by Paula Cox
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I had every reason not to trust him
I should’ve known better than to let a brute like him into my life.
He turned my life upside down in the worst way possible: spread me open and took what he wanted—what I needed.
He wasn’t supposed to stay.
I wasn’t supposed to scream for more.
But when he holds me down and grinds his hard body into mine.
Makes me his possession and obsession.
Makes me forget who I am and what he is.
I can’t tell if this is all a dream come true.
Or if I’m trapped in living nightmare.
But as long as he’s by my side, I don’t ever want to wake up.
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I SHOULD KNOW THAT I WAS PLAYING WITH FIRE
HOPE
Killian O’Connor was the chance that I never had. The glimmer of hope that I thought was gone. He makes me believe that everything will be okay.
He doesn’t hide what he is, and I should know better than to get close to him.
I should know that I was playing with fire.
We belong together, I know it and I’m sure he knows it too.
But then why is he holding back?
KILLIAN
This club is my life, my blood, my family.
I didn’t expect to drag Hope into it. But now that she’s here, I can’t get her out of my mind. The first taste of her lit a fire, and the second damn near burned my world down.
I can’t let her get too close. I can’t put her so close to the danger.
But when the same people who almost destroyed my life came after her, that’s when the gloves are coming off.
Because the safest place she can be is next to me, and this time, I won’t ever let her go.