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I don’t know why it would be easier. I don’t know why she feels this way.

“But life’s never been easy for me,” she says. “And I think about you without even meaning to.”

My hands stop listening, and they jump out of my pockets and pull her to me. Our lips crash, and she tastes like everything I thought. Our kiss is a raging storm, tossing waves and wind in every direction. My hands reach down and I lift her. Walking over to a nearby tree, I press her back against it as she kisses me, and this time…God, this time…she drowns me in love.

My bones melt, and my soul ignites. My cock hardens, straining against my jeans. She tightens her thighs around my waist, and I press into her.

She moans, and it sounds like crying.

I reach up and run my hand over her breasts, and she rolls her hips.

Fuck, I want her.

I move from her lips and kiss her neck.

“House,” she says. “Let’s get to the house.”

I nod and let her loose. She slides down my body, and my eyes never look away from her face. Her lips are wet, her cheeks flushed. She’s fucking gorgeous.

“Why do you look at me like that?” she asks quietly.

I shake my head. “Come on.”

Chapter Forty

Harlow

Moments before

I shut my eyes as we ride through the field, holding on tightly to his waist. I get to hold him, and it’s pure heaven. He can’t see me; he can’t know how much I’ve wanted to do this. The breeze rushes across my face, like a steady moving stream brushing over a stone, carving this moment in my mind, because it’s one of the good ones.

It’s something I’ll remember when he no longer wants anything to do with me. I breathe him in. His T-shirt, soft cotton, his smell, manly and comforting. The way my thighs feel next to his. The vibration of the bike under my body.

These past few weeks have been a mind fuck.

I had my mind set. I would do what I needed to do and be done with this, because for us there is only one way out. I don’t get to choose here.

I’ve kept my distance as much as I can, considering I need to gain his trust fully, but I’ve purposely kept us in places surrounded by others, because the chemistry between us is heavy strong, and my restraint can only go so far.

But we’re alone now.

I’ve met his family, for God sakes. His brother, Bryce. Kat, Pops, and Emily. I even sat and chatted with his aunt Lou.

To say they were all shocked to meet me is an understatement. To say I like them all is also an understatement. Their love for this boy is as clear as the sky is blue. How has he missed it?

I see it when they look at him, when they talk about him. They all adore him.

Bryce and Jace are so different and yet, a lot alike.

Jace is funny, and Bryce is serious as hell and a little intimidating, but they have the same eyes and attitude. They know they’re handsome, and they’re cocky, but not in a way that makes your skin crawl.

Taking on this case is one of my biggest regrets, because in another life, I would have loved all of these people.

But I don’t get another life. I don’t get a do-over. These are the cards I got dealt, and eventually I’m going to have to show my hand.

And it doesn’t matter that it’s going to kill me. It doesn’t matter that I’m probably going to fade away into that black hole I’ve lived in my whole life.

Maybe that’s where I belong.

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