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I didn’t wait for him to change his mind and grab me again. I quickly made my way to the bathroom, slamming the door shut behind me.

I let out a small sigh and leaned back against the door, taking in my surroundings.

Now what?

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ROMAN

I strippeddown to my boxers and climbed on the bed.

I doubt she would have liked it if I got completely naked.

I shifted on the mattress, trying to get the image of her with nothing but a towel wrapped around that delectable body of hers out of my head.

I hadn’t answered her when she asked what would happen next because I had no fucking clue.

I didn’t know where to go from here, and I knew we couldn’t hide away in this cabin forever, no matter how badly I wanted to.

She was right.

It would only be a matter of time before people started to notice she was missing. The only option was to let her go.

I had never intended to keep her with me for good. Not here, at least. Just enough time to make her as fucking obsessed and possessive of me as I was with her.

Until she realized she was mine, and that was all there was to it.

The doorknob turned, and I sat up a little and watched as she walked out the door.

My shirt looked good on her.

It engulfed her slight frame perfectly and came down almost mid-thigh.

Her legs…

Jesus, for being so short, this girl was all legs, wasn’t she?

Her eyes widened when she found me on the bed.

She looked out to the door, and I shook my head. “Get in bed, Ryleigh.”

“Why?” she asked warily.

“To sleep.”

She eyed me skeptically. “Just to sleep?”

I resisted the urge to grin. “Just to sleep.”

Kissing her had been unplanned. I hadn’t planned on touching her, not unless she asked me, but fuck me, the temptation of her close by had been almost too much to ignore.

So I didn’t.

And when I found my own desires reflected in her eyes…

I was fucking gone.

Any flimsy control I’d convinced myself I had, disappeared in that moment.

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