21
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Fuck.
She was so soft, so sweet, so perfect beneath me. Reaching up, I carefully worked the tie from her hair, so it was loose across my pillow. My fingers were blunt and clumsy, afraid to snag all that silky softness. I breathed in the scent of strawberries. I met her eyes, held them.
Yeah, this f*****g meant something.
“No more running, princess.”
Her pink tongue darted out, licked her lip. “No more running,” she whispered.
“I’m here, yeah?”
She gave a slight nod. “Don’t… don’t leave.”
I stroked her hair, this time catching it in my grip and tugging lightly, so she couldn’t look away. “I’m not going anywhere.”
She frowned, and I pushed on.
“I want everything from you. Everything. The difference between me and your family is that I’m not going to take. I want you to giv
