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Steve’s eyes narrowed as he studied her It was difficult for Carol to aze and not wilt fro to his apart she’d done in years Her heart felt as if it was going to haers were shaking so badly that she didn’t dare remove them from her pockets

"Why are you here?" His question was soft, suspicious, uncertain

"I found the button" One glance told her he didn’t believe her, as well he shouldn’t That excuse was so weak it wouldn’t carry feathers

"What is it you really want, Carol?"

"I… I…" Her voice tre so furiously a second before, seeaze to ed to speak, her voice was low and rief, woaaze locked with his "I’ any underwear"

Steve went stock-still, holding his jaw tight and hard The inner conflict that played over his face was as vivid as the picturesque scene she’d viewed fro-roomThe few feet of distance between them seemed to stretch wider than a mile

It felt as if an eternity passed as Carol waited for his reaction, and she felt paralyzed with s She’d exposed her hand and left her pride completely vulnerable to him

She saw it then – a flicker of his eyes, a htly controlled facial features He wanted her, too – wanted her with a desperation that made him as weak as she was Her heart leaped wildly with joy

Steve lifted his hand and held it out to her, and Carol thought she would collapse with relief as she hurried toward hirily caer lips sreedy, Carol returned his kiss, reveling in his embrace She twined her arainst the hardened contours of his body

His hands tightened around her possessively, stroking her spine, then lowered over the rounded firathered her pelvis as close to hione crazy"

Carol raised her hands to fraly into his eyes "Me, too," she whispered before spreading a circle of light kisses over his forehead, chin andthis"

"Yes, you should"

Steve groaned and clasped her tighter He kissed her, plunging his tongue into the sweet softness of her ency Carol ue with her own in a silent duel that left the, Steve unfastened the buttons of her coat, slipped it from her shoulders and dropped it to the floor His hands clawed at the back of her skirt, lifting it away fro her bare bottom

He moaned, his breath seemed to jam in his throat, and his eyes darkened with passion "You weren’t kidding"

Carol bit her lower lip as a wealth of sensation fired through her froainst her heated flesh She rotated her lower body shaid evidence of his desire

His hands closed over her breasts and her nipples rose as though to greet hiers fiddled with the fastenings of her blouse Sently brushed his hands aside and completed the task for him He pulled the silk material free of her waistline and disposed of it as effectively as he had her coat Her breasts sprang to life in his hands and when he moaned, the sound of it excited her so much that it throbbed in her ears

The asped The exquisite pleasure nearly caused her knees to buckle Blood roared through her veins, and liquid fire scorched her until she was certain she would soon explode She lifted one leg and wrapped it around his thigh, anchoring her weight against hiers reached for her and instinctively she opened herself to him He teased her womanhood, toyed with her, tormented her with delicate strokes that drove her over the brink Within seconds, she tossed back her head and groaned as the pulsating cli waves of release

By the ti He didn’t waste any tiency that thrilled her When he moved to the bed, his features were keen with desire

Carol lifted her ar him with a tenderness that caht over her and captured herkiss that sent Carol down into a whirlpool of the sweetest oblivion Anxious and eager, she parted her thighs for him and couldn’t hold back a s the proud heat of his h to prolong the pleasure and soak in her love before he started to s that wrapped thele to hold back the tears With each delicious stroke the tension an to uncurl within her until she was thrashing her head against his pillow and arching her hips to roaned and threw back his head, struggling to regain control, but soon he, too, was over the edge When he cried out his voice hareless as mankind

Breathless, he collapsed on top of her Her arms slipped around his neck and she buried her face in the hollow of his throat, kissing hi him desperately Tears slipped silently from the corners of her eyes They spoke the words that she couldn’t, eloquently telling him of all the love buried in her heart – words Carol feared she would never be able to voice again

When Steve moved to lift hihtly, her fingers gripping his shoulders

"I’m too heavy," he protested

"No… hold me"

With his ar her with him in one continuous motion until their positions were reversed

Content for theto the strong, steady beat of his heart