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He meets my gaze, his eyes vulnerable but also unreadable.

“I love you,” he rasps out.

He’s inside me, still thrusting, thrusting, thrusting…

But the words…

I love you.

Does he even know he said them?Or is he thinking about his wife?About Lindsay?

My heart clenches, and for a moment I can’t breathe.

Surely he knows what he said.

Surely he loves me.

Angie.

And I love him too.I wouldn’t have been ready to upend my life and fly to Switzerland with him if I didn’t.

“I love you too,” I whisper back, the words slipping out easily along with the whirlwind of emotions raging within me.“I love you, Jason.”

With one final thrust, he releases, hitting my pubic bone and clitoris with just the right force.

As I join him in climax, the high overwhelms me.I soar to the stars, racing, racing, racing, my whole body in spasms that rock my world to the hilt.

He breathes hard against me, his eyes closed, sweat beading on his brow.

I’m in love.

So in love.

But as the orgasm slowly subsides, it hits me.

Jason didn’t use a condom.

And I’m not on the pill.

ChapterSix

Jason

My heart pounds loudly in my ears.Angie is beneath me, her soft flesh a comfort.My eyes are still closed, and for a moment, I lose myself in the soothing warmth and throbbing connection between us.

Until she shudders.

I pull back slightly and open my eyes.Her own eyes are wide, her lips slightly parted as she stares at me.

“Jason,” she says, her voice barely a whisper.“We didn’t use a condom.”

For a moment, her words don’t register.But when they do, they land with the impact of a freight train.What was I thinking?The last thing I need right now is an unplanned pregnancy with my goddamned student.

Surely she’s on the pill, right?All young women are.

“I’m disease free,” I tell her.“I haven’t been with anyone in three years.”

“That’s not the issue,” she says.