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“Nah, baby. I was sculpted by hard work, dedication, and my hard-ass trainer at Platinum Gym, not the gods.” I wink. “But I’ll take the compliment.”

She tosses her head back and laughs, her long red hair spilling across the bed, the light from the morning rays of sun shining across her pale skin in the most alluring way.

Time stands still.

She looks stunning, free, and confident, and it’s my favorite moment I’ve had with her thus far.

I charge toward the bed, capturing her face between my hands and slam my lips down on hers for a hard, fast kiss.

Our mouths fuse together with such finesse you’d think we’d been doing this for decades, not hours.

Something feels different about this kiss. It feels so…final.

Though I’m sure that’s just my mind playing tricks on me.

When I finally pull away and let her loose, she’s gasping for breath, and I love the sounds of the sharp inhales echoing around the room.

“I’ll be five minutes, tops,” I say, backing away from the bed.

“I’ll be here,” she promises.

Good.

Because I know one night with her won’t be enough.

* * *

“Lemme get this straight:you took her virginity, made sweet, sweet love to her all night long, and shebailedwhile you were in the shower?”

“Yep. Cleaned house. Beat feet. Scrammed. Vanished right the fuck into thin air.”

“Wow.” Zach shakes his head. “I never pegged you as a bad lay.”

I scowl. “You’ve thought about my bedroom skills?”

“With those biceps, can you blame me?” He sends me a teasing wink. “No, man. I’ve just always thought you were this Casanova-type guy. You’ve always been the brawn to my brains, the Fonzie to my Richie, the Jason to my Tommy.”

“Did you just compare us to Power Rangers?”

“Yes,” he says, completely serious. “But that’s not the point. Point is, I’m surprised she left. I thought you two really hit it off.”

“We did, but…we kind of had this deal.”

“Deal? What kind of deal?”

“A ‘bang plan’.”

“Shut the fuck up. No you didn’t.”

“It was your idea!”

“What?” he shouts incredulously. “How?”

“You said we needed to bang to ‘get it out of our system’. So, we did.”

“I didn’t mean like a wham-bam sort of thing. I was thinking of a relationship, you taking the first steps to forming a real, healthy relationship with someone new.”

“I… Well, shit. I did not take your advice that way. We made plans to hit it and quit it to scratch the itch, then move on with our lives.”

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