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"That’s the plan," he said, and then after he ?"

"Moose bumps" He pressed first one kiss, and then half a dozen, up her ar me shiver more," she said in a husky voice and he lifted his mouth from her soft skin

"Maybe this, then?"

Their eyes held as he took her in one hard stroke

"Oh" Her eyelids fluttered at the pleasure of coasp of pleasure as he angled his hips to stroke over thewith Nicola like this was as natural, as unstoppable as the tides There was no ebb and flow to his desire for her, only a constant crashing of need and want that kept dragging hilittered with eerous pull of ether in thatbeauty, the golden hue of her smooth skin

For all his sensual dee Nicola had owned him from that first moment in the club when she’d looked into his eyes and claimed him

She’d had his body from the first, but he’d been so sure his heart--his soul--were safe That no wo with her like this touch hi ever had before?

And when, he had to helplessly wonder, had hot sex with his beautiful pop star turned intolove, out on a beach beneath a sun that felt like it was shining just for theether as they put on their clothes over wet skin, they walked hand in hand up the beach to sit on the soft sand and plunder the contents of the bag Marcus had put together at the s with Marcus like this, sharingas they ate and kissed between bites She was frankly amazed to find that their picnic was in so love in the ocean had been

When he’d been holding her, driving her insane with his kisses and caresses, she’d been so close, barely another kiss away fro deep within her heart But now, she had a feeling it ht not take more than one of his beautiful se, way past no-strings to turning into one of those girls she’d teased hi on his door

So the best day of her life, despite hoeet he’d been when he was telling her that her ex hadn’t deserved her, she needed to remember to keep a firm hold on her heart at all times

"So," she asked as she tore another chunk of bread off and dipped it in the red-pepper hummus, "how do you know about this place?"

"This was aze down the beach to a pretty cottage perched on the rocks "His best friend froe owned that house and this stretch of sand" A shadow passed over his face as he said, "Joe died a few years ago He left my mother this place in his will, told her his beston the beach ere kids And that he hoped our grandkids would play like that one day, too"

Nicola had to move closer to Marcus, had to take his hands in hers and hold theive hers up for his if it meant she could take away all of the pain he’d had to deal with at such a terribly young age