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Nate’s lips linger next to my cheek, a breath away I turn slowly and lowerfor a long time, lost in silence When I finally lean forward to close the distance,volu Nate’s touch

Eyes fixated on his beautiful pink lips, I breathe, “Can youfor a little while? I don’t want to think anymore”

Nate answers by pressing his mouth to mine At the same time, his hand laces around the back of my neck so he can pull me close His other hand finds hts scatter across er in a neat stack, easily read and pondered Instead, they’re floating fragments that will soon be banished from my mind

I concentrate on the way his ue and the way he takes control of the kiss I relax into hi hi and realize that I’ve leaned back and placed er able to support our weight, and before I can break the kiss to say so, Nate lowersthe kiss intact His firm body co one leg overainst asp into his le my hands in his hair

Nate’s lips soon drift froht in ue touches that sensitive, smooth skin Every time he kisses me there my eyes roll back and ive up

Nate sainst my skin when I becoh to see ht above me He tucks a strand of hair behind my ear as he speaks “Don’t hide from me Don’t hold back Pretend there’s no tomorrow, no repercussions, no consequences”

Pressingif I can do that—a little frightened of what it would mean I will see him tomorrow There will be consequences

It’s as if he can read et to be together”

That punches my ticket I understand what that means No more Nate is like no s and no freeing wind at my back The world is listless and stale without hiether He’s risking everything for this moment His career will tank if someone discovers us And my reputation will be torched No one will believe I earnedassumptions that I screwed my way to the top, that I didn’t deserve it I know the risk and yet I can’t walk away from him I’m all too aware this could be the last chance we have to be together, and I don’t want to hold back

I slip ers around his neck and pull him down on top of me I don’t want him on the side I want to be crushed to the floor I want to feel his power, his strength I want to be pinned in place and lose myself while he’s inside me If this is our last time, that’s what I want Clarity hits es I’ up into hi he’d free me from my jeans

Breathless, I nip his neck as his hands rove htness fills rinding againstus I don’t want anything between us I want to be covered in sweat and Nate My stoether with Nate, skin on skin, slick and sweaty with hi into me until I lose every inch of restraint and cry out his name

I slam my hands into his chest, and flip us over I straddle his lap with hs spread wide and shuck my shirt and bra in a blink Then, I stand and kick off the rest of ain I’m completely naked And he’s not He’s still dressed with a nude woman on his lap

A coy s his gaze consume every inch of me When he lifts his hands, ready to touch the soft curves of h his and sla them down next to his head