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Moving her to her side so that he could spoon himself at her back proved to be easier than he thought it would be. When he wrapped his arm around her waist, he pulled her closer as his other arm slid under her head. He knew she could feel his cock and when she stiffened and started to pull away, he stopped her with his hand pressed to her belly.

“Don’t, baby. I’m not an animal that would take advantage of you while you hurt, no matter what I said earlier. It’s just my body’s reaction to a very beautiful woman in my arms. Rest, we’ll talk tomorrow.” Her snort made him laugh a little and he snuggled down into her warmth.

“I hate you right now,” she said in a voice so full of hurt he wanted to comfort her in ways he had seen Spencer do for his daughter Meggie.

“I know you do, but we’ll talk about that tomorrow as well. Now, go to sleep. I need my strength.”

It was a long time coming, but he felt her body begin to relax against his.

Soon after, he heard the even tone of her breathing and knew that she had fallen asleep. He felt like the king of the world at that moment.

Closing his eyes, he wondered how long it would be before he would be able to sleep too, and then nothing else as sleep claimed him as well.

~~~

Ronnie woke warm and snuggled deeper into it. When something tightened about her waist, she remembered where she was and, more importantly, who was with her.

The room was still semi-dark and she knew she needed to get out while the man with her was still sleeping. Sometime through the night, she had ended up sprawled over him, her head tucked under his chin, his arms around her waist.

She tried to pull away, but he brought her back to him every time. Sliding her leg up between his to try and get some leverage, he grabbed her by the knee and pulled it up over his hip and held her there. His groin rocked into hers and she looked up and into blue eyes.

“Good morning, love. You’re very warm.” His voice like warm maple syrup poured over her and into every pore of her body. She felt herself melting into him.

“I’m trying to move off you. Please let me go,” she said. But instead of letting her go, he rolled her to her back and leaned up and over her. He smiled down at her from above her. Her leg was still wrapped tightly over his hip.

“If you let me kiss you, I’ll let your leg go. That is, if you want me to. If you let me hold you while I kiss you, I’ll get up—again, if you want me to.” His voice was husky and it did all sorts of things to her body.

She stared up at him and considered. She actually liked his body over hers, but that did not mean she was going to tell him that. She just knew that it would be a mistake somehow. And the thought of him kissing her again had her also remembering what had happened the last time he had kissed her and she felt a blush heating her cheeks. His groan made her body respond in ways that made her stiffen with the unfamiliar longings.

But he didn’t seem to need an answer as his head slowly lowered to hers. She licked her lips in anticipation of his lips being pressed against hers.

“Veronica, you tempt me. You know that, don’t you? Tempt me to want more than a simple kiss.”

“There is nothing ever simple about you, Devin. Kiss me, please.” His mouth covered hers and she knew he was going to go beyond a mere kiss. When his tongue slid inside of her mouth to duel with her tongue, she felt her body being pressed harder into the bed from the weigh shifting into her.

When she felt his hand release her leg, she didn’t move it, but lifted it higher on his hip to press herself tighter to him. His hand brushed her breast and she moaned deep within her chest.

Her nipple responded to his bare touch and when he rubbed his thumb over the erect peak, she surged against his hand. His mouth, hot and wet against her mouth, moved down her neck to the place where her shoulder met.

Dizzy now, her body needing his, she touched him, ran her hand along his chest to his belly and then to the top of his pants at the snap.

“Touch me, Veronica. Please, touch me.” Hesitantly, she moved her hand lower and brushed her fingers over his rigid, thick cock. When he moved tighter against her, his body trapping her hand between them, she opened her palm over him and pressed back. His growl raced over her skin like a caress and her pussy clenched tightly and wept.

“Please, Devin, help me.” She begged him and didn’t care that she did. Her body was on fire, on fire for his and what he could do for her.

Shifting again, he moved between her legs and moved fully over her. Ronnie wrapped her bare legs around him and, using his body for leverage, surged hard up against him and his cock, riding him over and over.

