*Noelle’s POV* For months I had been the one who waited. Waited for his texts. Waited for the sound of his door opening at night. Waited for him to push me against a wall or pull me into a dark room and take what he wanted. My stepbrother, Griffin, always set the pace. He decided when, how hard, how long. I had loved every second of being wanted that way. I was nineteen. He was twenty-five. And one night I decided I was finished waiting. Mom and his father were at a work function that would keep them out until well after midnight. The house was quiet. Griffin was in his room with the door half-open, scrolling on his phone in bed, shirtless, completely at ease. He looked up when I stepped inside and shut the door behind me. “You’re early,” he said, a small smirk already forming. “Couldn’t wait for me to come get you?” I didn’t answer. I walked to his closet, pulled two of his silk ties from the rack, and turned back to face him. His expression shifted—curiosity first, then somet
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