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"Ah, you do have so that out of you before your next orgasm"
His dirty words revved her up and already her nipples poked through the suds He gave a low laugh and joined her in the bath Grabbing her hips, he slid her easily over and on top of hiainst his chest, and his fingers circled her breasts, occasionally flicking her nipple with his thuled on his lap The wet slide of their bodies together and over her intimate parts drove her mad "Max?"
He pulled her hair over to one side and nibbled on her neck "You have so many sensitive parts I don’t want to al for you to wear I’d keep you naked"
She laughed but he was doing sos and the sound turned to a gasp "I eat too much Julietta and Venezia always diet to remain thin"
He squeezed her breasts "And they have no fun parts to play with Trust me, Carina, I’ve never lusted after a woman as hard as you Your curves inspire erotic art and a thousand orgas relaxed inside of her Her legs floated apart and gave hiet a reward for that statement"
"I think I’ll take it now" Suddenly he reared up and guided her onto her knees Excitement at the vulnerable position only lithunder his breath and caught her gaze in the nize the wo Her wild hair around her shoulders, bruised lips, and a dreamy look in her eyes Max looked like a warrior about to clairabbed a condom and covered himself
"You like to watch?" His husky question ripped awhy she wanted to do everything with hiht, until she collapsed coe of the tub"
She clutched at the sleek whiteher up for so, and then he was inside her in one sharp thrust
The pleasure was too intense She gripped harder as he took her deep The slap of the water in the tub, the visual i her froasether in an inferno His dark eyes turned savage as he met hers in the mirror "You’re mine, Carina Res Thrust again
She came
Carina bucked beneath him and let herself soar The clench and release of ht nipples and pounding clit; all sensations dragged her into a neorld she’d never experienced Her fingers grabbed onto the slippery surface of the tub as her body tried to find footing and she wondered if he wrecked her for life
Howshe could never have iined? Those polite kisses with boys before him never reached her core She’d experienced flutters of arousal with caresses--even experienced orgasers and her own But Max reached way beyond any surface and dragged every dark fantasy she buried to life He demanded more than polite responses Sex waswith so many delicious contradictions she never realized existed
She’d never settle for anything less than this Oh, the woht lover A deep weariness settled over her and she relaxed against Max, drifting in pleasure for a while
• • •
One bath and a shared bottle of water later, she sat naked in his lap on the elegant lounge chair A fire crackled and a blanket wrapped theainst his shoulder and sighed The hushed silence wove a sense of closeness and connection between them Carina spoke in a low voice "I think I want to quit La Dolce Maggie"
He ran his hands soothingly over her back "Talk to me Is this about your earlier mistakes?"
"No, it’s more than that I don’t think I’m happy anymore"
He stiffened "Because of me?"
"No, you idiot Because ofin the business world I wanted to want it Just because I’ numbers doesn’t mean I want to do that day after day I hate cubicles and sales and spreadsheets I don’t have the killer instinct like you and Julietta"
He blew out a breath It was a while before he spoke "I don’t know if Michael is going to accept your decision"
"Yeah, I know I haven’t ive it some more time and be honest with myself"
"What do you want to do instead?"
She sighed and snuggled closer "Not sure Get back to ood at with so more creative I’m not afraid to find out anymore"
"I’ll back you either way, Carina I think you do a hell of a job at La Dolce Maggie But you need to be happy--you deserve it"
"Thank you" A pang of loss settled over her She finally felt like she truly belonged with soht was almost up Time ticked steadily Soon, daould break over the horizon and drag her back to reality She already knew they had no future Even if they were able to overcome Michael, Maxto a relationship, especially with her He stayed safely behind the barriers built since childhood, and cited age, family, and a bunch of other obstacles in order to rationalize his decision She hated it but refused to fight She deserved sonored the eet over it
"Why don’t you ever talk about your dad?"
His hand paused on her back She waited him out After a few beats, he resumed the caress "Because it still hurts"