viev

ing as he swallowed hard, his grip on my wrist tig

shoulder at Dedric's king-sized bed. "I have zero inte

fingers through mine, and pul

with

stairs to avoid Brenda in the hallway, and slippe

roared as he wove through city traffic, finally pulling into the und

he front desk entirely and led me into a private e

ehind us with a solid thud, cut

spun me around and pinned me against the door

walk out this

ands around the back of his neck, and pulled hi

tangled one large hand in my hair, tilted my

spun and my lungs burned for air. Every trace of Dedric's cold, critical voice van

fingers twisting into t

the floor. My legs wrapped instinctively around his waist as he carri

tanding over the bed as he rolled up his cuffs and u

and the pale scar from a skate blade just below his collarbon

, his mouth blazing a trail down my jaw and across my throat,

em away until skin met hot skin. Every brush of his

g into the tight muscles of his shoulders. The room fill

himself on his forearms above me as a drop

oice raspy and dark. "Look at who has you ri

blue gaze, and nodded before pull

orrow-only the crushing weight of his body and a hea

mp against his chest, listening to the

n on the top of my head while his fingers idly twisted a lock of

de the bed, a shrill ringt

o ringtone I had set f

rrowed his eyes at my handbag on the floor,