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My eyes stayed on his the whole time, and I slowly nodded, realizing what he was trying to say.

“Yes, it felt amazing,” I whispered, smiling up at him and placing my hands on his naked chest.

Fennec had always had a muscular body thanks to all the work he did in the forest, but his shoulders were even broader now, and the muscles on his stomach were more toned.

“Good.” He leaned in and kissed me, his hands cupping my ass before he moved them right up along my spine.

It burned, but it made me deepen the kiss and press against him with my arms around his neck.

This was a different side of him which I liked slightly more than his dark one, but him being all sweet and gentle wasn’t something I had gotten in the past few weeks from him.

I didn’t want this moment to end.

I pushed my hands into his hair and wrapped my fingers around his curls, tugging on it gently as he moved his hand back to my ass.

He massaged it with both hands, making me sigh into the kiss and arch my back again.

He tilted his head more to the left, pushing his tongue into my mouth and deepening the kiss to show me how loving he could be.

Even if I didn’t need his protection in this house, I loved how he made me feel safe no matter where we were.

Here, in the treehouse, or in the wilderness.

Wherever he was, I was happy.

Fennec’s tongue left my mouth and he kissed me slowly with only his lips touching mine, giving me small pecks and tilting his head to the right.

He definitely knew how to kiss, and by being so insanely gentle, he had the ability to make me fall even more in love with him.

When he broke the kiss, I kept my eyes closed for a moment and licked my lips before pressing them together tightly to relish the taste he left.

“Let me clean you,” he whispered, placing a kiss on my forehead and then grabbing my hand to pull me into the shower.

“You’re not regretting this,” he said, and I quickly shook my head.

“Not one bit.”

“Good. Me neither.”

But I knew that already.

There wasn’t much Fennec regretted.

In fact, I didn’t think he ever regretted anything he’s ever done before.

*

I woke up early the next morning, my back still stinging whenever I moved, but with Fennec’s arms tightly around me, the pain soon vanished.

I turned to face him, with our legs tangled and our bodies pressed against each other.

The sun wasn’t out, and there were no noises coming from Mama’s bedroom or the kitchen.

I eyed Fennec’s face closely and took in his handsomeness.

His lips were still a little swollen from all the kissing last night, but there was no more blood staining his skin.

He had left marks on me.

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