Bella readjusted herself, squirming underneath Jamie as he propped himself up on his elbows. "If I didn't trust you, we wouldn't be in bed at all," she pointed out, poking the tip of his nose. "And I didn't ask you to stop." Sleeping with a man as an unmarried woman was bad enough—imagine if they didn't finish the act!

"Unless it's you who's having second thoughts...?" she challenged, a single brow raised.

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