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Eden and Laura are sitting at the table as we walk up. “You have a wonderful wife, Eden,” I say as I pull her chair out for her and place a kiss on top of her head after she sits down.

Eden smiles at me. “I am aware of that fact, Kyle. You’re a lucky man yourself. Laura is a special woman,” Eden says as he stands up to take Ally back out to the dance floor.

He’s right. I am a lucky man. A very confused man, but a lucky, confused man.

I look down at Laura. “I know I’m lucky. Come dance with me, baby.”

The band plays another slow song. I wrap myself around Laura and try hard to think about her and only her.

She’s fantastic. Any guy would be glad to have her. She’s kind and funny, with a smoking hot body. The whole enchilada, so to speak. I do love her and I know she loves me.

So why can’t I get Ally out of my mind?

CHAPTER 60

ALYSSA

Eden and I dance around the small floor as Kyle dances with Laura. Something is going on in his head and he’s having a hard time putting his feelings into the proper categories. He needs to put me in the category of a friend he protects, not a lover.

As we dance near Kyle and Laura, he holds her close to him. Until our eyes meet and he pulls back from her.

I close my eyes, hoping he’ll pull her close to him again. I hate that this situation has caused him so much confusion. I know he loves her. I know he wants her. He and I can never be together like that.

Eden nuzzles my ear. “You about ready?”

I turn my face on his shoulder, still laying my head on it. “Ready for what?”

He does this deep chuckle thing he does on occasion. It makes his chest shake and I find it adorable. “Your mind is elsewhere, I know. Laura—you do remember her, right?  I made her a promise to do the bird thing.”

“Oh, yeah, that. We mustn’t let Laura down.”

He stops dancing and pulls me away, leading me into the house and out the front door to the side of the house. It's pitch black, so we feel along the wall as we go. Eden stops abruptly. I feel his hand turn over in mine as he moves his body in front of mine.

His heart is beating hard as he presses up against me. Soft lips find mine, but turn hard and hungry as he pushes his tongue past my lips. A low groan from him sends me into the same state of desire which has overcome him.

Leaving my lips, his warm breath blows gently into mine. I inhale him and he fills me, as if our souls combine inside me.

He lifts my dress, pulling it up over my head and off. The cool breeze brings goosebumps to my skin.

“Eden?”

His hands begin to caress my almost naked body. I kick off my sandals. His hands reach up, unclasping my bra. With haste, I push the jacket off his shoulders, then unbutton his shirt.

My hands graze his rock-hard abs as I take his shirt off, letting it fall to the ground. I unbutton and unzip his pants. They fall to the ground. I feel him step out of them as he takes his shoes off.

He reaches down to take off his boxers and his socks, pulling my panties off before he comes back up. The heat of his mouth grazes me as he moves back up my body.

Completely naked, I’m shaking with excitement. My back is against the cool wood of the wall. I feel Eden’s hands move up my arms. One of his hands goes to my throat, not choking me, but holding me back against the wall. I feel his breath near my ear.

My toes barely touch the ground as the heat of his words fill my ear. “Alyssa, I want you. Can I take you?”

He’s acting so differently, so savage in a way, yet still he asks me if it’s okay. My body is shaking with excitement. I can’t say no.

“Yes,” I manage just before his mouth covers mine and he forces his breath into my mouth. His tongue follows it in, covering every space, claiming it all as his.

Though he holds me to the wall with one hand, his other takes my ass, lifting me higher off the ground. Wrapping my legs around him, I slide onto his large erection.

“Oh, God, Eden!” I say before I realize it’s coming out of my mouth.