"I want you Scotty," she said seriously. "I want you as much as we can be with each other." She didn't need to speak their unspoken fear. Vanessa refused to entertain any thoughts that Scotty could be taken from her permanently. She pressed herself against him, holding him as if he was a lifeline.

Scotty began to swell with need. It had been days since he'd loved his woman. But circumstances were not going to keep that from happening now. He held her in place and then rubbed ...