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She looked down at herself in shock "I’ all around theht above, she stared into his eyes and then at hisfun at my expense?"

"It was my turn"

Her dress had suctioned itself to her skin And being the palest of blues, it had also gone sheer The effect was more erotic than if she’d been naked, and he couldn’t tear his eyes off of her "Christ, Lily, you’re the hottest thing I’ve ever seen" He nudged a wet spaghetti strap off her shoulder

"You dunked ht

"Yeah Felt good You feel good" He encouraged her other strap to fall as well

"What are you doing?"

"We obviously need to do this more often so you aren’t confused," he said, still bent to his task of getting her naked

She swiped water from her face "What if ize and buy you a new one" With her still in his arainst the tile He knew he had her when her eyes ran down his chest and abs and then into the swirling water for the rest of hie to crush hisher to want hi this again," she said

"Why?"

"Because …" She paused and that’s when he knew She wasthe same as he was, and she was still scared They weren’t just having fun, or exorcising ghosts They weren’t just scratching an itch It was more, far more, and he wanted her to say it "Because what?" he asked, pressing a thigh between hers

"Because it wasn’t just sex," she whispered, eyes heated "Was it?"

Eyes on hers, he slowly shook his head, getting even harder when she rocked into him "No, it wasn’t"

"I’m not ready for what this is," she said breathlessly

"What do you think this is?"

She opened herto define it

"Lily, whatever you think is happening between us, it’s under control," he said, h he meant those words, the truth was he had no control over his feelings for her He was in love, she was leaving, and he couldn’t do a da beat "I won’t want to stop," she whispered

Thank Christ, he thought as a groan shuddered through hi her jaw to her ear, wanting her to do that thing where she hissed out a breath and clutched at hi world