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She hissed in a breath "Me, too" She took another step back as he undid her last button, and her shoulders touched so her She savored the feel of cool wood against her burning flesh

His broad hand cupped her breast, kneading her and teasing her with his palm and thumb He reached around her Opened the knob "Care to seeshe needed to see ed his unifor it froot it" Billy swept her onto the bed, and she gave a little bounce as she landed

She never knew she had a cop fantasy until experiencing the sight of a broad-shouldered sheriff stripping just for her Legs parted slightly in a co stance, he stood over the bed, his eyes hooded and dark with hunger, swiftly unbuttoning His gaze was unwavering His desire, unwavering

She’d enjoyed sex before, but never had she felt wanting like this It seared her, set her body on fire "I want you, Billy" She slid her jeans down to midhip, very aware of the sliver of black lace she revealed "Now"

He practically ripped the rest of his clothes off and was on top of her, kissing her, touching her She writhed with need, and he snatched her one hand, and then the other, twining his fingers with hers, sweeping her arive hi under those sweaters?" Hisand nibbling her "You’re so hot And now you’reher breast to hisit closer, harder, more "Get these clothes off me"

"Yes, ma’am" He slid his hand behind her back, flicked open the clasp of her bra, and tossed the black scrap of lace onto the floor Her jeans and panties followed, his ly confident and sure

She wrapped her ar to feel his naked body press against hers

When their skin touched, he hissed in a breath He shifted, holding the brunt of his weight off of her "You’re so perfect," he whispered

She raked her fingers through his hair, kissing along his collarbone, up the strong coluue, and the erotic sensation amped her lust to a fever pitch "Me? God, Billy, you" Desire made her weak, and she slid her hands fro his upper arers ave a breathy laugh, realizing her double entendre, because another very hard part of hiled beneath hi She teased, a purr in her voice, "Rock hard"

"Condo from her He was back on the bed in an instant, intense, focused, breathless "I’ll takehied into her "And again," he snarled with a thrust of his hips "And later And more And forever"

And for the first time in her life, Sorrow felt colimpse of Tom Sullivan out of the corner of her eye The theater was dark, but the low flickered over his features In the starkly dappled shadows and light, he looked carved fro, and she cut her eyes back to the screen, feeling herself blush a hundred shades of red When was the last tiirl? Probably the last time she’d been taken on an actual date, and she sure didn’t reain, when Sully picked her up to drive them to Silver City He’d taken her to a nice Italian restaurant--not a chain--and had bought tickets to a movie she’d picked out

The last time her ex-husband had taken her to dinner and a h school It see Dance to having babies to diaper and bills to pay She’d lost both herself and hi the way

She tried to pay attention to the filan to buzz, and it took her afrom her purse The mobile phone She hardly used it, and on those rare occasions it rang, it always took her a , cringing at the loud sound, and slipped it out It buzzed like an angry beetle in her hand If so nulanced at Sully, uncertain They’d announced that cell phones weren’t allowed during the fil her conundruistered his words, so focused was she on the feel of his breath on her cheek and the faint scent of his aftershave

She forced herself to nod and peeked at the screen The number was familiar, and it took her a moment to place it Ruby Her heart kicked up a notch Oh dear Lord, what happened? There’d been much ado in her household over Marlene and Sully’s date, and her aunt wouldn’t be getting in touch if she didn’t have a reason

Sully guessed her distress, and with a steady hand, he guided her up from her seat and out of the theater It was supposed to have been a siht--he’d had to talk her into it, for pity’s sake

And yet here he was, his war her propped up