“This time,” he said, his brow furrowed as he eased onto the bed. “Just this one time we’ll go fast.”

Chloe didn’t know if she should thank him or not, but the thought died when Timothy planted his hands under her ass cheeks and spread her enough so that his dick could slide into her with one slow and viciously erotic thrust.

Timothy knew exactly what was happening here. He should have guessed it would go this way. Chloe would fight to control every situation. She would hold on to that control like a safety net and the only way beneath the shields she’d erected around not just her heart,...