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When he didn’t obviously need any more help, ers slid over the deep groove running up the center of his back It felt even better than it looked

My other hand curved around hi the first in its careful inspection of his back When Jesse’s tongue journeyed intowithinto his back, clawing their way down until they reached the heroaned and pulled back His sht back into place as his chest rose and fell quickly "Are you doing this because I told you I love you, or do you just think I’m smokin’ hot and can’t help yourself?" As he inspected her Whatever expression I wore had ht cocky Frouess what ht to be cocky He unraveled the parts of me I was familiar with and the parts I’d never even knoere there

"Both," I answered, pulling back just enough to do what I wanted to do next I reached for the thin straps of my dress and slid each one fro a shift dress? Two straps moved a few inches over the shoulders, and the entire dress was in a bunch at ers trembled over the clasp of my bra, but a couple seconds later, my bra joined the pile of clothes at my feet

My nples were already hard fro, but they hardened more still with the anticipation of as to come

Jesse gulped

I s fool around him When my thumbs hitched beneath my lace panties, Jesse’s uy yet to call "Uncle" at that point in the strip tease, I slid my panties down my hps and past my knees Once they’d dropped to my ankles, I stepped out of the

Jesse’s eyesto the safe zones, until they couldn’t see over certain areas, I al But I didn’t I focused on his face, the wrinkles lining his forehead, his partedme

It was the most intimate moment Jesse and I had shared And he had yet to touch me

After a few more seconds, I took another step toward him "So?" I liftedatHis ain He closed it and tried again Still nothing

I’d struck the ed, "Speechless," sounding as breathless as he looked "Obviously"

That look of sheer and utter surprise left his face when his eyes returned to ?"

"Yeah, you did" I needed him to touch me so badly it had become painful "But you can say it as often as you like I pro it"

"Noted," he said,toward me His eyes never left mine, and between the emotion in them and the expression on his face, I was the one rendered speechless When his hands curved over my lower back, they weren’t shaky the way th that hten even e hands coveredso da beautiful," Jesse whispered just outside ht have been in the heat of the ht me by surprise "Did you just say fuck?" I’d heard barely a handful of curses come out of Jesse’s mouth and none of them had included the pinnacle of curse words

"Yeah, that’s how damn adamant and passionate I am about how beautiful you are" His expression was so serious I albeautiful’ as the highest forently and squeezed ed "If there’s a higher for to the other corner of entle squeeze

Oh, dear God Ying and Yang really had it right when it cah

Since I kneas nearing the point of being struck temporarily mute myself, I moved my hands down until they reached the top of his sweats I was close enough to feel hio, but one layer of fabric separated us

Not for long

He didn’t say anything or try to stop me when I slid his shorts over his backside and let the beautiful I didn’t have to see it sans clothes to know that; I could tell froainst et horizontal before I passed out

Jesse’s chest rose hard and fast against mine "Just because I told you I loved you, Rowen, doesn’t mean I expect sex two minutes after" He lifted his hand to my face and suys who expect sex in exchange for love"

I kissed his palm "I know that Believe uys who expected sex in exchange for love, I’ve known plenty of others who expect it for ether, but his eyes stayed onto have sex with you because I feel like I have to I’er down the line between his eyebrows, trying to erase it "I appreciate you checking, but if you’re done playing the part of Mr Chivalry, think you can hang up your round ways and rockmy forehead "I will most certainly try torock your worldbut what I ht lack in experience and skill, I can make up for with persistence and lots of practice" His sher on one side "Lots of practice"

"I’ot plenty of skill, but I’ Sounds good" I winked at hirabbed his hand, and led him to the uy of my dreams on a mattress on the floor of a drafty old farmhouse attic It wasn’t exactly the stuff fairy tales were made of, but it was ain