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Chapter Fifty-two

ผู้เขียน: Marysol James
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Two weeks later

Luke gave Selena a final kiss, hard and deep. Christ, the last thing he wanted to do was go to work that night, but he had to. He’d promised Jax that he’d take Dante’s shift on short notice, and Luke wasn’t a man who broke his promises easily. Not even if it meant leaving the sweetest, softest bed that he’d ever been in to go to a loud bar full of questionable types.

Selena blinked up at him, sleepy and satisfied. He’d worked her body to its limits that night, coaxing four orgasms out of her with his fingers and his tongue, refusing to let her so much as touch him the whole time. He’d told her that this was about her – that he wanted her exhausted when he left her, so she’d sleep all through the night.

Mission accomplished, Rhodes. I think you damn near killed me.

“You ready to sleep, babe?” he said.

“Ummm-hmmm.”

“Good.” He lowered his head to her throat, licked the sweat there. “You get a good night’s rest and when I get home in the morning, I want you ready for me.”

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    “Yeah,” she somehow managed to choke out. “That one.”“Ah. Right.” He grinned at her, and suddenly she felt like she knew him again. “That sounds good.”And we can take it slow?” she asked, hesitating. “You don’t mind not – not…”“Not getting under your skirt on the first date?” he finished helpfully.“Smartass,” Selena muttered. “But yeah.”“Babe. Look at me.”She swallowed hard, forced her eyes up to his.“I don’t mind at all, beautiful,” he said softly. “We go all the way back to the very beginning, if that’s what you need and want. If that’s what I have to do to earn your trust again. You decide when you’re comfortable with me seeing you, touching you, kissing you all over.”She flushed again, her whole body heating up just at his words.“You sure?” she said. “Really sure?”“Yes,” Luke said firmly. “I fucked this all up and I know it. I barely deserve this second chance, but I’m taking it anyway, and I’m not screwing it all up with you again.”Overwhelmed, she looked away as her e

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    “Having my brothers holler at me was a very unfun experience, I can assure you. But they showed me that people make big mistakes when they’re trying to protect the people that they care about. Those mistakes can be stupid and hurtful, for sure, but they aren’t malicious. And that’s a big difference, I think. Maybe it isn’t an important distinction for everyone, but for me, it is.”“It is?” he breathed.“It is.” She gave him a smile now, one of her brilliant, beautiful, wide smiles. “I don’t like what you did, Luke, and I won’t say it’s OK, and you’re never to do it again. But I do understand it… and I can get past it.”“Oh, babe…” He reached for her hand and she let him take it. “I can’t believe this. It’s like a fucking miracle.”“You thought I’d still be angry?”“Hell, yeah.” He traced circles in her palm with his thumb. “I thought you’d hate me forever. I’m gonna hate me forever, for hurting you.”“No, don’t do that.” Gently, she stroked his rough cheek with her fingertips. “But Lu

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    Selena handed him her suitcase, and he hefted it up and over his broad shoulder easily. Her stomach clenched as she remembered the raw power and strength of his body – how it had felt to be held against it. She looked away, trying not to think about how damn good it had felt to be close to Luke.They walked out of the airport to Luke’s truck. Selena climbed in, did up her seatbelt, stared out the window at the snow. OK, so, here they were. Trapped in a moving vehicle for at least forty minutes… so the time had come to talk to the man.She shot him a quick glance as he pulled out on the highway. God, the weirdness between them was so weird. Even at the beginning, back when they’d been sniping and snarking and sparring, there had still been an easy flow between them. Now it was gone; it was all dammed up. She wondered what it would take to unblock it, to set it free again.OK. Time to reach out.“Luke?”“Yeah?”“Can we talk?”He looked at her. “Yeah. Coffee?”She nodded. “But takeout, O

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    Her e-mail came six weeks later. It contained no information about where she was, no warm fuzzies, not even his name. Just a date, a time, a flight number.Luke was at the airport two hours early, jittery from nerves and caffeine and lack of sleep. He paced the floor incessantly and watched the arrivals board like a fucking hawk. When he saw that the flight from L.A. had landed safely, he almost high-fived the first person who wandered past.It took another ninety minutes for her to emerge through the sliding doors into the arrivals hall, dragging a large suitcase behind her. Luke stood back, just for a few seconds, and took her in fully. Seeing Selena was like drinking a long, cool glass of water after trekking through the desert for a week. She refreshed him, she soothed him. She restored his soul.She looked around now, an expectant, hopeful look on her gorgeous face. That look was fading, though, and he realized that she thought that he hadn’t shown.He almost ran at her, eager to

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    “So. Look at it from Selena’s perspective. We were together and I told her that I loved her body… but she was struggling a bit sometimes. She just didn’t see herself the way that I did, and I’d catch her looking at other women when we were out. She’d just stare at their chests and get this look on her face – this weird and heartbreaking combination of envy and sadness. She’d get quiet and I’d try to reassure her that she was gorgeous and sexy, but she’d take some convincing. I mean, she was seriously thinking about working through it all with a therapist, but she wasn’t ready to commit to therapy. Not yet.”“Aw, shit,” Griff muttered. “I had no idea.”“So how would she react to Natalie throwing herself at me, in her crotch-high skirts and nipple-grazing shirts? Selena would have compared herself to Nat, and she’d have found herself lacking in every way. She’d have been fucking wrong, of course, ‘cause Nat didn’t have one one-thousandth of Selena’s appeal for me… but she’d have been hu

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    The next afternoon, Luke walked out of the police station with Jax and Dallas, looked around. When he spotted Griff leaning against his work SUV, his heart leapt in his chest; when he saw that Griff was alone, it sank again.Jax saw the look on his face. “Go talk to him, man. Ask about her. Let me know when you’re ready to come back to work.”Luke nodded. “Thanks for everything, guys. I’ll never forget any if it, I swear.”Dallas waved his massive hand. “It was no problem and you know it. Now, go find out about your girl.”Luke walked over to Griff now, thinking about Dallas’ words: was Selena his girl? Based on their last conversation, he’d say no fucking way, but maybe Griff came bearing good news?Griff watched Luke approach, took in the other man’s exhaustion. Yeah, he’d been through it – and nothing that Griff had to say was going to make Luke’s mental state any better. He took a breath, braced himself for what was sure to be an awkward conversation.Luke stopped right in front o

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