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Silently he began to unbutton her shirt, taking his time as he worked down her body When he was done, he carefully parted the lapels and pushed back and over her shoulders so that the material fell away and she stood in her jeans and bra

"Pretty and delicate," he said as he fingered the lace that cupped the swell of her breast "A lot like you It suits you I like you in pink"

"You don’t fancy a siren in red or black?" she asked with a grin

"No Not at all I like the softness of pink and how feirly"

He lowered his head to kiss the bare expanse of skin that peeked above the cup and then nuzzled lower, pushing down the lace ever so slightly until he was just a breath froirly"

"You are a tease," she said in a strained voice

He reached down to unbutton her pants, loosening theh to bare the swell of her belly

To her utter shock, he went to his knees and ently caressed the bump and then pressed a kiss to her flesh

It was an exquisitely tenderas she lived This proud, arrogantattention on their baby--and her

She gazed down, lovingly running her fingers through his dark hair He stared up at her and the look in his eyes ed at her jeans and slowly rolled thes When they pooled at her feet, he lifted one leg, his hands sliding up and down in a sensual caress He tugged the material free and then lifted her other foot to co lacy pink," he said just before pressing a kiss to the V of her underwear "I like it I like it a lot"

Her legs treh her veins, around her chest and up into her throat

She wasn’t self-conscious about her pregnant body as many women were In fact, she liked the newfound lushness of her curves In a lot of ways she’d never looked better Her skin gloith a healthy sheen Her brsts had grown larger and she was fascinated by the shape of her expanding abdo worried over Rafael’s reaction to the changes in her body If she had, she would have worried in vain because he see in his actions told her he found her anything but desirable

"You’re beautiful," he said in a raw voice, alhts

Slowly he rose, sliding his hands up her body as he straightened to stand in front of her Then he tangled his fingers in her hair and fit his led for air but wouldn’t retreat long enough to take a breath She took every bit ashad always been casual Fun, a little flirty and laid-back The Rafael who stood before her noas…different It was in the way he looked at her, so dark and forbidding, as if he were set to devour her As if he wanted her more than he’d ever wanted another wo casual about the way he touched and kissed her

She liked the new Rafael He was co Reverent

He cupped one hand around her nape, his fingers pressing possessively on her neck as he pulled her into another bone- kiss Then he nibbled a path down her jaw to her ear and sucked the lobe into hiswaves of desire low into her pelvis Her h floated fro the sensitive column of her throat, he slipped his arms underneath hers and hoisted her upward so he could lift her onto the bed He lowered her then hovered over her, his deniain, then reached up to brush the hair fro that it sent a thrill coursing through her veins

Once more he brushed his mouth across hers as if he hated to leave her even for the time it would take him to undress But he stepped back and the fact that his hands shook as he pulled at his T-shirt endeared him to her all theacross his chest and shoulders He tossed it aside and then began undoing the fly of his jeans She nearly moaned when he pulled both jeans and underwear down in one ieh bulk that told of his workout regihed her appreciation as his erection jutted upward Impatient for him to return to her, she shifted and leaned up on her elbows so she could better see hi her body He put the flat of his palently pushed her down onto the mattress Then he carefully slipped the straps of her bra off her shoulders, nudging until the cups released her breasts

He lifted her just enough that he could fit one hand underneath to unhook her bra and then he pulled it away and tossed it onto the floor

For a longup and down her body then focusing on her, their eyes catching and holding

"I’e of you into my et again I can’t iin with What man when presented with such beauty could possibly let such a ain It was hard to breathe around hiht over her flesh with his touch, he sent ripples of pleasure through her heart with his words

"Kiss ed softly

"Just as soon as I’ve taken the last of your pink girly underwear off," he said with a sers danced down her sides and hooked into the lacy band of her panties and he tugged, s

This time he moved up the side of her and curled his arainst him so her nad flesh met his It was a shock A delicious, decadent thrill His hardness was cupped intiainst the slightly hair-roughened surface of his chest

As he kissed her, his hand roamed possessively down her back and over the swell of her buttocks and then around to cup her belly before drifting lower into the das

She ers found her htly parted legs, burning, rigid, branding her flesh

She wanted hi without his wider to encourage hiainst her mouth "So impatient I’m not nearly finished yet, little love I want to ain So crazy that you’ll scream my name when I slide into your warmth"

"I want you," she whispered "Soyou like this Missed having you touch arded her, his expression so serious that it touched so deep inside her "I think somehow that I’ve missed you, too, Bryony A part of me has I don’t think I could be so happy so quickly with you if we hadn’t known each other before, if we hadn’t been…close Lovers You feel so perfect next to me I feel like I’ve opened the door into so like mine and yet I want it so badly I can taste it I can feel it"

She reached up and tugged him down into a kiss, so

"I don’t want to wait I need you now, Rafe Please Be insideinto her, his heat enveloping her She savored the sensation of beinghis scent so deeply that she could almost taste him

"Are you sure you’re ready, Bryony?"

Even as he spoke, he slid one finger inside her and rolled his thuripped his arers felt bloodless

"Please," she whispered again