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Her mind screamed that this was a mistake, but still, she sank down on the blanket next to him and kicked off her Crocs God, she was easy

He poured two glasses of sparkling juice and handed one to her "I don’t want you kissing that guy"

"That isn’t your call" She sipped froainst the edge

"I know" Kynan pulled a tin fro to use every trick in the book to ain" He opened the tin, and she grinned

"Chocolate-covered oranges My favorite How did you know?"

"Tayla" He reold foil cup and held it to Ge out a moan at the exquisite sweetness He watched her, a slow serously

"That’s good," he murmured "Enjoy it" He used the bitten end to trace her lips, the wet, cool stroke of the fruit a strangely erotic sensation over her suddenly hot flesh "Lick the juice"

He drew the orange slice away and watched as she used her tongue to swipe the liquid fro with heat Wow This was power Hehim up too, and they hadn’t even touched

"Another bite," he said, his voice lower and rougher than it had been a aze, she sank her teeth into the orange, noted the slight hitch in his breath as she sucked on the juicy bite She chewed, sed, but didn’t have time to lick her lips because his , she opened up for hiue penetrated,turned to erotic, de her nails into his skin, drawing a hiss froainst her lips "You have since that night…"

She knew the night It was burned into her asuy And then he’d pretty much kicked her out of his apartment

"You didn’t want to be with me"

"I didn’t want to be with anyone Not after what Lori did to ainst hiue that" She scored his neck with her nails and enjoyed the way he bared his teeth "Now, make it up to h between hers, his s to the sensitive skin of her throat "You’re so soft, Gee "So gorgeous"

Arching her back, she spread her legs to cradle hie of his erection against her core She nearly panted at the sensation, especially when he began a slow grind that caught her in exactly the right place She could coht he’d mentioned had been much like this, and she’d flown apart while he watched

Shoving aside the bittersweetin the flex and roll of the htly on her ribs and belly, but they didn’t stray, re tamely centered Totally rated PG when she wanted R Or triple X

A low, ru noise came from deep in his chest, the purr of autterly wet between her legs

"Christ, you ht and took her face in his hands, pressed his forehead to hers "I want to make love to you"

Her breath left in a rush "I… oh, God, I want that, too"

"But not here Not now"

She blinked "Say again?"

"I want to do it slow and right With a bed, and I want to spend all night doing it" He kissed her, just a light brush of the lips, and she wondered where he got his self-control, because she was ready to strip them both of their clothes and ride hiry or jealous I don’t want it to be like that again"

It was the best, sweetest thing he could have said But her body was too worked up, strung tight and aching "I’ainst hiue was an erotic stroke over her bottoasm, if you want Hell, I want that I want to taste you everywhere," he said, and she nearly ca to fk you This is a date, so backward, and e’re done with the date, and you’re done with your shift, we’re going to your place and I’ot it Got it so well that when he dropped his hand between her legs and began to stroke, she shouted with an explosive release so hot she expected fla that the world outside had gone insane and soon she’d be back to worrying about the future But for this brief moment, she’d finally found happiness

Fifteen

Serena ith a killer headache, knifelike stabs of pain shooting through her skull The first thing she sahen she opened her eyes was Josh, sitting in the dark, in a chair near her bed, face buried in his hands

"Josh?"

His head snapped up and then he was at her bedside, kneeling next to her "Serena How do you feel?"

"What… what happened? Where ahts so you could rest" He carefully touched the backs of his fingers to her face "You okay? Does your head hurt?"