Fatal Flaw

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Authors: Marie Force
Tags: Fiction, General, Suspense, Romance
naked.
    “Baby, what’re you doing?”
    “Holding you,” she said, even as her entire body was seized by panic reminiscent of that day. “Is it okay?”
    He released an unsteady laugh. “Sure is. Could I hold you too?”
    She appreciated that he’d asked, that he sensed what the effort was costing her. Nodding, she raised her head so he could slip an arm under her.
    He drew her in close to him, but not so close she would feel confined.
    She rested her head on his chest, remembering all the nights she had slept just like this, snuggled up to him, embraced in his strong arms, breathing him in. Telling herself he was nothing like the man who’d attacked her helped to calm her overactive imagination and her rampaging nerves.
    “You’re okay, baby,” he whispered as his lips brushed her forehead. “You’re safe. You’re loved. Everything is just fine.”
    Tears spilled from her tightly closed eyes, wetting his chest and her face. He’d been so good. So patient. So understanding. She wanted to give something back to him, to regain some of what they’d lost at the hands of a monster. If only she could be sure it wouldn’t somehow make things worse.
    Tentatively, she moved her hand over his chest to find his abdominal muscles rigid with tension.
    “Jeannie?”
    If she spoke, if she said a single word, she might lose her nerve. So she stayed quiet as her hand relearned the body she had come to know so well—as well as her own.
    Michael stayed so still she wondered if he was breathing.
    Even as she caressed him, the tears continued to leak from her eyes. Summoning the courage to continue, she sent her hand under the covers. She found him fully erect and throbbing.
    “Sorry,” he said through what sound like gritted teeth. “Can’t help—”
    “It’s okay.” She raised herself up to trail kisses over his stomach as she stroked him.
    He sucked in a sharp deep breath when he realized her intention. “Jeannie, honey, you don’t have to…Oh… Jesus. ”
    Taking him into her mouth, she used her tongue the way he liked, all the while telling herself this was not the man who had hurt her. This was the man who loved her, who had stood by her through the darkest days of her life. This was the man she loved. She let her hair cover her face so he wouldn’t see the tears that kept coming despite her desire to get through this without them.
    “ Oh, that’s good, baby. So good.” His fingers combed through her hair, encouraging her, but the rest of him remained still—even his hips, which would normally be contributing to this act. Without moving a muscle, he gave her exactly what she needed. Total control.
    Jeannie had forgotten the power that came with taking a man in her mouth, of bringing him pleasure with her lips and tongue and hand.
    “Jeannie…”
    She recognized the note of warning in his tone.
    “It’s been so long…I can’t…”
    Rather than retreat, she used her free hand to cup his balls and lightly squeeze, sending him—as she knew it would—into intense release.
    His chest expanded with each deep breath he took as she kissed her way to his lips. Strong arms encircled her, again not too tight, not confining. “Wow,” he said after a long period of silence. “Didn’t see that coming.”
    “Are you complaining?” she asked, attempting a playful tone.
    “No. No complaints.” He ran his hands over her back, soothing rather than seducing. “I’ve missed you.”
    “I’ve been right here.”
    “No, you haven’t.”
    “I’m sorry.”
    He shook his head. “Don’t apologize.” Brushing the dampness from her cheeks, he studied her face. “Could I…maybe…return the favor?”
    “I don’t know if I can.”
    “We could take it super slow. So slow.”
    She could see the yearning in his face and hear it in his voice. “What if I can’t?”
    “Then we stop and try again another time. And we keep trying until you don’t feel the need to stop.”
    Her damned eyes filled again, and

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