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Her legs may as well have been made of gelatin because they were barely holding her up. Only London’s grip on her waist kept her from falling onto the floor.

“London?”

He raised his head and Bianca saw desire shining in his eyes.

Suddenly nervous, she tried to draw his mouth to hers but he held back, his eyes smoldering with scarcely controlled restraint.

“Do you want me to stop?”

The look in his eyes told her he wanted her. Maybe almost as much as she wanted him. Knowing that made everything in her hum with desire of her own. “Tell me now if you want me to stop,” he demanded.

“No, don’t stop,” she said softly then lifted her hands to his chest. Wanting to feel his bare chest against her, she undid the button of his shirt and pulled it free of his pants then slid it over his wide shoulders and onto the floor. His skin lay bare beneath her touch. She ran her hands over the hard chest and along his flat, rigid stomach. Looking up she met the intensity burning in his eyes and the yearning that had been mounting for the past couple of days exploded inside her. Bianca pulled him down to meet her mouth. He palmed her buttocks as he lifted her and nudged his erection deeper between her thighs.

London drew in a long, deep breath. With a low growl, he moved her until she felt her back against the wall, then reached between them and loosened the string of her sweatpants and pushed them down over her hips. Frantically, she kicked them away and she cried out when London ripped her panties from her body. The fierceness of his actions should have frightened her; instead, it fueled her hunger. Her body arched forward.

He held her with one hand, while he unfastened his buckle and allowed his pants to fall to the floor. Instantly, he kicked them away.

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Bianca stood back, licking her lips as she watched him slip out of his boxers. Her mouth dropped and her body tingled at the size of his hard, thick length. Oh, but the rumors were true.

London Brown was truly blessed.

With her back against the wall, London grabbed her buttocks, lifting her off the ground. “Baby, wrap your legs around my waist.”

Obediently, Bianca locked her legs together around his hips and as soon as she did, he grasped her buttocks with both hands, and entered her in one powerful thrust, filling her completely and pushing her over the edge of reason. She arched her back and hissed in a breath.

“Move with me,” he ordered desperately.

He didn’t have to ask. Her hips had a mind of their own and were following his rhythm, rocking with him, wanting him deeper.

“Oh, baby,” he moaned and tightened the hold on her thighs.

The frustrated look on his face, said he was fighting for control.

“What’s wrong?”

His eyelids flew open and again she witnessed the desire burning within them. “You. That’s what.”

She knew exactly what he was feeling because she felt it, too.

Yet it was too late to slow down. Way too late to stop at this point.

Her eyelids fluttered closed again as she twisted her body and rocked her hips, meeting each pulsating stroke. Cursing, London pulled out and plunged into her again. Her eyes flew open in astonishment as she climaxed, the contractions tearing through her body.

“London!” she cried out, her nails digging into his shoulders.

He answered by silently driving into her again and again until she thought she would die from the prolonged pleasure. With one final thrust he came. Clinging to him, she felt the explosive spurt of his orgasm.

London leaned against her, his panting slowly returning to normal. She unhooked her legs from around him, sliding down until she stood and felt a sense of loss as their bodies pulled apart.

Cupping her chin with his palm, he raised her head. Dismay crossed his face at the silent tears running down her cheeks.

“Bianca? Baby, did I hurt you?”

“No.” She shook her head. “You didn’t hurt me.”

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His thumbs wiped away the moisture on her face. “Then why are you crying?”

“This might sound crazy, but I’ve never…” Her face burned with embarrassment “I’ve never…sex has never felt like that before.”

Absently, his fingers caressed her cheek and neck. “Never?”

“Never.” She struggled to find the words to describe what she had experienced. “It was incredible.”

“Really?” He teased her with a smile.

“You’re getting a kick out of this, aren’t you?” Bianca accused, too happy to take any real offense.

He shook his head, his face suddenly serious. “No, Bianca. I feel honored that I was the first one to give you that pleasure.

We’ve got a lot to look forward to.”

