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He wanted to bite at her for daring to tell hie so primitive, so animal, it stripped his emotions bare "We already are involved" He waited for her to disagree - he’d kiss the lie right out of her

"Yes" She returned his stare, unflinching "You make my body respond"

He almost smiled He knew Talin, understood the depth of her scars Her body would’ve stayed dead to him if she hadn’t already bonded with him on an emotional level - as a smart, independent adult fe, but it was based on the memories of the children they had been But this, this was so that required the cooperation of the woman she’d becout-wrenching patience

Releasing his hold on her hand, he reached out to rub a thumb over her mouth It was one of his favorite parts of her body "You didn’t answer my question"

"W-what?"

He liked that little hitch in her voice, that fracture in her co to trust hiain It was a trust he’d damn well earn this time Memories of how he’d let her down the first tiht them off This moment was about a sweet, sexy, simple kiss He let his eyes brush over the pluain "I asked if you didn’t like the licking"

She sucked in a shaky breath, her breasts rising in silent invitation "Does it rip the back of her chair, while closing his other over the seduction of her hip "Because if you don’t like it, I’ll have to learn so it, have plans to lick my way across every freckle on your body"

Her skin flushed hot, her eyes brightening with a startled flash of touch hunger "When did you get so verbal?"

He s to say Stop avoiding the question"

"Fine" Jerking forward, she flicked her tongue along his lower lip

One hot, wet, stroke and his cock so was daranite "You like it" Body heavy with need, he began to lean toward her

"On the mouth," she said, just before their lips touched

He blinked "The body?"

"Well, most parts of the body would probably be okay," she answered, herhis "But not there"

Surprised by her shyness with hiers - he ran his lips along her jaw and nuzzled gently into her neck Her hand rose fro to take his other hand off the back of her chair and stroke it down to her breasts, but he kept it where it was, his grip white-knuckled Slow This had to be a seduction not of the body alone but of the mind, too He’d lost Tally once Daain

"Why not?" he whispered against her neck, flicking out his tongue to taste the lush femininity of her skin

She jerked but then, to his shock, nipped at his ear with sharp little hu in his jeans "I haven’t forgotten the question" But he had realized that Tally was going to drive him insane in bed God, he couldn’t wait

"It’s just sowell, the whole thing see he’d expected to hear The leopard wasn’t quite sure how to react "Well, now," he said after getting his voice back, "that’s a challenge if ever I heard one"

Her hand clenched in his hair "I didn’tand very honest

Unexpectedly, he felt the saht then, he could’ve been a teenager trying to talk his date into the backseat But only if that date had been Tally - he’d never flirted this ith any other Neither had she He knew that in his gut

"Clay" Her face was hot against his cheek, the tendons of her neck stretched taut "We aren’t going there I told you"

He began to kiss his way up her neck "Just once," he said, pressing a kiss below the curve of her ear and drinking in her responsive shiver "You can even set a time limit"

"Stop it" But sheher jaw and back up to her ether"

"Fine, we can do it with you on the kitchen table," hein the rapid beat of her pulse It echoed the thunder of his own "Or maybe on the cushions with you on your hands and knees I like that one"

She moaned and the kiss this time was open and hot and wet When they broke apart, her eyes were huge, her lips bruised "No"

He gave in to the leopard’s urge to bare his teeth "Why not? We’re good together" And she sure as hell wasn’t going to be touching any other rowl built up in his throat

"You’re my friend" She scowled "Sex will mess that up"

He looked at that stubborn mouth, those expressive eyes, and suddenly understood what she couldn’t say Sex had ruined her childhood, scarred her so badly that she’d used it as a weapon to hurt herself For her it was nothing good, nothing that could be allowed into this relationship<ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>