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I dropped her wrists and pulled her into me by her hips, rubbing her against my rock-hard erection. I dipped my head and dropped a light kiss to the side of her neck.

She shivered beneath me, but didn’t push me away.

“Let me own you tonight, Snow. In the morning, I’ll take my pills and life will go back to whatever-the-fuck our normal is. But tonight—let’s pretend nothing exists but you and me.”

CHAPTER 21

WINTER

Quick’s declaration sped my heart rate to a thousand. Maybe a million. Is this what drug users feel like after a hit? Blistering heat swept up my body as I stared into the probing eyes of my panty-melting best friend.

My panty-melting best friend who wanted me. Whoneededme.

I couldn’t deny the chemistry between us. Our love and care for each other was genuine and perfect, and Quick was asking me to take an irrevocable step.

Not asking. Begging.Needing.

Was I able to risk everything we had by going for it? Would I end up losing him ifI didn’t?

Indecision warred within me as his erection pulsed between us. Quick’s naked body was no mystery to me; I’d seen it a handful of times—most recently during two boiling, sexy sessions.

My panties were soaked, and I cursed my body’s treachery. My pussy wanted him, my heart wanted him, but my damn head kept getting in the way.

He pulled me closer, his lips trailing little kisses from the sensitive skin beneath my ear to the corner of my lips and back again.

“This is good for us, Snow,” his supple lips whispered into my ear, the soft skin nuzzling me and sending tingles down to my toes. “The only thing still between us. I want all of you. Every square inch of it.”

Fuck, I loved him. I always had. We said it every day, but now … now it meant something else. It meant … more. He meant more. If that was even possible.

If I pushed him away tonight, I’d live with the regret until the day I died. I wouldn’t do that to myself, or to him—my brain be damned. But I needed to be sure.

“I can’t do this if this is your distraction, Quick. I can’t take this step if this is your lack of meds talking, or if you’ll only live to regret this later. I won’t be able to come back from it.”

“Snow.” His tone was firm. He forced up my chin until I could stare into his captivating gray eyes. “I’ve loved you my entire life. It took me years to see what you truly were to me, and this isn’t a distraction. I’ll take my meds tomorrow, and get back on the mental health train, but tonight, I want to love you like I’ve always loved you. I can’t watch my friends share in your love when I’m so desperate for it, too.”

My chest exploded with affection for this boisterous, beautiful man who had the brightest mind and the kindest heart.

I pushed up on my tiptoes and caught his lips with mine. The action caused him to gasp a little before he leanedinto the kiss, capturing my mouth and claiming it. His tongue swept between my lips and his hand cupped my jaw, holding me in place while he sucked, nipped, and kissed every part of me.

I held on for dear life; I loved his control over me and my body. I could have fought out of his hold; instead—I surrendered. Quick was going to have his way with me tonight, and I was going to finally give him everything. Every square inch of me, just like he asked.

This wasn’t like our high school experience; two awkward teenagers sharing in an intimate act to rip off the Band-Aid before college. This was our reckoning.

He swept me up into his arms and, never letting my mouth go, he tucked his hands under my ass and held me to him. I wrapped my legs around his waist and pressed into his body so forcefully he fell back against the fridge behind us.

His mouth still didn’t break free. I couldn’t think, much less breathe, and melted into the bliss of submission.

Quick stood upright and his long legs took us to my bedroom. He leaned over the bed and cradled my body on the blankets beneath us, cocooning his gigantic frame over mine. His solid cock nestled at the apex of my thighs in the most excruciating, teasing way.

It was the longest, deepest, most exhilarating kiss of my life, and an emptiness overtook me when he finally pulled away.

“I’ve fantasized about fucking you in this bed ever since I found you and Drew in here.”

My eyes widened momentarily out of their hooded, lustful haze. “What? You saw that?”

He ignored me and sat up to pull his shirt off in a one-handed tug, revealing the bronzed muscles beneath. Any way you sliced it, Quick was model-worthy attractive. It really was a miracle I hadn’t felt the urge to jump on his body sooner—aside from my other men, he had to be the hottest guy in town.

And he wanted me. He wanted to be mine.

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