Leave it to him to remind her of the engagement and ruin the moment. “I think we need to rethink this marriage thing.” After what he’d just done to her, there was no way she could be married to him and leave in a year with her heart intact. She pushed him away, then reached for her clothes and quickly slipped them back on.
What in the world had she been thinking?
But that was it. She hadn’t been thinking. It was as if London had cast some kind of spell on her. Panic filled her lungs. She took a shaky breath.

There was no way in the world she would be able to go through with the engagement. Not after what just happened. Not with the things London made her feel. There were so many emotions racing through her that she didn’t know how to begin to sort them out, and wasn’t sure she wanted to. “I think I’m going to just tell my parents the truth and deal with the consequences.”

He hesitated for a long moment. “Are you sure that’s what you want to do? I’ve already offered my services, and I’m a man of my word.”

He was definitely that and a lot of other things. She was just starting to see how much more there was to this man. The rumors about his prowess in bed were true. Unwanted jealousy began to surface. She pushed that feeling away.

“Listen, we need…” Bianca’s voice trailed off as she heard a door open then close. The next thing she heard was someone walking down the hall calling her name. She turned to London with a look of panic. Quickly, she combed her fingers through
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her hair and moved to stand in front of the door, just as it was pushed open by her brother.

“Sorry for barging in, but the front door was unlocked and when you didn’t answer you scared the crap out of me,” Jaden said with a frown.

“What do you need?” Bianca stepped forward, blocking Jaden’s path, hoping to block his view of London in her bedroom, as well.

“I wanted to talk about dinner the other night. I was wrong, Bianca, butting into your life and asking London to snoop around.” His voice sounded like he was sincere, and most other times she would have been willing to listen to him sweat, but this wasn’t one of those times. “Maybe I’m overprotective and need to let you grow up but you’re—” The words died on his lips when movement over her shoulder caught his eye. “Is someone in your room?”

“Nope,” she said too quickly.

“I think there is.” Before she could stop him, Jaden stepped completely inside the room and spotted London just as he was tucking his shirt in his pants.

“What the hell is going on here?” Jaden demanded as his eyes traveled from one to the other until it stopped at Bianca, when he realized her shirt was on backwards. Anger blazed from his eyes. “Why you—”

Before Bianca could step between them, Jaden lunged at London, fists flying. London ducked but not fast enough to avoid Jaden’s fist. The blow knocked him backward. He quickly regained control, but she could tell that he didn’t want to fight her brother. Instead of balling his fist, he stood up tall, his stance rigid, preparing for another punch.

“Jaden, stop!” she screamed and stepped between them. But fueled by anger, Jaden jumped around her and charged at London again. This time London blocked Jaden’s punch with his forearm.

“Jaden!” Her screams echoed through the room, but Jaden ignored her and let loose another punch. London ducked, then pushed Jaden away with enough force that he fell back on the bed. Bianca sprang into action and landed on top of her brother, immobilizing him.

“Get off me!” he yelled.

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“No, not until you listen!”

He stilled and Bianca stared down at the protectiveness blazing in his eyes. All three of them were breathing heavily. The men glared at each other. Jaden’s eyes blazed with suspicion.

“I’m listening. Somebody better start talking.”

In a panic, Bianca searched her mind for something, anything she could say because the look in Jaden’s eyes told her that as soon as she moved, the fight would be on again, and this time he meant business. “We’re getting married,” she blurted out.

She heard Jaden’s quick intake of breath.

“What? You’re kidding, right?”

“No, I’m not kidding. Call, ask Mother, she’ll tell you it’s true.” Bianca rose from the bed and moved over to where London was standing and put her arm around his waist.

Jaden sat up straight on the bed and looked more confused than she’d ever seen him look before. “You and London are getting married?” he asked incredulously.

“That’s what I just said.”

He looked at her, then at London, then at her again, and started shaking his head and laughing at the same time. “Quit pulling my leg.”

“Why? Because you don’t think I love your sister?” London said and placed a possessive arm around Bianca and pulled her close.

