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(No appointments. No boundaries. Just them.)
She didn’t knock this time.
Matteo had left the door unlocked.16Please respect copyright.PENANAokS5qR1Gyg
On purpose.
Because tonight wasn’t about therapy.16Please respect copyright.PENANAjTflO2FRsE
Tonight wasn’t about permission slips or soft-spoken boundaries.
Tonight was about everything they’ve both tried to suppress.
The clinic was dark—lit only by the soft amber glow of a single lamp.
She stepped in, heart pounding so loud it echoed in her ears. She was wearing black. Simple, sleeveless, breathless black.
And him?
He was already waiting—no coat, no tie, sleeves rolled, collar undone.
He didn’t speak.
He just looked at her like he’d been starved.
“Why didn’t you book me today?” she asked, voice trembling.
“I cancelled everyone else,” he replied.16Please respect copyright.PENANAqt5O2xl7Bp
“I couldn’t touch another woman… knowing how much I wanted to touch you.”
And just like that,16Please respect copyright.PENANAwckIHdIS0h
she was in his arms.
No gentle warnings.16Please respect copyright.PENANAkJl7xszksX
No clinical introductions.
Just heat.16Please respect copyright.PENANAvQM040qwKr
Hunger.16Please respect copyright.PENANAKEFwFfsOxW
Hands.
He kissed her like it was punishment.16Please respect copyright.PENANAbOUOKSuJYB
Like it hurt to want her this much.
She kissed him back like she needed saving and he was her last breath.
Clothes didn’t come off all at once.16Please respect copyright.PENANAmv9gfdqIoT
They were peeled, piece by piece —16Please respect copyright.PENANA2hjfZ4YHlE
Between gasps.16Please respect copyright.PENANA9xo57kLkMF
Between moans.16Please respect copyright.PENANAptuWyLpN5i
Between the soft thud of her back against the wall and his mouth against her collarbone.
“Tell me to stop,” he murmured, voice wrecked, hands trembling as he traced her spine.
“Don’t you dare,” she breathed.
The couch became a bed.16Please respect copyright.PENANAi6q2J6ybDd
The air became electric.
Every touch was slow—not for teasing, but for memorizing.16Please respect copyright.PENANAJ3Mnu1uqUp
Every kiss left a mark—not just on skin, but on soul.
When he entered her—finally—he didn't just fill her body.16Please respect copyright.PENANApog96v9dcV
He broke into her silence.
And when she moaned his name,16Please respect copyright.PENANAbUc4WdlsTx
he kissed her cheek and whispered,
“You don’t belong to pain anymore.16Please respect copyright.PENANA6SVsJVDWv5
You belong to me.”
They didn’t rush.
They moved like devotion.16Please respect copyright.PENANAxVbDpTOTfq
Like two people who’d been hurting for years…16Please respect copyright.PENANAMcdBAxYdC2
and found each other’s cure in the form of fire.
After, they didn’t speak.16Please respect copyright.PENANAilWtSDDUMe
They just lay there—entangled.
Breathing.
She traced his jaw with lazy fingers.
“You said you’d never get attached,” she whispered.
He kissed the inside of her wrist.
“I lied.”
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