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Caro resolvednever to let anything like this happen again. She’d bathe inboiling water before letting that asshole touch her.
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Saber avoided thehouse for the next couple of days, but he was aware of Caro’scomings and goings as he watched her from the woods. She wassleeping less, spending more time in her shop, and looking more andmore enticing.
He hadn’t known awoman could wear baggy overalls and still be sexy. He’d alwayspreferred his women in something formfitting, revealing, andsexy.
Overalls weren’tany of those things, but somehow she made him want hermorein those things. The straps, the way they slid off her shoulders toexpose her creamy skin, he’d love to pull them further down touncover more of her.
Saber pulledhimself out of the fantasy before it went too far and he was leftengulfed in unfulfilled desire again. He couldn’t get the feel andtaste of her off his hands and mouth. Her scent haunted him as hestruggled to regain control of himself.
It was a processand taking far more time than he liked, but he was getting there.If it wasn’t for her constant presence in his dreams, he might haveregained control faster, but the woman refused to getout of hishead.
Living mostly inthe woods had its perks. Every time he felt his emotions gettingtoo volatile, he hunted. Being able to unleash his predatory naturehelped keep him somewhat under control.
When she hauntedhim, he hunted. It helped bring his emotions back into check andhardened the wall he’d built around himself.
He didn’t want herin, which meant she wouldn’t get in.
He returned to thehouse on the third day to shower and wash his clothes. He smelledexactly like someone who’d been living in the woods for three days,hunting wild animals and constantly running to try to burn off someof his excess energy.
Caro was at herforge; the radiance of the fire bathed her in a golden glow. He’ddiscreetly watched her for days, but being this close again causedhis fangs to tingle as his skin prickled with awareness.
Keepgoing.
He forced one footin front of another as he entered the house, climbed the stairs,and went to the room she’d given him. Once there, he stripped,returned downstairs to throw his clothes in the washing machine,and went back upstairs to shower.
By the time hefinished scrubbing himself, the wash was done, and he tossed hisclothes in the dryer for fifteen minutes. His clothes were stilldamp when he tugged them on, which only worsened his already foulmood.
Leaving thelaundry room behind, he was about to return to the woods when theopening of the fridge caught his attention. Then, her scent hithim.
Before returningto the house, he was determined to stay away from her, but his feetmoved from the laundry room and toward the kitchen before he couldstop them. When he stopped in the doorway, he spotted her standingby the sink.
Memories ofholding her and coming so close to being with her assailed him. Hisfangs lengthened as he fought the urge to close the distancebetween them, throw caution to the wind, and take her.
She’d probably beless willing now, but he could wear her down. She desired him asbadly as he did her; he was certain of it.
And it coulddestroy them both if he lost control again. His nails bit into hispalms as she used a scrub brush on her fingers.
He should get awayfrom this woman and her strange effect on him. He should call Ronanand ask him to have someone else stay with her; she wasn’t good forhis restraint or sanity.
The idea ofhanding her over to someone else also wasn’t good for his restraintor sanity as his fangs lengthened at the possibility. She washisto protect, and no one else would do it as well ashim.
Besides, there wasno way he would let anyone else stay in this place with her. Fewcould resist her beauty, and she was a vibrant, sexy woman. If shedecided to, she could have sex with whoever came here, and theywouldn’t walk away in the middle of kissing her.
And if thathappened, he would have to tear the spine out of whoever it wasbefore shoving it down their throat.
He would getthrough this time here with her. He’d gotten through worse andrefused to lose control again because he wanted to get his dickwet.
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Caro glanced overher shoulder when she sensed Saber standing in the doorway. Hereyes narrowed, and she lifted her chin before she returned toscrubbing the dirt out from under her nails.
When she firstentered, the scent of the dryer alerted her that he’d returned tothe house. Unwilling to act like a coward, she hadn’t backed out asshe longed to do.
Besides, justbecause she didn’t see him didn’t mean he hadn’t seen her enter. Ifhe had, she refused to give him the satisfaction of seeing herretreat.
It would only givehim a bigger power trip. So, she walked inside as if it didn’tmatter and headed straight for the kitchen.
