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“I’ve missed it, too.”

Staring into her eyes, I said, “I’ve missed you, Ava.”

Instead of repeating my words, she brought her lips to mine. Instead of the pounding sex we’d had in the past, this was surprisingly slow, tender, and…heartfelt. It caused a whole range of emotions to ripple through me. As I kept my eyes on hers, Ava’s hips rose to meet my thrusts. Her whimpers and moans made me hot as hell, but I reined myself in. It felt too good and it’d been too long to have it end too soon.

When Ava came, her arms clutched me tighter against her. Her cries echoed through the bedroom, but I loved that she called my name. It didn’t take long before I was tensing up and coming inside her.

After I was done, I didn’t immediately roll off her. Instead, I let her continue swirling lazy circles with her fingers on my back while I buried my face in her neck. I inhaled her soft skin and smelled the perfume she wore all those years ago. The silky strands of her hair tickled my nose, and I rose up to kiss a trail over her neck and chin and slowly back to her mouth. I thrust my tongue inside, seeking out her warmth.

It didn’t take too long being so intimately close to her for my cock to rise to the occasion again.

When she pulled her lips from mine, Ava grinned up at me. “I see some things never change.”

“Like I said before, never doubt my stamina.”

And then I began kissing a wet trail down the valley of her breasts and to my favorite place to be–Ava’s pussy.

Chapter Thirty-Two: Ava

When I woke to the sunlight streaking across my face, I experienced a peace that I hadn’t in many, many months. I didn’t fear opening my eyes to worry about how Wesley might strike at me today. He wasn’t going to hurt me ever again.

Thanks to Dare.

My eyes popped wide. The very Dare I was indebted to was currently rubbing his morning wood against my ass.

Way to fuck things up royally, Aves.

As I glanced over my shoulder, I hoped and prayed I was just hallucinating Dare being in my bed. That instead of letting my anger and horniness get the better of me, I’d sent him on his way after dinner.

At the sight of his impressive form, I groaned.

“Good morning,” Dare proclaimed with a sexy smile.

For a moment, it sent heat blooming between my thighs. But then I remembered all the baggage surrounding us, and I grunted in irritation that I’d allowed myself to get carried away.

Dare chuckled. “I see you’re still not a morning person.”

“I’m not on a regular morning, and I’m sure as hell not going to be one when I wake up next to my ex.”

His brows furrowed. “Whoa, where’s the venom coming from?”

“Last night shouldn’t have happened.”

“I disagree.”

“Of course you wouldn’t.”

“What does that mean?”

“That as long as you’re getting your dick wet, you don’t care about the consequences.”

Dare’s face clouded over. “That’s a fucking cheap shot.”

“It’s the truth, isn’t it?”

“No, Ava, it isn’t. I slept with you last night because I wanted to be connected to you in that way again.”

“Sure you did,” I bit back.

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