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His searching fingers found her very center He pushed her bikini panties aside and ers over that part of her--the bundle of nerves already quivering in anticipation She was so ready, so swollen, that it only took a few quick strokes to steal her breath and ers inside her and using his thumb to rub her to near ecstasy

She couldn’t catch her breath, she thought, torn between the way his ersbut feel the waves of pleasure building inside of her

She had to hang on to hihtened and kissed herher with a passion that pushed her closer to the edge

Then she felt it The telltale hu that her orgas And just as she braced herself for the release she kneas going to be incredible, Josh stopped

She stared at hi His hands reached between the his jeans Before she could join in and help, he’d freed his thick erection She quickly pushed her panties to the ground and stepped out of therabbed her around the hps and boosted her up, so she was pressed against the wall, her body settling onto his arousal

This was i like this She couldn’t touch the ground, she was co her There was no way she could relax enough to--

Heup and back, filling her His body rubbed against her, teasing her swollen parts even as he pleasured her fros around his hips, her ar on for the ride

It didn’t take long She’d been so close that in a dozen or so thrusts, she wasn’t thinking any every aroused nerve ending quiver, giving herself over to the promise that any second now she would explode

She ca him in deeper She lost herself in the pleasure He pushed in faster and deeper, taking everything she offered, drawing out her release until she was too weak to do , as well, going still, his hot breath fanning her cheek

They stayed like that far longer than she would have thought possible When she was sure he had to be ready to collapse fros to the floor When she’d regained her footing, Charity did her best to straighten only to find she was still a little wobbly Josh grabbed her around the waist

"You okay?" he asked

Okay? How could she be okay? She’d just had incredible up-against-the-wall sex with ashe never did She’d run a background check on the last guy she’d slept with, and that had been after threeWhat did she really know about Josh except he was probably going to break her heart?

"The question wasn’t supposed to be that hard"

"Sorry," she glanced into his eyes, then away "I was thinking"

"Dangerous, especially now"

She tried standing on her own again and , so she stepped out of theht sandal landed on top of her panties

Physical balance wasn’t her only issue, she thought Her head was spinning What the hell had just happened? Not that she needed that question answered Maybe the better issue hy Why hadn’t she stopped to think?

He gently touched her cheek "Are you okay?" he asked again

She nodded, figuring he wouldn’t want to know the truth Second thoughts didn’t begin to cover her ehts were ly Wildly In those moments, in his arms, she’d been someone else

Or the person she was always meant to be, a little voice in her head whispered

No way, she told herself No That wasn’t it

She shook her head to clear her thoughts Her shirt was still tucked into her skirt, but was hanging back down over her butt Her bra was somewhere on the floor It only took hiher road Rather than risk struggling, she pulled up her shirt and reknotted it, figuring she would deal with the bra and panties later When she was leaving

Unless she was supposed to leave now

She’d never been one for casual sex and honestly, she didn’t know the rules

"I knohat you’re thinking," he said, his hazel-green eyes staring deeply into her own

"I doubt that" He would have to be beyond psychic to h the maze that was her mind

"I don’t do this every day," he told her "The rus people say, they’re not true"

"They’re mostly true," she said "The first week I was here, I saw that wo in your rooure you imported her"

"No I didn’t ask her to be there Hell, I didn’t know her She got so to let her in"

Infor "Now you’re going to tell et dressed and sent her on her way"

"I did" When she would have looked away, he touched her chin "Iwas, she wanted to believe hi

He took her hand and drew her into the rooht He flipped on a couple ?" he asked "Wine? Coffee? Dessert?"

She hesitated Wine sounded good, but she couldn’t face the thought of one of the roo the entire town about it

He motioned to his left "I have a private stash"

She followed the e and a s red?"

He grinned "My favorite color"

While he picked a wine, she collected her bra and panties, then ducked into the half bath in the corner By the ti roolass and turned on the gas fireplace