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As she chewed the chocolaty fruit, he tossed back the last of the chareedy kiss, tasting the sharp swirl of flavors, savoring the way she opened to him, accepted him deep inside herher hips in his hands, he probed her slick, creaht to the haven he’d missed and yearned for over the past seven weeks

Tight So daht was no exception One shallow thrust, another, a thirdEach ti walls created a sinful friction that had hi patience and destructive pleasure--both nearly undid him

Finally, he sheathed hier ue and his cock What was it about her? So lush, so perfect, sowhatever that he could never get enough?

Under hi into his shoulders, and her legs rose around his hips She caught his rhythly harsh thrusts

Her breath, hot on his neck, feathered over sensitive skin An icy-hot shiver nearly undid hi, than anything he’d ever experienced But tonight, knowing she was his in every as killing his control

"Yes," she murood, sugar You’re shaking"

"I’m close"

A fact he couldn’taround him with every second, and he had to anchor his hands on her hips to push his way in Every thrust beca, needing to empty himself inside her

"Come for asped Then the moment was on her, and her eyes flew open As their stareshi in his chest He didn’t stand a chance in hell of resisting her

Pleasure seized his whole body as the climax boiled inside him, then burst wide He shouted, shuddered, buried himself deep The sensation was so perfect Luc never wanted to leave

If he had anything to say about it, he never would

They were married now Officially, in every way Tie aside and make this work At the least, he wanted to earn her trust, be her best friend, the

But deep down, Luc kneas fooling hiive He wouldn’t rest until she was his coh the s as Alyssa stretched, her body aching in a million delicious places She ht she spent with Luc ended inpassion, but this oneShe couldn’t help but sigh in bliss

After all but ravaging her on the couch, she’d nearly fallen asleep Her untinancy, had shut her body down He’d said nothing about the interruption to the wedding night he’d so carefully planned Instead, Luc had carried her to the cottage’s huge claw-foot tub and set her in hot water to soak With infinite care, he washed her body, her hair--even when she’d insisted she could perform the task herself

She may as well not have wasted her breath

Afterward, he’d coed her onto thebed she’d ever seen, firm yet plush, with pillows and fluffy quilts built for comfort He’d slid her between soft sheets, naked as the day she was born, then followed her down, kissing her lips gently Alyssa had fallen asleep the moment her head hit the pillow

Now, a few hours later, she’d awakened, co beside her But then she sainst his body heat and tentatively smoothed her paluided soft fingertips over his growing erection

Flashes of his passion and care boht she’d never expected, the feel of hi touch as he’d bathed her from head to toe

Tears flooded her eyes, closed her throat And here she thought she couldn’t love his until they nearly drowned her Alyssa didn’t kid herself Even if this e ended badly, Luc would always be in her heart

From the ence, coupled with a kindness she rarely saw in her custo to do with her He hadn’t been rude or disrespectful, but merely stayed away

Then ca last sueous proposition: the favor of fucking hie for the culinary favor of her choice He’d known of her restaurant opening soon, just as he’d known she wouldn’t be foolish enough to turn hi herself, but given her past and howsquea, Deke had departed without touching her--and Luc had been insatiable Incredible But he’d never treated her like a whore In fact, he’d acted as if he’d never been so enthralled with sex, never wanted a woman so much God knew she’d never burned for any , she’d awakened aching for hiainonly to find the bed empty

Deep in her heart, she’d hoped that their astounding nightif she said his desertion hadn’t hurt She’d also be lying if she said it was unexpected

For weeks afterward, she’d tried to think of so that the ive her a foundation to build on But she’d seen hiation The fact he’d resisted her advances and had a new girlfriend had been an ax to her heartbut instead of giving up on Luc, she’d seduced hiht her little more than a whore

So despite Luc’s "explanation," his insistence on this e still didn’t make sense She was the same person with the same occupation and the same bouncer Luc believed was her lover The only difference? She was pregnant Yes, he’d claih to ht, with his passion and tenderness, he’d shattered her No other way to describe it He’d begun tearing away the walls she never let anyone behind, destroying her defenses Whether he’d meant to or not, he’d made her irrevocably his Alyssa hoped that, maybe, at least in part, Luc was hers, too

"You’re thinking too hard," Luc murmured and rolled to face her

His inky hair tu with his pectorals His bedroom eyes looked black and smoky in the shadows Her pulse picked up speed

It would be so easy to fall into his ar to happen between the rose-colored glasses Alyssa needed to knohy Luc had otten her nowhere If she wanted to know if he’d e tactics

"A lot on myday"

She nodded "GettingI ether total"

Luc brushed the hair back from her face "It doesn’t sound like a lot, butsomehow, between us, it is"

Alyssa understood exactly what he ravity, bringing the their teainst each other when they were at their worst

"I need--" God, her stonancy horry at her question?

Then you’ll know