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“That doesn’t count! You cheated,” I bark at him.

“Sometimes you gotta cheat to win.”

CHAPTER 29

JETT

“The only thing cheating proves is how desperate you are.”

I suppress a laugh as Fia’s breath hitches, her face flushing red as I keep her anchored on my lap.

She’s right: I’m desperate as fuck for her.

Technically, cheating would make our deal a wash, but the moment her tight ass perched in my face, I couldn’t wait for her defiance to dissolve.

“As long as you’re mine, I’ll be desperate for any part you’ll give me,” I grumble in her ear, feeling her body tighten on top of me.

Waiting for her is both agonizing and gratifying. I’ve been without her for long enough to appreciate every moment of anticipation, but at the end of the day, I’m only a man.

A starving man.

“Stop saying shit like that.” Gritting her teeth, she whips her soft cashmere-scented hair in my face, turning to face me.

Passion and fury consume the eyes that stole my heart. The fury, I’m familiar with, but behind the rich color is a pain that only comes out occasionally. By the time I’ve looked hard enough to find where it’s coming from, it’s vanished.

“Why? Love it too much?”

Slouching just slightly, Fia surrenders her fight, though she thinks I don’t notice.

“It’s just not necessary,” she finally murmurs, breathless and even more nuzzled into my lap than she was before.

Her eyes fall heavy, muscles loosening as the plates of food she just devoured finally make it to her stomach.

Warmth surrounds me as the pleasure of her fullness both weakens her to me and relaxes my worried heart.

“I’m only speaking on the terms of our agreement, no? You’re mine for another several weeks.”

“I never said I was yours.” Fia’s voice quivers, like even she doesn’t believe it.

Acknowledgement of our undeniable destiny becomes clearer the more she rambles, and I can’t help but soak up her unraveling.

“Baby, you didn’t have to.”

Her throat bobs as my statement rings true around us.

“You said you were just helping out a friend...”

“Two things can be true at once.”

Loving the curtain she’s slowly opening for me, I test the waters a little more. Moving my hands from their place on her hips, I snake both palms down to the middle of her thighs.

Jerking her head forward so she isn’t eye-to-eye with me, Fia’s breath becomes ragged when my firm grip inches closer to the center of her pants.

“Has a friend ever made you feel like this?”

When I reach the apex of her thighs, I cup her warm center, the perfect weight of her pussy cupped perfectly inside my hand. With every other woman, I wanted fast. The touch of a woman’s body was only a temporary high that held me over until the crescendo of the moment fell flat, but with Fia, my heart never slows.

In fact, holding her still, pausing to touch her and really feel her, vibrates so deeply in my bones, it’s all I ever fucking think about.