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Just this once, her body begged

You’ll regret it later, her brain re-of-war between her horers drew hypnotizing circles along her body and she helplessly arched up into hi the war "Ada her cheek and wove its way into her hair at the back of her neck Tilting her head up, he waited until sheto stop?" he asked, voice thrillingly strained, chasing another shiver up her spine

"No," she whispered God, no

He held her gaze for a long beat while he seemed to wrestle with his own inner battle Finally he leaned forward and brushed his lips to hers

Her low ave hiue stroking hers She squiret even closer He rolled over her, never breaking the kiss as he cupped the back of her head, his thu her throat

She slid her hands beneath his shirt and over the s the carefully leashed power of hiertips She wanted to unleash that power She wanted that more than she wanted her next breath

All this tiotten how he’d made her feel And she’d wondered, had she done the same to him? Did he remember her touch as much as she remembered his? The truth was, she wanted him to Wanted to remind him of how it had been She wanted him to lose control with her, wanted him to wrestle hers away as hile he was at it

She couldn’t remember the last time she’d lost herself in passion and desire She and Derek hadn’t been together in a very long time There’d been a few men since, and it had been nice…but she wanted o, and she knew Adao

Her hands went south next, into the back of his jeans to the best buns she’d ever had the pleasure of gripping When she pulled hiy and de Surely one kiss couldn’t be all that, but this one was

And she loved it

Thrived on it

She tugged at his shirt and he reared up to yank it off "Careful of your shoulder," she ed

"What shoulder," he said, and then went to work on her clothes

"No, really," she said "You need to--"

He slid her sweatshirt up and her bra cups down, kissing and suckling his way froht "Careful not to strain your stitches--"

"Holly?"

"Yeah?"

"Shut up" He pulled a nipple into his s, and she coht dizzily And either theher mind or he remembered her body with sharpshooter precision, because he had her completely nad before she could blink

Acold and wet in her armpit, she squeaked Ada invited to the party and aht he was ood," Adam said

"He is" Holly shoved his jeans down Adam kicked them the rest of the way off and braced hih and she couldn’t wait another minute "Please," she whispered

He made a low, innately male sound and dropped his forehead to hers "Condom"

She went blank "Oh otten protection? "You’d better have a condo, he strode buck nad--and glorious--to his backpack, returning with a foil packet

"Okay," she said on a sigh of relief "We can be friends"

But though he slipped back beneath the sleeping bag, he didn’this earlier words "Because I don’t want to"

His thumb traced her lower lip, and then he bent and sucked on it "No Not stopping" He tore open the foil

She took the condoth while he watched By the tiain Holly looked up into his face, feeling the flicker of unexpected nerves For all of her adult life, she’d ainst Adam What if he didn’t live up to the asped, helplessly rocking up into hi she remembered

And more

He stretched and filled her so perfectly that she couldn’t figure out how she’d ever lived without this

Without him

Except she hadn’t chosen to live without hi her a say At that thought, reality ht have intruded, pulled her out of the moment, except…

Except, braced above her, buried deep, Adaone perfectly still, eyes locked on hers, his usual stoic expression wiped clean, replaced with sheer unadulterated pleasure and need

For her

It was rare to see hiered by the e low, he kissed her slowly, until sheto feel hi that

But Ada the way he’d learned patience Lots of it When she arched up forher lip as she tried harder, clutching at hi her with a wordless , and she nearly cliet even closer, closer than was physically possible Wrapping her legs around his hips, she did her best to ride hi her right to the edge before slowing again

"Noho’s…playing?" she " His voice was thrillingly low and rough as he thrust again