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Another deep moan of his bounced off the walls. “You look so damn pretty with my dick in your mouth.”

My fingers gripped his thighs, anchoring me as I found a rhythm, slowly taking him into my mouth before he hit the back of my throat.

“Eyes up here, baby. Look at me with my cock down your throat.”

Reese’s hand tightened in my hair, the slight pull making heat pool low in my belly. His hips rolled forward, matching my pace. The control I had over him was intoxicating.

“Shit,” he hissed through gritted teeth, his head falling back. The muscles in his thighs tensed beneath my touch as I hollowed my cheeks, taking him deeper. “You’re gonna ruin me.”

The flicker of a smirk curved my lips even as I kept him in my mouth. My gaze lifted to his face—eyes squeezed shut, jaw clenched, his brow furrowed with the kind of pleasure that bordered on pain.

I slid my tongue along the pulsing vein running up his length, feeling his grip falter and his body jerk involuntarily. He was so close, every tremor, every shudder telling me he was losing himself in me.

“Don’t stop,” he growled, his voice hoarse, a command wrapped in desperation.

I relaxed my throat and took him in deeper, trying to express what words couldn’t. I relaxed, trying to breathe through my nose, but something about this moment felt soright.

I released him with a pop, letting him see my tongue before I slowly licked over his balls and back up. “I want you to cum for me so badly, Reese. Can you do that?”

Reese’s groan was guttural, his head tipping back as his hand tightened in my hair. “You keep talking like that, and I won’t have a choice,” he rasped, his voice thick with need.

I smiled, slow and wicked, letting my lips brush over thesensitive head of his cock before taking him back in, inch by inch. His body jerked at the sensation, a sharp inhale betraying his attempts to hold on to any semblance of control.

“That’s it,” I murmured between strokes, my voice soft but firm, coaxing him closer to the edge. “Let go, Reese. I want to feel it. I want to know it’s because of me.”

His hips bucked involuntarily, a shudder running through him as he cursed under his breath. The tension coiled in his body, every muscle taut, his breaths coming faster and rougher.

I hummed around him, letting the vibration push him further. My hands worked in tandem with my mouth, teasing and stroking, giving him no escape, no room to think, just the pure sensation of my touch.

When he finally shattered, his release hot and heavy against my tongue, I swallowed him down, savoring every second of his unraveling. Reese’s body trembled as the last waves of his orgasm rolled through him, and I let him rest against my lips, the intimacy of the moment filling the space between us.

When I pulled back, wiping my lips with the back of my hand, I looked up at him. His gaze was dark and hooded, his chest heaving as he stared at me with an intensity that sent a shiver through me.

“Six years,” he murmured, his voice rough and raw. “And you still fucking wreck me.”

CHAPTER 21

Laurene

WEDDING DAY…

“This is it,”Noelle announced as she stepped into the room. The heavy oak door closed behind her, muffling the faint strains of a string quartet drifting up from the courtyard below.

I turned from the floor-to-ceiling windows to a suite that was a masterpiece of gilded mirrors, cream silk drapes, and fresh peonies spilling out of crystal vases did little to calm me.

I smoothed the lace of my gown, the intricate beadwork catching the soft light like tiny stars. Gigi had come through with the best wedding gown possible, and finally, it was time to complete my contract with Mama.

Reese.

Every step of this journey had led me here, and yet, standing in this moment, I felt untethered, like I was floating between two worlds.

“How are you feeling?” Noelle’s hand on mine broke my thoughts.

I hesitated. The answer sat heavy in my chest, too tangled to express. “I don’t know, Noelle. I really don’t.”

She sank onto the plush velvet chaise beside me, lacing her fingers through mine. The diamonds on her wrist caught the light, sparkling like the chandeliers above.

“It’s okay not to know,” she said softly. “This is your day, but it doesn’t mean you have to have all the answers right now.”

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