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"Chase, don't insist, okay?"
He took in a deep breath. "Fine."
He feathered his fingertips up and down my thighs, then moved them to my ass and groaned. "Fuck, you're commando?"
I smiled sheepishly. "Obviously. I wasn't going to put on yesterday's panties. Aren't you?"
"It's different. I’m wearing pants." He all but growled when he asked, "What if someone saw you?"
I rolled my eyes. "That's your concern?"
"Yes. And the fact that I'm hard for you and don't have a condom."
"Chase! When did that happen?"
"Right now."
I grinned, shimmying on top of him. "Is it bad that I feel super proud about this?"
"No, it's not.” He grinned and then cupped my face with both hands. “What are you doing to me? I have so little control over my body when I’m with you. Over how I feel."
My breath caught. "I feel the same," I confessed.
I’d been married for two years, yet Chase made me feel things I never had before.
I felt appreciated, safe, alive with him. My wants and needs were important to him.Iwas important to him.
"Tell me, what do you want to do for the rest of the day?" he asked.
"Hmm, I wouldn't mind if we stayed just like this." I shimmied some more on top of him.
He groaned again and kneaded my ass cheeks. "Your wish is my command."
Chapter Seventeen
Chase
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On Monday morning, I asked my brothers to stay in the meeting room after our weekly catch-up. I wanted to tell them about the store.
Once the rest of the team left, Duncan looked straight at me. "What's wrong?"
"Nothing's wrong," Griffin said. "Look at him. The man's relaxed.”
"Suspiciously so," Wyatt added.
Finn and Knox, who'd been talking to each other, stopped abruptly.
Finn stared at me.
"You know what?" Knox said to Wyatt. "You're onto something."
"Did you go for a run before coming to the office?" Finn asked.
I rolled my eyes. "I always do that. Will you dicks let me talk?"
"This is gonna be good," Knox said, straightening up in his chair. He and Finn were so young when my parents sold it, it made me wonder if they even remembered it.