Darius acted as if he heard nothing. Bending down, he pressed his lips against Scarlett’s.Her eyes widened and she pushed against him, but Darius locked her in his arms, his lips moving insistently over hers. Within moments, Scarlett found her eyes slipping shut, her own lips parting to return his kiss. They collided with a sudden, desperate hunger, as though two starving souls had finally found each other again.Gradually, Darius loosened his grip, cupping her cheeks before pulling away just enough to break the kiss."You kissed me back, Scarlett... Don't you dare tell me that meant nothing to you," Darius breathed, his fingertips tracing the contours of her face.An internal scream urged Scarlett to confess everything—to tell him she was the woman he had been searching for, the one who shared his bed that night, and that a child was now growing inside her because of it. But every time she parted her lips to speak, her throat locked up. She lacked the courage to lay her truth bare,
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