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His pace turned NASCAR worthy, and his talented fingers did a ainst the counter, her back arching, and the glowing ball inside her burst into a hundred flecks of illuminated sensation She lost conscious control of her body Her head lifted and a sound unlike any that had ever coroan ca as he reached his own release Her name tumbled from his lips, and she couldn’t ever re so sexy She closed her eyes and let herself fall into the aftergloith him

Seconds--or maybe minutes--passed with both of the bliss, his body draped over her back She wasn’t sure she ever wanted to get up But once the only noise in the cabin had returned to the droning fridge and the ticking clock, Grant freed her arms and slipped out of her His voice was low "Stay there I’ll be right back"

No problem She wasn’t sure she could move Her muscles may have dissolved

Before she knew it, he was back with a war over the spots where he’d hit her, rubbing in some sort of balm that cooled her skin She knehen she looked back at this ht now she was buzzing too asm to care

"Can you stand up, Charli?" he asked, his voice all soft, rounded edges now

She pushed herself onto her elbows then rose He wrapped a robe around her fro so back into them

"You okay?" he asked

She turned around to find hi a frown For the first tiistered that he hadn’t let her touch him or see him naked He probably had only pushed down his pants and taken her And he still hadn’t kissed her She’d let him hit her, restrain her, and fuck her, yet they hadn’t had a first kiss

The realization daer beneath her chin and studied her face, her eyes "You’re upset"

"I’m not" But the declaration sounded hollow even to her own ears She didn’t knohat she was Confused,at her for anotherwhatever it was he was sensing He lowered his hand and sighed "I’m sorry, Charli This was a bad idea"

The words sent a sharp snap of disappointh her She looked down and knotted the belt on the robe "Alhat a girl wants to hear after she’s gotten naked with soet-go Then I--" He paused, and she glanced up as he raked a hand through his hair

"Then you what?"

"Then I couldn’t resist taking you over" He shook his head and looked away, as if he was giving himself a firm lecture only he could hear "Why didn’t you stop me?"

Because she’d kind of loved it Because it was thrilling in a way that no sex had ever been for her Because for soo too far But no way she was going to say any of that out loud She crossed her ar and wanted to show you I can handle it I’lanced over at her, his expression darkening "You should be"

She conjured up a practiced nothing-bothers- anxiety in her belly, and claih now it felt like an empty one "Guess I’m your new trainee, cowboy"

His lips parted, but she didn’t give hiar his robe and her shredded nerves with her

TEN

He hated losing control

This loss had at least come with a naked, spanked Charli splayed across his kitchen counter and sex that had damn near blown his head off

But still, his jaw had yet to unclench