of the sho
hung low on his hips. Drops of water slid down
m door and grabbed the
together. His eyes tu
ut a black electronic master key card. He pressed it against the loc
was suffocatingly hot and
d. She was panting heavily, her fingers tear
n was bunched up around her waist. Her pale ski
t he was looking at.
over the bed and grabbed both of her wrists, pinning h
of relief through her burning body. She let out a soft, desperate sigh and
t his wet chest. Her boiling
atch hitting gasoline. Axel's jaw loc
rough and commanding. He trie
't focus. All she saw was the sharp jawline and the disti
Coleman leaving her at the hospital flooded her mind. A
m his grip. She threw her arms around his neck. She
t and tasted heav
t rigid. His brain com
ng to him like a drowning woman. Her fingernails dug deep into
om her eye. It dropped onto Axe
mbled against his mouth, her v
n control. His hands stopped pushing.
He kissed her back. He crushed his mouth against hers, stealing the a
duvet was kicked off, landing in a heap on the
ressing hot, open-mouthed kisses against the sensitive skin of her n
ipped the metal zipper. The sound of the zippe
elia let out a sharp, painful whimper. Her body curled
xel like a buck
his eyes in a fraction of a second, re
p by the bed, his chest heaving as he gasp
s bed. Her dress was half-o
cursed unde
and threw it over her, wrapping her tigh
ed the shower handle to the coldest setting. He stood under the
ly dressed in a fresh dress shirt and slacks
leep. The tear tracks on her cheeks were
a strand of hair away from her fac
d a cigar from a humidor and lit it. The red cherry of the cigar g
e and typed a message
He did not close his eyes once. He wa
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