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Then his mouth was gone and I was gasping for air. I blinked, confused. I didn't know why he'd stopped. And then I saw him kneeling down in front of me.

Shit.

Heat flooded my body and I hoped I wasn't wrong about what he was going to do.

He looked up at me as his hands slid up my calves, over my knees and then to my thighs. When he reached the hem of my dress, I half-expected him to hesitate and ask if it was okay. He didn't and I realized he was trusting me to stop him if I didn't want it.

Fuck that.

I swallowed hard as his fingers curled around the waistband of the silk panties I was wearing. He pulled them down and I started to step out of them. I only managed to get one leg out, however, before he was shoving my legs further apart and pushing up my skirt, exposing my bare pussy.

My eyes rolled as his tongue made a long pass across my folds before dipping between them. I moaned as his talented mouth pleasured me. The shock of seeing Cade and my body's instinctual reaction to his possessiveness had already set me on edge, so it wasn't long before I felt that familiar sensation twisting low in my belly. I ran my fingers through his hair and he looked up at me without taking his mouth away.

The sight of those eyes darkened with desire, that gorgeous face pressed against me...he sucked on my clit and I came. I made a breathless sound and closed my eyes, my hips twitching as he continued to work over my sensitive flesh.

A finger slipped inside me and I jerked. Cade groaned as my fingers tugged at his hair, but he didn't let up. He made slow, even strokes with his finger even as he licked around my opening, caressing the quivering flesh until I cried out and came again. My eyes closed as I struggled to absorb the myriad sensations coursing through me.

“Fuck!” My hands slapped against the elevator wall as a second finger was slid inside my pussy. I gasped in air, each breath deep enough that, if I'd been able to think about it, I might've worried that my breasts would pop free of the top of my dress. At the moment though, I could care less. I could've been stark naked up against that wall as long as Cade didn't stop.

He crooked his fingers and I wailed. I clapped a hand over my mouth, stifling the sound before it got too loud. It didn't stop my climax from crashing over me, making my knees buckle. Cade put his hand on my stomach and his shoulders against my knees, holding me in place as his tongue circled my clit, then dropped down to tease around where his fingers were stretching me.

“Please,” I gasped, dropping my hand. “Please, Cade, no more. It's too much.”

He looked up at me again and shook his head. He took my swollen clit into his mouth and gently sucked it as I thrashed and writhed, nonsensical sounds falling from my mouth until another orgasm rocked through me. This time, however, he granted me relief, removing his hand from between my legs and standing, wrapping his arms around me and holding me until I stopped shaking.

I clutched his shirt, pressing my face against his chest and breathing in his scent. I knew I was going to have to deal with this soon, but at the moment, I needed to regain my composure before I could do anything that required coherent thought. And I just wanted to enjoy the feel of Cade's arms around me, his hand ru

“That's my girl,” he whispered. His voice sent a shiver down my spine. “My Aubree.” He kissed my forehead.

Reluctantly, I pulled away from him. I caught a flash of something across his eyes, but I didn't say anything. No matter what I said, it'd start a conversation that I didn't want to have in the elevator. I pulled my panties off of my other foot, then tugged down my dress. As I reached around him to hit the button to get us going again, I shoved my panties into Cade's back pocket. I felt him tense and when I straightened, I saw his eyes were warm again.

I tried not to sigh out loud. What the hell had I just let myself get into?

Chapter 4

Neither one of us said a word as we walked the short distance down the hall to my apartment. My hands were shaking and my head spi

I felt his eyes on me as I struggled to get the key into the lock, but I didn't look at him. I needed to be in the safety of my own place before I could risk it. What had happened in the elevator was proof I couldn't control myself around him.

I walked inside and left the door open behind me, hoping he'd read that as an invitation. When I heard the door close, I knew he had. I walked over to the far side of the room before turning towards him. He stopped a few feet away, and I was grateful for that. My insides were in knots and every inch of me was tense again. Despite everything that had happened, I wanted him, but I wasn't sure my heart could take it. The only thing I did know was that I wasn't going to speak first.

“I don't know any other way to say this than to just come out with it.”

It took me a moment to realize why his voice sounded strange, but when I did, I was surprised. He was nervous. My strong, confident Cade was nervous. My heart did a little somersault when I realized I'd referred to him as “my” Cade.

“I tried to go back to how things were before, but I couldn't.” He ran his hand through his hair, pushing it back off of his face. “I even had a client earlier this week.”

I looked down. I didn't want to hear about that.

“But I couldn't do it.”

My head came back up and my eyes met his. There was no mistaking the honesty I saw there.

“And I don't just mean mentally,” he said. “I kept looking at her, trying to convince my body that I found her attractive, but it wasn't happening. I couldn't see anything but the ways she wasn't you.”

I felt a flare of hope and tried to squash it. I needed to hear him out. He'd told me he cared about me before. For all I knew, this was just going to be him talking about how he needed to get me out of his system.

“For the first time since I started doing this, I couldn't...perform.” He took a step towards me. “I didn't want her. I wanted you.”

I swallowed hard. I couldn't do this. I couldn't wait for him to give me hope that things had changed, then crush it. “I want you too.” His face lit up and then crumpled as I continued, “But it's not enough.” Seeing the pain I brought to him made my heart ache, but I had to make sure he understood I wasn't going back. “I tried too. I tried to do the casual sex thing. And not just tonight.”

His mouth tightened and I saw the jealousy burn in his eyes, mixing with the hurt there. Heat flooded me as I remembered what he'd said before about how he didn't want any other man touching me.

“I couldn't go through with it then,” I said. “We went back to his place and when he was kissing me, all I could think was that he wasn't you.”

“And tonight?” The question was soft, as if he wasn't sure he wanted to know the answer.

“I was pla

He frowned for a moment. “The woman at the...oh, her. She's a pro.” He must've realized that didn't really help matters because he quickly added, “When I told her I was too, she left me alone. No money in trying to seduce another escort.”

“It doesn't matter,” I said. “Because this isn't what I want.” He flinched and I had to force myself to continue. “I can't do the casual sex thing. That's not who I am. And I still can't be with you, no matter how much I want to, not while you're with other women.”