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If Ryu was at all aware of the tension his presence had created, he wasn’t showing it He just kept up his smooth patter--in French, no less--with first the receptionist and then the concierge Then he came over to me, took my hand to kiss s to be delivered up to our room If he’d pulled out a sword and decapitated ated behind the desk would not have looked any more horrified I wouldn’t be surprised if the next day they all went out and bought themselves some Converse

In the elevator, he pulled rubby and tired after the long drive, but my body still responded to Ryu’s kisses By the tied to indicate we’d arrived at our floor, ere both slightly disheveled

"We’re in here," Ryu said, slipping his key card in the door I’d overheard the receptionist say that she had the Cocooning Suite ready for us, whatever that meant But despite the ireeted aze was riveted by the enorh with pillows and looked like it could have fit half of Rockabill Across froy that, with its otto oval

And then I saw the bathtub Which was not in the bathrooht next to the four-poster bed

I gawped at the tub, and then looked around for the actual bathroom Was that the only place to bathe?

Of course not There was an enore bath and shower The bedroom bath is just for sex, I realized Cripes!

Ryu went into the roohtstand I was still standing in front of the open door,cleared behind h, ht jue to be set by the bed I flicked apart the heavy curtains to peer out theWe overlooked the Château’s grounds, which looked absolutely

I heard the door close as the bellhop left, and the next sound I heard didn’t really surprisea bathtub Then I heard Ryu open so, and a delicious smell filled the room--bubble bath He’s done this before, my virtue warned, at whicharently on the nape of entle bite turned into a kiss that trailed over to my ear as his hands cupped my breasts I turned around to meet his lips in a proper kiss as he pulled my sweater up over my head

He led ot too full--and the rest of our clothes joined ot in, the water was achingly hot and smelled like pears The bath fit the two of us most comfortably We proceeded to have the irl, although my adult experience clashed with my childhoodthan a rubber ducky

The next three days were glorious Everyone treated lances between two gossips or hastily pointed fingers Or, if there were, they were from women jealous of my relationship with Ryu, rather than because ofin the heated outside pool, and even though it was cold out nobody raised an eyebroas just soirl who liked to swim so much she even did it in winter That said, the pool didn’t satisfy me like the ocean did, and I would have preferred it unheated But I still enjoyed it thoroughly Not least because I could enjoy it, blanketed, as I was, in glorious anonyed fros I took loads of pictures and sent postcards to ht a few more to send on our return trip so that it looked like I’d spent the whole week in Québec rather than just half of it Then we’d have dinner soo out for some drinks, and finally head back to the hotel for bath time Boy, did I love bath time

Our last day at the Château was the best yet, despite the knowledge that to out to the Alfar Compound We didn’t even bother to be tourists that day Upon his waking midafternoon, Ryu hustled et the full treate that used hot rocks I don’t want to kno ot himself a manicure, shave, and a haircut uilty about the pa like I was made of rubber Very content rubber, at that

We dined in the hotel that evening, for which I wore , a name that even I knew, and it was the epitoance I was really careful withto do my own version of shtly hazy" than "seous charcoal-gray suit with a black shirt and no tie, had never looked so handsoered over dinner First, we had raw oysters, one of my favorite treats We sprinkled them with lear In my mouth, they tasted like the essence of the sea herself: briny and ozoney and scru platter of sashier I didn’t have to be part seal to enjoy the fish--it was all as fresh as could be and absolutelyFor our us porterhouse steak--I figured that should replenish my iron subsidies--and the taste of the very rareClan, baby, I like it raw

For dessert we had a selection of naughty little sweets the estion we needed like a hole in the head Underneath the table I’d had my bare foot on Ryu’s crotch since the waiter put down our steak, and by this point in the evening he was reduced to stuttering, his fangs were so long Yet ere enjoying our tantalizing wait Knowing our bedroo to hold off, just for noas as much an aphrodisiac as the oysters had been

After we’d finished dessert, and our port, and each quaffed our little demitasse of espresso, I very deliberately folded up my napkin and slippedme, and leaned over to whisper in his ear He nodded

I left hio up to our room I very calmly pulled out my prize fro I shook it out, and then draped it gently fro it so that the steam from my shoould take out the ferinkles it had collected during its stay in

After I’d bathed and refreshed own overat myself in the mirror, I couldn’t help but smile Grizzie had done own fit like a glove in all the right places

I brushed out hts were out in the main room, and it took my eyes a moment to adjust to the dark But then , still as a statue, on the sofa He had kicked away the ottoainst the end of the bed His hands were steepled in front of his face, but I could see he atching , he held out his hand towardsin my ears In the darkness of the luxurious hotel room, with Ryu so still and quiet, I was suddenly nervous It was like this was the first night we’d spent together--everything that had become quiver with anticipation Then he took my hips in his hands and leaned forward to inhale olden eyes to ot more moves than MC Hammer, my mordant inner voice observed

He stroked his hands downthe cool satin touch of the fabric as much as I did Then he pulled hs, witharms

He used his free hand to stroke my side--first downers When he finally spoke, his voice was husky with desire

"This is how your life should be," he said, his eyes gazing into er over my lips, which parted under his touch "…paer "…loved," he concluded, pullingthose words could not have been more conflicted if they’d been born on opposite sides of the Berlin Wall Most brutal was the wave of guilt that swept over me I had been loved in my life, and really loved, at that What Jason and I had shared was far more profound than what I had with Ryu, no matter how sexually intense our relationship was I never doubted that for a le" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true">