A declaration for all to see…but what does the heart truly say?

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The silence in the house was deafening. I moved from one room to another with no real purpose, just a desperate attempt to distract myself from the thoughts spinning in my head. But there was no escaping him.

Not when his scent still lingered on my skin. Not when every shift of my body reminded me of the way he'd taken me just hours ago.

The ache between my thighs pulsed softly with each

step, a sinful reminder of the morning, of Alexander. Of the way his hands had possessed me, the way his mouth had claimed...