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Sophie bit down on his earlobe just as she iasp, "it’s perfect"

Finally, he was able to give in to the shocking pleasure of kissing the sweetest mouth he’d ever tasted Lips so soft, so war in equal th, her lithe hter around hihs to ride hiile, too easily breakable for him, for his needs, for his past But she met every thrust in equal eous skin with her hands on hiether he only wanted her h of her passion, the way she all but vibrated with desire in his arms as she opened herself up to him

He’d told himself he didn’t need anyone, and especially not her But he’d been wrong A liar of epic proportions

Because there was nobody he needed more No one ould ever fill his heart--and soul--the way this beautiful woman in his arms always had

She lowered her head to his shoulder, her lips and tongue and teeth ainst his skin He could feel how fast, how frantic her heart was beating against his He had to grip her hips tighter, had to hold her closer as he drove deeper inside her war closer and closer to heaven with every stroke of hard flesh against soft

She gasped out his name and as their co pool’s walls, unbelievable pleasure blurred with pure love and became one and the same

Chapter Nineteen

Sophie woke up sprawled across Jake in his bed Her head was resting right over his breastbone, his heart a strong, steady beat in her ear She vaguely reainst hi asleep, but at soet closer, and just cli her newinto her stomach was any indication That ht, as all that hard ht her from sleepy to aroused in ain bed with Jake, those visions had always been of Jake touching her, Jake kissing her, Jakelove to her Yesterday at the pool had been the first time she’d ever taken the lead with sex

She’d loved it But even un to share pieces of hiht Their physical connection was undeniable Could their e, too?

Was there a chance that Jake would keep letting her in, bit by bit, until he actually shared his whole heart--and soul--with her?

She ran her fingertips over the strongthe veins and sinews just below the surface of his skin Sophie feathered her fingers fro to ether a lad for the chance, at long last, to really study the tattoos on his tanned skin What, she wondered, did each one of the without a reason, and she couldn’t ih he acted, he was flesh and blood like anyone else

Being able to touch Jake at her leisure like this was such a gift But it wasn’t nearly enough to whet her suddenly ravenous appetite for more She didn’t just want to know the contours of his body with her hands, she wanted to feel theainst her lips, wanted to know the taste of hiue

She shifted her head so that she could press her lips to his breastbone His body was so solid, so strong He sood and he tasted even better, still faintly covered in the chlorine froh to lift her head fro to hold back a htly salty skin No wonder men were so fixated on women’s brsts Already, she was an addict, could spend hours with herfor superiority

Slowly shifting her weight, she ht fall to her knees on the mattress so that she could kneel above him and feast her eyes That hen she realized his dark eyes weren’t closed

"You’re awake?"

His mouth curved into a sexy suy alive who could sleep through that?" His hands curved over her backside, gently squeezing the soft flesh there "I’ve been awake since you o" He chased his words with the slow drag of his hands from her hips to her waist

"Poor baby I should make those sleepless hours up to you, shouldn’t I?"

His eyes lit with surprise--and heat--at her soft words, just a beat before his fingertips skie and his hands curved over her brsts She wanted to keep focusing on hi his body, but when he touched her like that she couldn’t keep her spine froely erect between her thighs and her body h they were connected by lide over hi fast