Chapter 78

78 I am Yours 2

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Mara

I found him on the couch, sitting quietly, a man holding too much inside. His face was blank, but I could feel him-still, waiting, tightly wound.

I climbed onto his lap, straddling him, legs resting at his sides. I cupped his face and made him look up at me. His eyes were quiet, but beneath that calm was heat. Emotion. Need.

I leaned down and kissed him. Deep. Slow. Certain.

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