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Ella is the person I think about all day, every day. She’s the person I want to be with. The person I want to make memories with.

I just have to figure out how to make it work, how to overcome our differences and the forces that want to tear us apart. I also have to keep her safe, since there’s still at least one person out there who wants to see us both dead.

I don’t have to figure any of those things out tonight, though. Tonight, I just have to be in the moment, inthismoment, with my perfect, sweet Ella.

CHAPTERTHIRTEEN

ELLA

“Keir!”

Ella yelps as I pick her up and carry her the last few steps through the snowy terrain to the hotel. We are coming back from a late night stroll, still wearing our warmest winter coats, gloves, and heavy boots. I carry her through the door. She writhes, so I sling her over my shoulder.

“Put me down!” she shrieks. “Keir, seriously…”

“Shhh. Just a minute.”

I look around the lobby, trying to decide where to go. There are a few guests still at the hotel’s fancy bar and a couple walking toward a hidden bank of elevators. I swivel my gaze to the big oak check in desk, then I see it. A dark little alcove, the corners of the inside of the cubby all but obscured by shadow.

“Ella… you’re going to have to trust me for a minute here.” I start moving toward it, knowing just what I want to do in that alcove. Mental images of me ripping off Ella’s thick wool jacket and unbuttoning her dark jeans immediately bubble to the surface.

Her muffled voice floats up to me from where her face is pressed into my thick coat. “Keir, can you put me down?”

I cross the white shag rug that is spread across the lobby floor, avoiding the curious gaze of the front desk attendant. In a dozen quick paces, I make it just beyond the attendant’s view. Stepping into the alcove, I set Ella on her feet.

But instead of moving back, I skim her thighs, catching her dress and tugging it up, leaving her exposed.

“Keir!” she hisses. “Stop it!”

“You don’t want that.” I kiss her lips, playing with her skin tone panties. “I promise if you let me do what I want, you’ll enjoy it…”

Indecision is written all over Ella’s face. I palm one of her breasts through the material of her dress. Her nipple emerges through the flimsy material and when I tweak it, her breath hitches.

“Are you sure no one will see us?”

I trail my hand down to her thighs, teasing the sensitive skin I find there. “A better question to ask is, who cares if we get caught? The danger is part of the fun.”

I tease the dark triangle of silk that covers her pussy. It dampens under my touch and I know, in that moment, that I’m about to win.

As she sighs, she pulls me down so that I press the length of my body against hers. "Keir... oh god, Keir..."

The way she says my name makes mewild.

My cock gets as stiff as steel as I press it into the heat of her silky thighs. I snarl and kiss her behind the neck, sucking at the tender flesh I find there. "I can’t wait to fuck you like you’ve never been fucked before, sweetheart."

She blinks her eyes open and pins me down. "Please take me, Keir," he pleads. "God, please fuck me. Touch my pussy. Make me come."

Yes, yes, and yes. I rip her dress down her arms and bunch the bottom up around her waist. I need her right now, nothing else will do.Fuck, she’s perfect.

She takes a big breath and stares me in the eyes as she pulls down her dark strapless bra. "I need you, baby."

I give her a smirk. "Ella… you only have to ask.”

She teases her own nipple, making heavy eye contact with me. Her lips part in a breathy moan. “This is me, asking.”

I growl. “You know how to get my attention, sweetheart.”

She raises her head and kisses me on the lips. I love watching her when she turns into this seductive creature. All that bare skin in front of my eager eyes is almost more than I can handle.

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