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"You sure that's the only reason?"

His neck and cheeks turn red.

So fuckin’ easy to read him.

“Yup.”

Such a liar. But I won’t push. Not on his feelings.

Not when that beautiful blush tells me exactly what I need to know.

"You'll make sex good for me though, right? Like before?" he tacks on, glancing away, a fragile glow of hope in his eyes, the ice slowing, melting again.

"Yes, Devon. Promise I'll make it good for you.”

As we walk on, pride lifts his bearing. Time to knock him down a peg, especially since he feels like withholding from me. "I warned you what would happen if you followed me again."

Over his shoulder, that defiant glare sparks an answering heat in my core. He'll be trouble for certain. But I crave the challenge, the chance to tame him.

One corner of my mouth lifts unbidden.

I fuckin’ love my wild boy.