Hesitation billowed through him before he gave, plopping down so he was lying on his side next to me. Laughter rolled out of me, joy uncontained. I scratched my nails through the scruff on his jaw. “You’d better be careful or you’re going to toss me right out of this bed.” He curled one of those massive arms around me and pulled me close. Two of us face-to-face. His voice went soft. “Never.” I wanted to claim that forever. I snuggled closer, clinging to the light, to the smile that couldn’t be erased. “Good. I’d much rather you tie me to this bed than toss me from it.” A groan rumbled through
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