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"Now"

Now? As in the ?

Questions piled on each other, but then Wyatt kissed her and she found herself not caring about the time of day

He tasted of hly, as if he’d been thinking about doing this for weeks Heher strain toward hi person, which could either be biology or the fact that she’d stayed up late every night since she was six But despite the relatively early hour, her body ed to catch on fire pretty easily She remembered the feel of his hands on her skin, that one place he’d touched the night before, until the giant hiccup of hiain

But first there was the kiss, she thought dreahtly and kissed her chin He licked along her jaw, to a sensitive spot just below her ear He paused there, nipped the skin, which asp, then oose bu She raised her hands to his shoulders to both feel his strength and to hang on, because his nibbling kisses went lower and lower until he teased at the vee of her sweater

He tugged at the hem of it, then pulled it up over her head He studied the pink bra she wore underneath

"This," he murmured, "I remember"

He wrapped both ar to feel his body against hers

His skin arm, his muscles hard Even as he moved his hands up and down her back, he put his mouth on hers

She parted for hiue, the eroticher fro her She arched against him and felt his hardness, which made her remember him nad Her insides clenched

Suddenly her bra was loose He tossed it away, then pressed her close again so her brsts caet closer She wanted him to touch her there and lick her niles the way he had before She wanted to feel those hot, fiery sensations flickering through her She wanted to melt

When he stepped back, she nearly screaain, was he?

But instead of passing out, he grabbed her hand and led her upstairs They paused on the landing to kiss He slid his hands up the front of her body and cupped her breasts Using his thuers, he brushed her niles over and over until her breath ca her deeply, tugging her along, as they made their way to his bedroom

When they were by the bed, he reached for the button at her waistband and unfastened it He pushed down the deni with her panties and she stepped out of her clothes

She was excited and nervous at the sa her, because that ht Better than the floor

He eased her onto the bed and knelt over her

"You’re so beautiful," he ht nipple in his mouth

She wanted to thank hiood The way he sucked and licked, sending darting jolts of need down her stos She stirred restlessly, wanting ic touch of his

But Wyatt see He shifted to her other breast, licking and nipping until she found it difficult to breathe Everything felt so good She told herself to be patient, but in truth, she wanted ot confused When he knelt between her thighs and gently parted her, she had a vague idea about what he was going to do and wasn’t sure how she felt about it When he gave her an openmouthed kiss on thatto die right there, but it would be worth it

Nerve endings screah her, burning down to the soles of her feet She’d read plenty of books that had sex in them, had seen a few X-rated movies, had told lies with a few seined anything could feel like this

He explored her, asp as he brushed across that one, special place He circled her, eased across her again, then slipped away Heout what she liked, or the fifteen easiest ways to make her crazy Then he stretched out on the bed and flicked her with the tip of his tongue

It was better than anything she could have iht as she lost herself in the sensation Better and totally beyond her control She couldn’t stop herself fro, not that she wanted to, and she couldn’t seehs

She clutched at the sheets with her fingers Tension flowed through her, oal She wanted to beg hi

Over and over, he touched her Muscles clenched with each brush of his tongue She arched her back, quickened her breathing, lost herself in the sensation of--

Soed Pressure built deep inside her body A sense of the inevitable It grew, rushing through her,her strain Her breath came in pants She shuddered and pushed and--

There was aThen her body shuddered with the most delicious, hot, liquid sensation she’d ever experienced in her life It was pure pleasure, rushing through her, over her, filling her until she wanted to screa It was perfection Better than chocolate Better than music

She resurfaced a few rinned at her

"What?" she asked, suddenly feeling self-conscious Had she done it wrong?

"You’re a"

Okay That sounded nice "Um, why?"

"You’re perfectly responsive I knew exactly what you liked There wasn’t any guessing Thanks for that There’s nothing worse than working in silence"

She didn’t have a clue as to what he was talking about "I really liked that"

"Good Me, too" He pushed into a kneeling position "Touching you like that, listening to you,to lose it" He shifted closer and pressed against her "That’s still a possibility"

Lose what? She hated being an idiot

She felt hiht Only now the prospect didn’t see her everything

Tentatively, she put her hands on his shoulders and sood"

Not an invitation that guaranteed control, Wyatt thought, trying to distract hi proble Claire that had gotten to him

It was that daht when she was dressed Now that he’d seen her nad and touched her all over, he was a total goner

He pushed in slowly, giving her time to adjust to hiasht then, but he was determined to ht Besides, he wanted to make it last