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Alex
I tried to still my frantic heartbeat and send some blood to other parts of my body in an attempt to think clearly. Every fiber of my being was screaming at me to lunge at the gorgeous, n***d, and willing woman sitting beside me, but I couldn’t take advantage of her. It had been bad enough when I thought we were making love to stave off each other’s loneliness, but Josie was a virgin. That changed everything.
I’d already taken Claire’s virginity, and it had been an awkward, fumbling, earth-shattering, and mind-blowing event. Claiming another woman’s innocence wouldn’t be right.
I cared about Josie a great deal and my entire body vibrated with desire for her, but I wasn’t available in the way that she would need after giving her body to a man. Scratch that… I could be there for