A cool breeze, a tiny change in the temperature, distracted her for a moment and then his mouth was over her bare breast, nipping and laving her nipple.

Heat like nothing she had every felt filled her. She knew she was close, close to the delicious point he had taken her before, and she wanted it, wanted him.

A knock, loud in the quiet room, startled them. The voice beckoned from beyond hard against the wood.

“Devin? Devin, open up, the door is locked.”

Heart pounding, she looked up at the man who was pulling away, her body missing his heat immediately.

“Devin!”

“I’m coming. Just...give me a minute to wake up.” He looked down at her again and leaned close to kiss her. “I’m so sorry, love. Christ, you look so tempting laying there with my bite marks on your skin. If I could, I’d send him away, but I know he won’t go.”

When she started to pull away and right her gown, she wondered how he had managed to get both sleeves undone and have her bare from the waist up so quickly, he stilled her hands with one of his.

“Don’t. Please don’t push me away. Not now. What we did and we were about to do was something we both wanted. Still want, actually. Let Damon release you and I’ll take you home and we’ll talk, okay?” Afraid of what she might say or beg him to do, she nodded. And watched as he moved toward the door, pulling his shirt on but leaving it untucked. He started to take another step then returned and kissed her again.

“Hurry, love, or he’ll break the door down and as much as I love your breasts just like they are all rosy from my mouth, I’d rather Damon not see them.”

That got her moving and she was completely covered and the blankets over her before Devin open the door to his brother.

~CHAPTER 12~

Devin could tell by the look on his brother’s face he knew what he and Veronica had been doing—or at least what they had almost done. Reaching beneath the tails of his shirt, he adjusted his cock again. Christ, he thought, if he got any harder, he would be able to ram nails into a two-by-four with it.

He watched as Damon checked Veronica’s eye and was glad when he didn’t insist on a blood pressure check before releasing her and telling her to get dressed. He was sure that if she was only half as pumped up as he was, she would be off the charts.

For as much as Devin wanted to stay and help her with her dress, he followed Damon out into the hall when he had motioned for him to go with him.

“If you asked her to stay with her last night just to seduce her into sex, I’ll haul your ass out of here so fast—”

“We didn’t...I didn’t...damn it, Damon. I swear to you it was never my intention. I only wanted to hold her, and then this morning...that was mutual, I swear it. She...I love her, Damon. I would never force her into something...I know I’ve not given any of you reason to believe me when it comes to her, but I swear, I would never hurt her—not now, not ever.”

Damon nodded after a long pause then hugged his brother to him. Devin hadn’t realized how much he needed that, not until he was being held. He needed his family as much as he needed Veronica. Now, all he had to do was prove it to her.

“Take her home. She needs to rest. And, Devin, I mean rest. Not with you in the bed with her. That girl looks like she’s been kissed all night long and wants more of it. She won’t get any proper rest with you doing that to her.” To say that Devin was shocked by his brother’s words would have been an understatement, but when Damon smiled and explained, Devin found himself slightly relieved.

“I’ve been watching those reality shows on television. Some of them are pretty bad, but there are times it’s like watching a train wreck, you just can’t make yourself look away.”

“Yeah, well, maybe you shouldn’t say that in front of Mom, or Veronica. I’m pretty sure that one or both of them would hurt you. Mom would more than likely castrate you in a heartbeat for it.”

Devin walked back into Ronnie’s room just as she was coming out of the bathroom. She looked at everything but him. He wanted to smile at that, but knew that she would hurt him if he did.

“Damon said you could go home. I’ll take you. I...I’m not working today.” He felt some shyness settle over him. He couldn’t remember the last time he had felt this way, if ever.

“I should call Austin. I don’t know what he’s planning today.” She walked over to the phone and before she could pick it up, it rang. She jumped back from it. Both of the laughed. Yeah, they were both acting out of sorts.

It was Austin. She talked to him for a few minutes and Devin could tell that something was wrong, but waited until she hung up before asking. Ronnie looked over at him several times and he walked up behind her. He was not listening in on her conversation; he just needed to touch her. Moving her hair to the side, he began to kiss her neck. When she leaned back against him, he wrapped his arm around her waist and held her there. He didn’t realize how much he needed her touch until she hung up the phone and stayed there.

