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"Thief," he said into her mouth "Took my heart, too, damn you"

Then I’m not the only thief in the roo to the sensations he effortlessly called up in her His crisp, clean, utterlyher face in his neck and never letting go She tugged at his shirt and his fingers were there, frantically unbuttoning it for her and then he was yanking at her t-shirt She sat up, straddling hiroaned as her breasts bounced free and reached eagerly for her, his ar the smooth skin of her back He sucked at the tender skin at the hollow of her throat and she grinned, knowing a hickey would soon blooers, furiously necking on the living rooer, she’d never had the leisure to neck on anyone’s floor She found she liked it A lot

She pulled free of him and stood, then unzipped her jeans and slid thehs until they puddled on the floor He lay on the floor, arms crossed behind his head and watched with eyes narrowed froency She pulled her panties down and stood over hi but adhtened It had been years since she had done this Over three, at least and the last tiht stand; she had never seen the ain

But this was different, Jared was different She hadn’t had feelings for her other lovers, pitiful though their numbers were She hadn’t had to will herself to keep her hands off them, didn’t feel deep fear in the pit of her stoer The three men she had taken out of loneliness since she turned seventeen had lived in her life, had been raised by the saer But Jared…

"I want you to know so her tor naked over this entle It’s my first time Also, frequent exposure to X-ray radiation has neutered hter before it really got started "How can you make jokes at a time like this?"

"I can’t help it," he chuckled, "I joke when I get nervous And since you looked like you were getting ready to bolt--naked, no less--I figured I’d better say so before you pulled another Houdini"

"Do ," she said dryly and then he rabbed for her She pulled back and they rolled over and over on the floor, tussling She won, of course and soon she was once again straddling hieous you are?" he said, his expression pure delight

She blushed at his obvious sincerity "So you in a museuroaned and put his hands under her bottorab her, then realized he was shoving his jeans down "Kara, please Now is not the time I don’t want to hear how you cracked the Louvre and s"

"I was only kidding I’d never steal from a museum," she said, offended

"Of course How silly ofwhen he saw she wasn’t "I know You only crack the bad guys Reason nuot a crush on you the size of Czechoslovakia Now come here"

She bent to hi for a reason, any reason, teht so she wouldn’t have to be inti afraid of hi control, of blurting things to him that she swore to herself she would never tell anyone, ever

His lips drove the unpleasant thoughts from her ue was darting into the cup of her ear and she could feel the zing of pleasure right down to her toes

She could feel his length pressing urgently against her lower stoently clasp hily against her pal hirabbed her shoulders and pulled her back up

"Oh, no," he said softly "I’m thrilled, honest to God, but if you do that , we’re done before we started"