, the male equivalent. Her grin matched his as she relaxed
against him.  Silly man.
He lifted her hair away from her neck and rubbed his lips just behind her ear,
sucking on her skin hard enough to mark. When she heard his next words, she
knew that had been his intention.  You sounded like you did that night at Riley
Lake. This was the first time you completely let go.
 Riley Lake?
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 After graduation. Us and Mor and our dates at the cabin.
 I remember. Like she d ever forget.  Our pseudocamping trip, even though
the place was tricked out with four bathrooms and giant spa tubs and a huge screen
TV. The last of her morning-after shyness morphed into curiosity.  You heard me?
With Ryan?
His body tensed though he continued nuzzling her neck.  I heard you.
The first night they d stayed there, raging teenage hormones had won out over
exploring their vacation digs, and everyone had retreated to bed early. She and
Ryan had been dating for over a year at that point so while sex far from parental
interference had been nice, she d been so tired from the long car ride that once had
been enough.
Until, that is, she d heard Shawn and Vivica she of the five-inch waist and
bubblegum pink lips going at it in their adjacent bedroom.
 You came into my room afterward, he murmured.  Just stood at the end of
the bed for a minute, staring at me.
She remembered that too. Even with her body still heated from Ryan s, she d
had to stop and watch Shawn sleep on her way to his bathroom. Her heart had beat
then as loud as it was beating now.  Our toilet wouldn t flush.
 Uh-huh.
 I heard you too. It drove me crazy, thinking of you with your hands on her not
fifteen feet away.
He bristled at her admission, but she didn t stop her rant. In for a penny&
 She had this way of screeching of every time she came, so I decided I d drown
her out. I think Ryan was a little surprised. It shocked her she could laugh.  He got
on board quick.
 You sounded like you were in ecstasy.
 I m so glad you heard. She had to grin as she turned her head.  Since you
never said anything, I thought my little show had gone unnoticed.
Shawn fisted his hand in her hair.  You wanted to make me jealous.
 No, I wanted you to know how I felt listening to you.
 Why should you have cared? His eyes flashed.  You didn t want me,
remember?
 Uh, I think you ve gotten the sequence wrong, Griffin. I wanted you, you
didn t want me. As irrational as it was for that knowledge to still grate given the
current circumstances, she slid out from under his arm and sat up in bed.  Have
you forgotten that I all but threw myself at you and you said no?
 I thought I had time.
When she glanced his way, arousal tightened her nipples. She gritted her
teeth. Apparently her traitorous body didn t care she was annoyed.
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 I wasn t ready to tie myself down. I knew once we started a relationship,
there d be no walking away.
A lump rose in her throat. She was beginning to think he d been right.  So
your need to spread your seed far and wide is supposed to make me feel better that
I spent a decade pretending you weren t a man.
A man she d wanted for so long, even if she d been in such denial she d been
unable to admit the truth to herself.
His hand trailed up her back as he sat up, but she didn t look at him again.
Not yet.  I fucked up. If you think I haven t spent a hell of a lot of time dwelling on
that, you re wrong. Every time I imagined you in some other man s bed, I paid,
believe me.
She risked a glance at him as he shoved his hands through his hair.  Maybe it
was meant to be this way.
 Oh yeah, it was meant for you to fall in love with Halston, so he could break
your heart.
She nearly replied, He didn t break my heart, but she restrained herself. If she
told him that much, she might as well say,  Come and get me, because he d know
she was his.
That she d always been his, ripe for the taking.
 And the miscarriage. That shouldn t have happened. If only I d 
 Don t be stupid. You had nothing to do with it.
 What about this trip? he demanded.  You think it was meant for you to sleep
with him while you re sleeping with me?
She pressed her lips closed before the denial sprung from her mouth. So she d
been right. He thought she d been diddling Ryan too. To tell him otherwise would
open a whole other avenue of discussion about why she d let him think the worst
this long, even if he d drawn his own conclusions without her help.
 You said you didn t care, she reminded him.
His jaw cracked as he laughed softly.  Yeah, I did.
Pictures from the last ten years flipped through her mind. Christmas
mornings she d awakened to find he d decorated the palm trees outside her
apartment in colored lights, nights he d bunked on her couch to watch whatever she
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