“You have the most unique taste. And your skin is so warm and soft.” He bit her gently and then licked the area with his tongue. Her sigh nearly had him bite her again.

“I’m ready to go. I...that feels very good. Will you kiss me again, Devin?

Please?” She turned in his arms and looked up at him.

He was surprised by what he saw there. Her eyes were tearing up and she looked so sad. When one of her tears rolled down her cheek, he lifted his hand and wiped it away with his thumb.

“What is it, baby? Why are you crying? Did I do something to upset you?” Devin kissed her gently on her mouth and held her closer to his body.

“No. Nothing like that. I just...I want to go home, please. I’m just really tired, all right?”

He didn’t believe her, but pushing her right now didn’t seem right. The nurse came in at that moment with Ronnie’s discharge papers and he went to get the car. He was about halfway across the lot when his phone rang.

“It’s Austin Pride, Devin. I wanted to ask a favor of you. I know we haven’t gotten along all that well, but Ronnie is very important to us and I don’t want her hurt.”

“I would never hurt her, Austin. I would have hoped by now that you’d know that. She means a great deal to me.” He parked in another parking space; he didn’t want to try and explain himself while trying to drive.

“Yes. I know that. It’s just that…we love her very much. And, well, she shouldn’t be alone. Not now at any rate. Did you know that she hates Christmas?

I don’t mean just hates, but if she could be anywhere alone this time of year, she would go. Her father, she said he hurt her on Christmas.” Devin knew that; somewhere in the back of his mind he had registered that she had been hurt on Christmas morning and he had never thought about her reaction to the date before. Then he realized what Austin had said.

“Alone? I don’t understand. She just asked me to bring her home. I thought I was taking her to you.” He hadn’t been listening to her call and now wished that he had.

“No, Ben and I are on our way to the airport. We’ve had this holiday plan for several weeks now. He and I go to New York every year to shop and catch a few plays. Ronnie usually goes to a very nice hotel as a gift from us to get pampered and relax. While we’re all gone, the decorators come in and do up the whole house for the holidays. She didn’t tell you?”

“No, she didn’t. When does this start? I’m assuming sometime soon.” He was beginning to see why she was sad. Alone and hurt was not a good start to a pamper session.

“We’re actually debating on whether we should continue on to the airport. I want you to know that we aren’t asking you to babysit for us. We would like to know if you’d just, I don’t know, just check up on her for us a couple of times?

We’ll be back on Sunday night. So it wouldn’t be all that long, really.”

“You have a good time, Austin. I’ll take care of her. I’m going to tell...let me rephrase that, I’m going to see if she’ll come to my house with me.” He knew better than to assume anything or to order her around. She may be hurt right now, but he was sure she could peel a strip off of him wider and quicker than his mother.

“All right. I appreciate this. I guess Ben was right. You aren’t so bad after all.”

~~~

Ronnie was lying back in the chair when Devin returned with the nurse and the wheelchair. She groaned, but knew that it was hospital policy to have the patient leave this way. Devin looked distracted, but he smiled at her. She started to lean down and tie her other shoe when he was suddenly in front of her patting his thigh. She lifted her foot so that he could tie it for her.

“Are you hungry? I am, starved actually. How about I take you to breakfast before I take you home? We could get something really fattening.” He wiggled his brows at her and she burst out laughing.

“All right, but I’m not really very hungry. I...my head hurts a bit and I have a prescription to fill too.” Her head actually pounded, but she thought if she said that, they would make her stay.

“Sure. Let’s get you in the car; I only have about three more minutes before the security guard said he’d tow me.”

By the time they got to the car, Ronnie was slightly nauseous. She closed her eyes against the moving walls and pressed her hand hard against her belly. She thought about begging the nurse to hit her over the head so that she would not have to see.

She stood up next to his open car door and he pulled her into his arms.

Nothing had ever felt that good before. She laid her head on his shoulder and started to cry softly.