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She made another circle with her thumb, and he drew in another breath And then, because her body begged for it--because his eyes pleaded for it--she teased her nipple with her fingertips Desire shot through her, taking up an insistent, liquid beat between her legs

He didn’tragged Her pleasure was his

"Now…" She sed, and gathered her nerve "Now you touchhis warher and h the fabric of her shift If her own touch had brought on a shock of pleasure, his called up a rough well of desire, dark and needy, from deep within He leaned down and touched his lips to her other nipple His breath was hot and huave herself over to the sensation of being touched by hiue and then teeth, teasing her, bringing her to the edge of her want

"Stop," she panted

He pulled away Thehimself in place

"I want your trousers," she told him

"I want your chemise"

They’d stopped exchanging pins, Serena realized--just slipped into one request given for another She took a deep breath and pulled her chemise over her head She freed her ararments away Now she could follow that dark line etched on his belly all the way down to a curly nest of hair, fro, and so thick her fingers would scarcely meet if she were to place her hand around his member

She reached out experier He hissed as she touched hith, wondering at the contrast--warm and soft at first touch, yet hard as steel when she squeezed hi akin to a growl, and his hands gripped the bed sheets, but he didn’t move He didn’t kiss her He didn’t take her in his aro of his erection and ran her hands up his body: up the rippling muscles of his abdomen, up the expanse of his chest She rested her hands on his shoulders and then pushed onto her knees and kissed hith All that warainst her body

His ue darted out to his, and he met her, stroke for stroke, kiss for kiss She felt herself turning to liquid, each heated kiss stoking a building fire But still he didn’t wrap his arms around her

She closed her hand around his member once more and he jerked almost spasmodically "Ah, sweet--" he said, low and hoarse She burned all over, froainst his hardness wasn’t enough She neededmore of her She wasn’t sure when her bravado had turned into brazenness

"Touch ain," she said

The command was less shy; his response was more certain He set his hands on her waist and slid the caress, now; he leaned to kiss one, then the other--first just lips touching, and then the entirety of his ood--he felt so good

Her thighs began to tremble; he sank to sit on the bed, and pulled her to straddle hiht in front of hi thehs Her want had gone beyond the tingle of her skin It swelled to fill her all over She et between her legs She shifted against hiainst his hardness, and her desire intensified

Again Again She rose up on him to press once more, and the head of his ard hiled