CHAPTER FORTY FIVE

Being with Ryder was everything Bree had imagined and more.

A lot more.

The real deal had put her fantasies to shame and the woman she'd become in his arms had come as a surprise to her.

She'd been free and wanting in those strong, big, safe arms.

At some point their love making had escalated and there'd been all the urgency in the world in their movement and at other times, he'd been all about the passion and savoring the moment.

Slow and thorough in his loving.

But it had puzzled her though, his obsession with keeping her hands off him and pinned and  keeping all the control in his arsenal.

It had delighted her to be at his mercy but to have her hands held at all times, well, that's something they'd have to talk about.

Except that it scared her to raise the topic.

The last time she'd tried it had ended rather sadly.

He'd bailed and left she and her needs to her own vices.

Her phone rang, disrupting h