The laughter died from Jaden’s eyes as he stared at London with his arms wrapped around his baby sister. “You’re in love?”

he looked as if he didn’t believe them.

“Yes, we are,” Bianca played along, hoping Jaden wouldn’t see through her deception.

Jaden leaned forward with his elbows resting on his knees, locks hanging loose around his shoulder. He nodded, but still didn’t look convinced. “And when did this happen?” he asked, his tone suspicious.

“Just recently,” she answered.

His expression was perplexed, which meant Jaden was thinking.

“This is your mystery man?”

“Yes, London is my fiancé,” she stated.

He continued to study London. “So you love my baby sister?”

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he asked, his tone harsh with disbelief. “Are you planning to marry Bianca?” he demanded.

London returned an unwavering stare, then turned his head and stared down at her. The fire blazing in his brown eyes almost made her gasp. They burned with something she didn’t even want to consider as she waited for him to speak.

“Yes, I plan to spend the rest of my life with Bianca.”

Bianca shivered. It wasn’t what he said but the way he looked at her when he said it.

“I love her,” he told Jaden, giving Bianca a look of such sexually explicit hunger that her eyes widened and darkened before she could stop herself from reacting to it.

Jaden rose to his full six-foot-three height, looked at the two of them, hugging as if they were really in love and started shaking his head again. “This is crazy but, hey, who am I to stand in the way of true love,” he said, still frowning. “All I got to say is that you’d better treat my sister with respect.”

London gazed down at Bianca again and her heart pounded against her chest as she waited for him to respond.

“Don’t worry, man. I plan to love her with all my heart.” The longer she stared up at the molting passion in his eyes, the more her insides quivered.

She moved away from his sensational heat and turned to her brother. “Okay, now you can get out of my house. And next time, knock,” she said, louder than she’d intended to.

Jaden’s demeanor softened. “Look, man, I apologize for hitting you. I guess I should’ve waited for an explanation, but you know how it is. She’s my sister.”

“Yeah, I know,” London replied as the two shook hands, then patted each other on the back.

Jaden reached over and put his sister in a playful head lock.

“Damn, Bianca. I had no idea you had feelings for my boy.”

“Like I would have told you.”

“Yeah, I guess I didn’t make things easy for you,” he said as he released her. “Look, I’m happy for you—really. That is, as long as you’re happy,” he commented, eyeing her speculatively.

Then his mouth quirked up at one corner. “This is crazy!”

She managed an awkward smile as her gaze found
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London’s. “Yes, well, we were quite surprised by our feelings for each other.”

“How long has this been going on?” Jaden asked, his gaze questioning. It was obvious that he was still trying to get used to the idea.

“A couple of months.”

“For a while.”

Speaking in unison, Bianca and London looked at each other, their eyes locked in a duel. She swallowed a gulp of air, then turned her attention back to him. Jaden’s brow rose and he looked unconvinced. London must have noticed, because he took a step forward, standing by her side. He pulled her against him and lowered his mouth to hers. The intensity of his warm kiss had her swaying when he finally released her.

London shifted his gaze to Jaden. “Jaden, we’ve known long enough to know that we don’t want to spend another moment apart. I can’t wait for the day I can make Bianca my wife.”

Now he was laying it on thick,
Bianca thought. Even the passion burning from his eyes looked real, but she had sense enough to know that it was all an act. Bianca decided it was time to put a stop to it while they were ahead.

“Okay, enough! Can you please get out of here so that we can be alone.”

“Sure. I’m out.” Jaden was shaking his head and laughing as he stepped through the door and down the hall. Bianca suddenly remembered something and rushed behind him.

“I guess you’re going to go and tell Jace and Jabarie.”

He snorted a laugh. “Oh, you better believe it! I’m on my way over to their houses now. I can’t believe Mother didn’t tell me.

“I’ll talk to you later.” He gave his sister a grin, then opened the door, but stopped before going through it and turned around.