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“I swear this is only about you and me, Dante,” I answered honestly. “And after you kiss me, I want you to take whateveryou want from me. Because I want to give it to you. Ineedto give it to you.”

His jaw clenched. “Are you sure? Because you can’t ask me to fuck you, Camille, and not…”

“Not what?” I asked when he didn’t finish.

“And not love you. Not want you to love me someday. I know you love Kage, and I don’t expect you to love me the way you love him but?—”

I cupped his face in my hands and spoke fiercely. “Of course I won’t love you the way I love him, just like I’ll never love anyone the way I love you. I’m already falling, Dante. Given how many times you’ve already saved me, can I let myself fall completely and know you’ll catch me?”

“Yes. Because I’ll always catch you,” he swore.

“Then kiss me.”

He groaned then immediately covered my mouth with his.

Dante

I’m already falling, Dante.

Fuck.

The knowledge that Camille was falling in love with me obliterated everything else, including any hesitation I had about doing the honorable thing and not touching her so soon after she’d learned about Kage’s engagement. That probably had a lot to do with the fact that her eyes were clear, her expression earnest, her voice steady as she asked me to kiss her, but honestly, I’m not sure I would have been able to stop myself even if she was still out of it and crying out her grief. I’d come so close, so fucking close to losing her, and now she was begging me totake her. I had held back for so long, forced myself to stay in control when it came to her, but I no longer wanted to.

I was trying to be a better man, but I wasn’t perfect. Like I’d told her before, there was plenty of bad in me. And right now, I needed her, and she needed me. I was ready to be selfish and take all that Camille was offering.

I kissed her long and hard, sliding my tongue along hers. I devoured her, nipped at her lips, made us both breathless.

"Please, Dante," she gasped against my mouth. "Please, I need more..."

Desire ripped through me.

I stripped us both and grasped her wrists, pushing them above her head as I rolled on top of her. I pressed my cock against her pussy so she could feel how fucking hard I was for her.

"You want me?" I growled.

"Yes. So much," she breathed, her eyes not moving from mine. She was certain about this – and, fuck it, so was I. I’d thought I was going to lose her more than once, but now she was here, more alive than ever, blood rushing to her cheeks as she stared up at me. I needed to make her mine, once and for all.

I shifted my weight and reached into the nightstand to open a drawer. I kept her small wrists in my other hand while I expertly tore into the condom packet then rolled on the condom one-handed. I knew if her hands started to wander, this would all be over faster than I wanted it to be. No. I needed to fuck her – really fuck her, feel that tight, gorgeous pussy wrapped around my cock as she moaned beneath me. Nothing else was going to come close to satisfying me.

I took my sheathed cock in my hand and guided it towards her slit, planting it at her entrance. Her eyes softened, her head tilting back.

"Look at me," I ordered her, and she did, her eyes immediately meeting mine. I saw the want written all over her face as she stirred her hips against me, practically begging for my cock.

In one, long stroke, I pushed myself to the hilt inside of her. Her back arched from the bed, a throaty moan escaping her lips, and she hooked her feet around my calves as though on instinct, drawing me in closer.

She was so fucking wet, so tight, and I held myself deep inside her, grinding into her in slow circles. I needed to hear her beg for me. I needed to hear her tell me how badly she needed this.

She leaned up to kiss me, but I pulled back slightly.

"Tell me what you want," I commanded her.

"I want you to..." she breathed, her words failing her.

"Come on, Camille," I urged her. "Tell me. Use your words."

"I want you to fuck me hard.

She cried it out, and that was all the guidance I needed to finally give her what she so clearly wanted. I drew back and slammed my cock inside of her, her whole body spasming as the pleasure hit her hard.

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