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“Mark my words, love. I’ll be the last,” My voice is low and commanding. “Now look, Vi,” I tell her, glancing down to where we connect. “Look at how well you take every goddamn inch I’m giving you.”

“Your words…I’m going to come.” Violette’s legs shake as I continue driving into her and I can’t wait to see the unhinged side of her. I can’t wait until she’s comfortable enough with me to voice all those dirty thoughts in her head.

“Come for me, Violette, show me what a pretty sight it is when you drip down my cock.”

“Fuck,” she cries as the orgasm crashes over her, her nails digging into me.

“You come too. You come forme,Rowan,” she commands, and Christ, I’m done for.

Violette’s pussy clamps down around my cock and I grow inside her as a deep growl rises from my chest. My release barrels up my shaft and I grip her so tight I know she’ll be marked tomorrow, but I want it, Iloveit. The evidence of me having claimed her being left behind is intoxicating.

I want to completely own her and destroy her for every man aside from me.

“Fuck,Vi…you’re incredible… take every goddamn drop...” I breathe out as I spill into her. My cock jerks and static lines my vision until both of us are panting, falling into each other in a boneless heap of tangled limbs and sweat. Her whimpers are the only sound.

Moments pass before I slide my hands up her slick back and kiss her lips, gently, sweetly, swiping her soft brown waves off her neck.

“Rowan?” she whispers my name and it hits me square in the chest because us, like this, I’ll never tire of it.

“Yes, love?”

“I’ll go on that date with you now.”

I grin into her lips, this woman. She doesn’t know it yet, but I’m never letting her go.

“It just took some convincing?” I chuckle.

“Something like that.” She answers as I kiss her again.

“That’s my girl.”

“Does that happen a lot?”

“Well, I mean, it’s been…hmmm…forever since I’ve had a one-night-stand,” I say, leaning into my shower to turn the hot water on for us. Rowan smacks my ass, and I yelp.

We’ve made it back to my house to clean up and order pizza. I have the day off tomorrow but I’m going to pay for staying up this late when I have to keep up with Hollie. Troy has just postponed tomorrow’s visit, so my quiet afternoon alone isn’t going to happen anymore, but regardless, I’m not ready to give Rowan up just yet. Us together, was unlike anything I could have ever imagined. At leastI’venever felt like that with anyone, before. It felt like we were made for each other.

“Brat,” he comments. “I meant your ex bringing Hollie home early or cancelling on her altogether. What’s up with that? If you want to tell me,” he adds with a shrug. He has a different air about him now than he did before. He’s calm, warm, andveryaffectionate. I don’t think more than two minutes have gone by since we put our clothing back on at the bar that Rowan hasn’t touched me or kissed me. I’m realizing giving in to Rowan is kind of like opening the floodgates and that one of his love languages is definitely touch.

I take a deep breath and decide to be honest with him as I grab us towels from the small closet in my bathroom.

“Troy loves Hollie, he just really has his priorities messed up. He, for some reason, seems to think his time with her is unlimited and he’s always put his job and the hospital first. It was the biggest problem in our marriage after Hollie was born.” I set the towels on the teak shelf beside my shower.

Rowan doesn’t say anything, he just nods and pulls his shirt off over his head. My mouth turns to sand and I lose my train of thought for a few seconds. The deep V that flexes as he pulls it off, the strong chest?—

“You’re staring, Vi.” He runs a hand through his wavy hair, then skims the tops of his fingers along the slight scruff that lines his jaw and smirks. He’s so naturally fucking sexy and he knows it. “Not that I mind; you can stare anytime.”

I kiss him lightly. “Whatever, I was just noticing how well your burns are healing,” I say in half- truth, pointing to his arm thatishealing up nicely.

He scoffs. “Uh-huh.” Rowan’s hands slide down to my tank and pull it off of me, tossing it to the floor. “Fuck, let’s get you cleaned up so I can make another mess of you, yeah?”

He grips my ass tight with both hands and my core comes alive again. I let out an involuntary moan. Rowan chuckles.

“I love that you’re so needy. It’s the hottest fucking thing,” he says, as we climb into the shower and let the water run over both of us, before Rowan leans in to kiss me.

“To be serious for a second though, I don’t understand how he could be a father and only have those few hours a week, butthen he gives them up the first chance he gets? I’m sorry that’s how it is, Vi.” His brow knots as he swipes the water through his hair. I almost don’t register his words because I can’t stop staring at his naked body in my shower.

“He’s going to regret that one day,” he adds.

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