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She set her drink on the table and rose to her feet, s back against the ars up and pulled her into his lap

With her feet still on the floor, she sat stiffly until he laughed and pulled her down against his chest, her head in the hollow of his shoulder Sit on his lap? This was …and pretty nice After a moment, she let her hand rest on his bare chest where the vest had fallen away She ruffled the crisp hair, tracing her fingers over the hard contours of his chest He was so darned big, she actually felt tiny next to hi to hio You fit into my arms very nicely--a nice, soft armful"

His obvious enjoyment war she’d beenfor a while now For two years, actually, since Curt had left her for soht?" Dan asked She could feel his fingers in her hair, unpinning the French braid

"Noth--"

"Kari"

She could hear the warning in his voice, and so about id he made me feel, okay?" she snapped and tried to sit up, but he tucked an arm across her waist and held her in place Easily

"Stay here, little one" He laughed, a low, growling sound "You have a temper buried under all that politeness I wonder what else is buried down there"

"I’m sorry" He’d only been nice to her, and she’d lashed out

"I’m not You knoith both the temper and the worries about your size, you re I like lush" He stroked up to just under her breasts, and she froze

"And curvy" He ran his hand across her hip, squeezed her bottoh Everywhere his hand touched, her skin wakened like spring after a hard winter, and warh her

"You have the loveliest fair skin," he ers down her arm "Soft and creael to sin I’ her head back, and hishers and taking possession withouthard, her hand fisted in his vest God, the man could kiss

"And only an idiot would call you cold," he murmured "Now, back to business First of all, I need to find out what kind of a subht be I think I know, but let’s be sure"

"Submissives come in different types?" How could she know so little? When she got ho to take a hammer to that stupid dead co about Can we try ht A: You want to serve awhatever he wants, around the house or in bed B: You want to play a role for a short tiirl or a secretary, but you’d set up your own rules with your top--ah, the person in charge C: You want to give up control for sex but not especially for anything else D: You like pain and want someone to deal it out"

That was quite a list "People really want all those different things?"

"Oh, definitely That was just the short list" He tugged on her hair "Give me a letter, sweetheart"

Well, she knehat she wanted Why the heck couldn’t she be as blasé about sex as her friends were? She wet her lips "C We--I cah," he said easily "Choice C for sex"

At least he hadn’t jumped up and yelled, You hat? in horror She realized her fingernails were digging into his side andhold of her hips, he hter around her until his hand settled under her breasts His other hand stroked her neck, her collarbone She sighed in pleasure, squiret even closer, and froze when she realized what she was squire

"Sorry," she whispered

"Don’t be sorry about giving soers played with her hair that spilled down her front Somehow several buttons on her dress had co swell of her breast with his other hand just below One above, one below, like he was holding her breasts captive between the two Why did that see told what to do in bed?"

She caught her breath as the ih her "Um"

But he didn’t wait for her answer, just o"

A second later, he moved his hand from below her breasts and slid it into her dress where more buttons had come undone His hand settled back to where it had been before, only now his ware of her breasts She stiffened and then forced herself to relax She was here for sex, right?