“Is that what you want? To share my bedroom? Is that what will make you come back?” Devon was being honest about her expectations, but she hoped he wasn’t just pandering to her needs and again sacrificing his own. “Everything else we can work on,” she soothed. “We’ll get there in time. We’re not going to adjust to each other overnight. There’s only one deal breaker.” Getting onto her feet, she pulled him up with her. “What’s that?” he asked. She could tell from the way the shadows in his eyes began to blaze that he knew exactly what she was going to say. “s*x,” she whispered, forcing the word past her lips. “I want to be yours, to belong to you, and I can’t until you claim me. I know you made a decision not to let yourself indulge and that I’m asking you to break that vow you made with

