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“I can take care of myself and have been doing so for a very long time,”

“Yeah, that may be true, but I’m here now, and you don’t have to always take on the world by yourself. So, are we going to continue to argue about who’s tougher? Or will you allow me to help you into my big truck?” I flash her a wink, knowing no matter how challenging it will be for her size, she won’t show it.My stubborn woman.

“I can manage,” she said, hoisting herself up and into the truck. I ensured she wore her seat belt and looked around again before joining her. She attempted to give me directions to her house, but I told her I already knew. Ellen crossed her arms over her chest and said nothing more until we arrived home.

CHAPTER THREE

Ellen

I was brooding as I completed going over tasks with my staff. To see Edric casually sitting behind my desk after four months of being apart surprised me. I figured he’d come for me eventually, but the sight of him made my heart race. Edric is gorgeous, all 6”4 of him, with layers of muscles underneath his tight-fitting t-shirt. Bourne is sexy as fuck, but more like a superspy in a custom-tailored-made suit. But Edric? He gives new meaning to every woman’s fantasy of what the perfect alpha male should be. I should know after spending several nights in his bed with his hard body fucking me into the mattress. I was allowing my fantasies to take over the rational part of my brain and seriously needed to think about something else or risk having an orgasm in front of my staff.

Even with the shots of liquid courage, there was no way of escaping Edric's watchful eyes on me, and if that didn't convince me, then his strong hands at the small of my back were enoughto make me think twice. I moved, he moved, and finally, I conceded, checked out of the clinic, and told my assistant to tell Kyle I went home. I've been on call for the last couple of days, and with the added emergencies coming into the clinic, I was beyond tired. However, Edric's unannounced arrival felt like a super bold coffee shot into my veins, and now I was wide awake.

The drive was short to my cottage, nestled far and deep into the Italian countryside. It probably wasn't too smart to live out here all alone, but I welcomed the quiet and had grown accustomed to the silence it offered. I watched Edric retrieve a key from his pocket and unlock my front door, causing me to pull back from him.

“How do you have a key to my house?” I questioned and felt alarmed that Edric didn't bat an eyelash at me.

“Inside, and I'll tell you,” he gently shoved me forward and closed and locked the door behind us. I threw my bag down and prepared for the fight he had been asking for since showing up unannounced.

“You asshole!” Before I could get my words out, he picked me up and pressed my body against his hard chest of muscles. His grip tightened around me as his lips found mine in a bruising kiss. He didn't relent for a second as he continued to kiss me, plunging his tongue deep inside my mouth. He whisked us upstairs to my loft-style bedroom and didn't pull away from my lips until he placed me on the bed and shredded my clothing until I was naked. He left me panting and nearly out of breath when he finally stopped kissing me to undress. I tried to move away from him, but his strong hands found mine, and I wasn't going anywhere.

“You're mine, Ellen, and if it's unclear why I'm here for you, then, by all means, allow me to show you.” My body was on fire with pent-up arousal, waiting for Edric to tell me how he felt finally. Yes, it's been four months since we have seen each other,but who am I kidding? I've wanted him since we first met, and my body has wanted him more. Now he's here, and as angry as I've been with him for being a stubborn ass, I want him more, and I will allow him to have me. Whatever he has to say can wait because I need this. My body needs this. I need him. He’s as forceful as I remember him taking complete control of what is about to happen.

“Say it,” he commanded, taking my erect nipple into his mouth. I cried out as he bit down harder, causing electric pulses to explode between my legs.

“Fuck, I want you and will make you scream my name until you have no voice, but first, I need to hear the words, Ellen. Say it, and say them now,” he demands and inserts a finger into my dripping core.

“Fuck!” I shouted as he paused his ministrations and bit down on my other breast.

“Yes, and fuck, we will, but you have to do something first,”

“You’re a bastard, stop it, Edric, and fuck me,” I was barely hanging on, and he was making me wait until I submitted.

“Say it, now, woman!”

“I'm yours, happy?” I shouted, feeling frustrated and in desperate need of a release.

