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My eyes widen. “Oh my god! I’m sorry.”

Eli presses a kiss to my inner thigh. “Never be sorry for enjoying what I do to you. I’ve always appreciated your enthusiasm for my mouth on your body.”

He straightens and lifts his hand and runs his fingers over my lips.

“Taste yourself.”

My lips part without hesitation, tongue swirling around the wetness coating his fingers. He groans and leans forward to replace his fingers with his mouth. The kiss is rough and desperate and leaves us both breathless.

I wrap my arms around his neck and rest my forehead against his. “Do you really think we’re two halves of a whole?”

“Yes.”

Old pain and fears creep up. “You hated me so much. You made me hate you back.”

“I wanted you to want me with the same obsession I had for you. Whenever you looked at another guy, I wanted to kill him.”

“You didn’t act like it.”

“I couldn’t let you know what you were doing to me. The only time I could was when we were alone in the dark.” He nips at my earlobe.

The dart of pain sends a shiver down my spine. “When you were Sin.”

“I can give you everything you want. You know I can.”

“Eli—”

“Give me another chance. Give us another chance.”

I pull back until I’m staring into his face. “I—”

“You won’t ever find what we have with anyone else.”

My heart races wildly in my chest.

“I want you,” he continues softly. “In my bed. At my side. I want to be the reason you smile. I want to make you moan, make you feel safe. I want to be the memories that get you off when we’re apart.”

“But I live in Los Angeles.” It’s the only thing I can think of to say. “And you live in a cabin in the woods.”

He brushes his mouth over mine. “Distance doesn’t matter.”

I bury my face in his shoulder, a combination of old fears and worries fight with the knowledge that we’re older now, and there has to be more to a relationship than just sex … good sex.

“Let’s see how this week goes?”

I wait for Eli to get angry at my words, but his hand strokes down my back.

“Whatever you want, Kitten. I’m not asking you to rush into anything. I just want you to know what I want.” He untangles himself from my arms. “You better get dressed before someone walks in.”

And just like that, I’m falling in love with him all over again.

Chapter 76

Eli

We go back to the cafeteria, where Miles, Ivan and Garrett are already seated at the table. The coffee in front of Kellan’s seat makes me smile. I catch Arabella’s hand as she moves away to take a seat and pull her down onto my lap. She doesn’t argue, dropping her head to rest against my shoulder.

“What did Black want?” Miles asks.

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