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"I’ve never made love to anyone before," she whispered, overwhel, how unstoppable her emotions were

He leaned closer and hisher, he whispered across her lips, "Yes, you have Every time we’ve touched, you’ve let me love you" His voice was even deeper than norht back"

His reply was utterly unexpected

And, aly, just as true

Just because she hadn’t wanted to let herself love hi Froertips in the park, to the kiss she’d given hi in the alley at the ballparkno matter what she’d told herself, no matter how she’d tried to pretend none of it really mattered, every second with Zach had shifted the walls around her heart

Until they’d coain, Zach"

His mouth covered hers a heartbeat later with a kiss that was so sure and warm and utterly sinful it made her toes curl in her tennis shoes He loved her mouth the way he loved every inch of her skin--with complete possession, unbridled pleasure, and pure ainst hers, beforeback out to run a sensual path across her lips, from one corner to the other "So sweet" He nibbled on the flesh of her lower lip "So soft" His tongue laved over the s her at the saher

And then she was in his ar her back into the duvet as he covered her body with his Both of them were still fully clothed, but that didn’t stop her fro hirowl that sent the dials on every last nerve in her body way past eleven There was no space in their kiss for thinking, for worrying, only the sweet release of feeling herself open all the way up, inside and out

For Zach

He lifted his head to stare into her eyes "Mine" The as rough, ragged froaze, hotter, more intense than her beautiful charmer had ever been before "You’re mine"

Before she could tell him yes, she was his, and always had been, his ain and his hands were pulling at fabric, unzipping where he could, ripping when fabric didn’t coh de of him as she kicked off her shoes, then yanked his shirt off and shoved his pants doith her feet

She’d never felt this wild, or this free, before

Only with Zach

She had to run her hands over his hard muscles, his chest and arms, his back and shoulders, to reedy as they stroked over every inch of her skin, his s to that spot behind her kneecap that had her tre at how sensitive it was before he hs

Eue slid over, then into her, until the cooing on and on until she was begging Zach to stop with one breath, and for more the next