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And I know he saved me.

And now…

I’ll. Save. Him.

I pull him in and kiss him back, holding his heart on fire—the scald of his pain—and not getting burned. It’s my turn now. I’ll do it all for him.

The night is too long. The two hours we have to stay after, they separate us into the crowd of fans wanting selfies, of bodies touching mine, trying to claim it—it doesn’t belong to them.

From across the room, I see where I belong. I see Redix suffering the same.

His assistant, Eric, is a true pro. Throwing his clout around, he gets Redix and me out on time. With a final kiss on Marco’s cheek and a dodge through a wall of paparazzi cameras outside, we find shelter alone in the limousine.

“Jesus, Cade.” Redix lifts my chin so my eyes meet his. “With the way you look tonight, I mean it. You want us to be free together, but I’m afraid I’ll hurt you when I do.”

“No, you won’t.” I grab his thigh. “I’m stronger. No man can hurt me now.”

“You tell me.” His thumb drags over my bottom lip. “Just say ‘stop’.”

“No. That’s how people get hurt.” I graze up his thigh to his hard length bound by leather. “Earn my fucking ‘yes’ and make me moan it.”

His eyes slam shut with a slow shake of his head.

“Fuck, I’m gonna lose it with you.” Lifting his eyelids, the tip of his finger traces over my naked collarbone while he asks, “Are you still on birth control?”

“Yes. Ironclad. And my tests, they’re all clear. Yours are too?”

“Yes. What about condoms? I have some.”

“You’re the only man I never used them with.” I reach for his hand, lingering up my thigh. “And I’d like to keep it that way. Always.”

I want nothing between us.

He can play his games tonight; I’ll still get my way.

Redix is the only man allowed fully inside me: then, now, and forever.

CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT

Savages by Kerli

The hotel suite is dark when we open the door.

He doesn’t turn the lights on. There’s enough streaming in through the wall of windows while I stand under his nose, pressing my palms to his bare chest, his hands cupping my ass.

Every muscle on his frame is tense.

“You can change your mind,” I offer. “But I won’t change mine. I need this for us.”

It’s straining his face; all his desire and damage is ready to rage.

“I’m holding so much back with you,” he says. “I don’t know what I’m going to feel.” His lush lips pull tight. “What if we remember? What’ll it do to us?”

“I don’t know.” His heart thunders under my hands. It’s as fragile as mine in this moment. “But I’ll be there with you, I promise.”

“I need to hear it again, Cade. Tell me what you want.”

I’m not afraid.

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