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With any other guy, shed have thought it was a way to get her to be what he wanted, relieve hi with her personal demons It would have hurt, but she wouldnt have blahtest But when she looked up at hi mask that already felt like part of who she was in this exact minute, she knew he didnt have that kind of duplicity There was so and wanting, it was a part of hiive herself but wanted to, he did Totally crazy but totally fine

Shed never been with a male with this kind of sexual and romantic confidence He was unreal, but also so real he made her ache in every place a woman ached when she saw the epitome of what she wanted, needed, desired, even before she kne to name it

She lifted her hand, closed it on his wrist, stilling hi at hiaze with all the reverence of a worshipper cooddess Of a sudden, she felt clean andnot powerful, that wasnt exactly the right word Grounded She felt grounded, for this brief, all ier into her mouth, tasted him Bit down a little Then harder His hazel eyes heated, the sensual mouth curved, and she felt his response, his need reach toward her in that heat A th, rendered motionless, reined in by her touch She wondered if she bit hard enough to break skin, if he would let her, take her need to inflict pain and let the desire to accept it fro

I want to touch you Kiss you

She wasnt ready for that, so she shook her head I want to touch you, she said instead While you drive

He opened the car door for her, and she got in A fter he made sure her seatbelt was fastened, he strode around the front of the car Though he kept his gaze on her face, she let hers course over hie player, he could probably stride arrior purpose, lazily saunter, or er with lots of hip He wasto watch, but she had another way she wanted to appreciate hiot in on his side and lifted the key, she closed her hand over his, not hanition and turned it over Hed shed his jacket fro and had rolled up his sleeves at solide down his wrist, his forearerous Will you keep two hands on the wheel?

Ill do anything you tellthe arousal fro meek about his compliance Not when his body was like a taut wire that, if snapped, e of his loss of control Giving her a look that made the mask feel even more erotic in its close hold on her face, he put the Jeep in drive, put his hands on the wheel and headed out for the hway that would take them to her home

She knew she should care about whether she was being a hazard as he navigated the busy traffic, but it wasnt a reckless self destruction She knew hed keep her safe, just as she kneouldnt take his hands off the wheel until she said he could, because it was the requirey between theertips under the sleeve to find the crease of elbow, the tender skin there at odds with his firm, tanned forearm and callused hand While she did that, she put the other hand on his knee, and began to h she sensed his self-imposed restraint It her Stressed deni his groin A s her touch progressed, he adjusted his legs apart for her, anticipating her desire before she had it The insea her to cup him there She wanted to stroke the base of his cock with her thuh rooth But she didnt touch hih

His throat worked as he sed, his fingers tight on the wheel Long, strong fingers She thought of hian, starting slow and teasing, getting faster and faster, rougher, his body jerking as his clihs as she listened, breathless, on the other end of the line

Her hand was so close she could feel the pulse of blood in his groin, the heat eed onto a faed withSpanish moss Not the interstate, that would have been too impersonal Too separate from the smell of marshy land dotted with ss they passed, trailers and fishing getaway cottages nestled on overgrown lots Other, more opulent hoe clusters, the occasional citrus groves or fields with cows and horses The eclectic zoning of the Florida coastal areas It kept the scenery surprising, unexpected, hard to classify

She felt the same about the choices she had inside the Jeep She wanted to touch his cock, but she wanted to wait as well Either option would allow her to tease hi but endure what she wanted So she deliberately skirted his groin, gliding over his hip bone to the belted waist of the jeans, then across his tense abdomen, to the buttons of his shirt One, two, threeshe unbuttoned it in reverse order, working her way up to his throat She wanted to turn sideways in her seat to lean in further, but when she reached down to unbuckle the seatbelt, he broke his promise for the first time His hand left the wheel, closed over hers