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"Stop me if you’ve heard this before, but bullshit"

"I can’t keep you safe if you’re not going to listen," she said flatly She gave hiled the washcloth out of her reach, as if saying: You don’t really think I’ to jump for that, do you?

"Well, I won’t stay safe if it eth"

She stared at him "You’re an idiot"

He raised an eyebrow at her and sponged the rest of the drying blood off his face The nosebleed had stopped a few et pounded, ergo I’ood guys before?"

"I’ve never hung around with a ht her chin and gently forced her to look at him "In all the excite to pound, "I forgot to thank you for kicking some major ass on my behalf"

He leaned forward to kiss her and to his amazement and pleasure she met him more than halfway She tenderly licked his sore upper lip, then her tongue slipped past his teeth and suddenly he was tasting her, devouring her, holding her tightly against his chest and kissing her with all the passion and excitement she had called up in him from the moment he first saw her

Jared, who’d been sure the infatuation was one-sided, thrilled to feel Kara’s hands slip under his shirt, her fingers brushing across his nipples and sliding through his chest hair

He cupped her skull in his hands tenderly, carefully, as if holding a Faberge egg, precious and priceless

He pulled at the clip keeping her hair up Suddenly the rich blonde waves were turoaned and buried his face in her hair

"Oh we can’t," she said in one breath, then nipped at his ear with her sroan and kissed her throat He brought his hands down to her waist, across her taut stomach and up under her t-shirt He closed his eyes and rubbed his face against her hair like a cat, for Jared Dean was a pure sensualist and nothing was htful to him than the feel and smell of a woman’s skin and hair

He explored her body as a blindhis pal at the sleek power contained in her body He found her bra and--joy!--realized the clasp was in front; with one sure tug the fabric parted and her breasts were in his hands He groaned again at the sheer joy of it, of her Fir exactly into his palms, he caressed the tender undersides with his knuckles, then brought his thuainst him as he stroked the stiff peaks then kissed hiainst his teeth He had tiht--did I ever think this wo at his shirt so hard, he could hear the buttons popping off and clattering on the bathroo, rip our clothes off, rip all of our clothes off," he mumbled in delirious joy,

"take ht a silly, pleased grin to his face

She started to lean forward to kiss his now-bared chest, but he stopped her long enough to pull her shirt over her head Her bra straps were sliding off both shoulders but he couldn’t take the time to help her out of it; he was transfixed by the perfection of her upper body Slih breasts, her nipples were the dark pink of prairie roses and he would have gladly traded his ods who ever were, he didn’t have to He kissed one, then licked, then sucked, pressing the nipple to the roof of his h

His arms were around her waist then slid lower to cup her firroin She pushed back and he loosened his grip at once, but to his delight, she wasn’t pulling away, just trying to get ered Kara had gotten his fly unbuttoned and his zipper doithout hi