“Yes, more than I can ever express. Now spread your legs for me so I can give you what you need,” he winked.He fucking winked and knew he had me. The sexy and smug bastard that I want more than my next breath.He pushed inside me as my hips bucked off the mattress, and I felt my back arch. He continued to thrust as deep as he could go and then commanded me to wrap my legs around his waist, and I did without having to be told twice.

“You're mine, Ellen, and you are not sending me away ever again,” he panted. “Damn, you feel so fucking good. I’ve missedyour wet heat as it swallows my cock. You are mine, and don’t you ever forget it.”

“Fuck you; I didn't send you away, you pushed me away with your silence, and that is not happening again no matter how good you feel inside of me,” I shouted back as he continued to drive into my body.

“You should have tried harder and not accepted my silence. Yes, I was testing you, and you failed because I’m not the only stubborn one here.” I smacked him, hurting my hand more than his cheek. He crushed his mouth down to mine and continued to fuck me until I became part of the mattress. The bastard didn’t break a sweat, as I was already a mess. Finally, he released my hands and demanded I put my hands on him. Edric needed my touch, which he craved when we were skin-to-skin.

“Good, then it's decided. You'll return to London with me, and we will start again.” Before I could tell him no, I shouted the walls down and came so hard repeatedly as he filled me with his hot cum. After I orgasmed, and more than once, my body trembled with the after-effects of our hard fucking. Edric took me without caution as he continued to savagely fuck me. As soon as I said the words he commanded me to say, it was as if my words unleashed the hidden beast that lived in the far reaches of his soul, and I was the only person to bring it to the surface.London? As if I’m going to pack up my life and join him in his?

His arm was heavy as it lay across my breasts while his cum leaked out of my body. He knew I was on birth control, so pregnancy was not an issue. I don't think he would care, but I certainly would. Until we met again at my clinic, I believed we were over, and now I'm even more confused about the state of our relationship. So, what if I declared I was his? He forced the words from me, and I was under duress from wanting him so much. I had endless conversations with Sabina over Edric; she always championed her husband’s best friend for me to give himanother chance. She found her soulmate and believed I had done the same with Edric. I lay beside him for hours, listening to him breathe synchronously with even breaths.

He must also be tired because after I carefully slid out from under him to use the bathroom, he didn’t wake. So I sat in the chair across from the bed and watched him sleep, wondering what I was doing. I just had mind-blowing sex with a man who I believed had written me off, and now I’m sore and still feel the remnants of that act inside me.

Did I give up too soon? Or did I set him up to fail because I set the bar too high for any man to get over it? No, not Edric; he was the exception. I watched his chest rise up and down in fluid motions as I hugged my knees, feeling like a total bitch.

He never shied away from his feelings for me; I was the one in hiding when Edric was always right in front of me. And he wasn’t wrong. He did try to contact me, begging me to talk to him, but I refused because I’d been here before and wanted to protect my heart from getting crushed again. I had to be the strong one, the one always in control. I quietly laughed because I possessed zero control regarding Edric George.

As I stared at the beautiful man in my bed, I wanted to scream because this was not me. Fuck! I’m better than this; I’m a doctor, for crying out loud. I don’t do relationships, and once upon a time, I believed he might be the man to change my way of thinking, but then he proved me right by showing me the man he was when he was told no. It always comes down to trusting the people in my life who say one thing and then prove another by their actions. I know I’m stronger than this. I don’t spend waking hours analyzing every feeling I have. I make a decision, and I stand by it. I’m strong in mind, so what’s my problem? Why am I struggling with my feelings for Edric?

What is happening here between us? So, he shows up out of nowhere, clocks me over the head with the club he’s carrying,and I’m over his shoulder yielding to his every command? Yup! That’s exactly what you allowed to happen, and if you were smart, you would take this as two people getting each other out of their systems and leaving with your heart intact. Instead, he hurt me four months ago when he couldn't compromise about our missed weekend. He flipped the switch and became someone else when he didn't get his way. Sabina would tell me differently, but I can’t do this again. No, I've been on my own for too many years to be under someone's control and have to give up my own. He was beautiful, all sprawled out in my bed. His presence filled any room he entered, and now he was asleep, looking relaxed and at peace.

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