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"When have I not been sweet to you?" At her look, he added, "Besides that giant e that for sos like a black cloud over ht You’ve been very nice to "

He laughed and twirled her around "I don’t think we need to define it, do you?"

She laid her head on his chest He liked having it there

"I don’t think we do, either I like things the way they are, Drew Right here, right now Let’s not "

He didn’t knohat toa relationship, or just having a relationship with him? He knew he’d hurt her before And he didn’t knohere he wanted things to go with theood idea

And that would have to do for now For both of therabbed his phone to check the tiht," he said "We should open up soan to unbutton the front of her dress She wasn’t wearing a bra, so the visual had his ck twitching

"I like where this is going"

"I want you insidelove to rabbed his phone and backed inside, the swell of her brsts visible as her dress gaped open

Under her spell, he followed, then took her hand as she led him upstairs and into the bedroo and followed her out onto the deck

"I thought we’d do it outside, under the round

Drew’s dick pounded as he pulled off his shorts and tugged his shirt over his head Carolina wriggled out of her panties, then walked into his arrance as his ood for her as they brought in the new year There was a cushioned chaise lounge on the deck and he laid her down on it

"I don’t need foreplay," she said, spreading her legs and splaying her fingers over her sex "I’m already wet and ready for you, Drew"

He sucked in a breath as he watched her touching herself He took his ck in his hand and stroked as he watched her slide her fingers between the swollen folds of her pussy

"Do you knohat that does toyou touch yourself like that?"

She looked up at hi him a hot, wicked smile "Makes you hard?"

"Yeah Makes me want to lick your puy andto come with you inside me"

He pushed the button on his phone "Five ht"

He set an alarm on his phone, put on the condo his knee to spread her legs wider The fit on the chaise was tight, so they rolled to their sides, facing each other Carolina raised her leg and placed it over his hip He eased inside her, watching her face as he entered her

God, she was beautiful, the way her lips parted when he seated hiasped when he withdrew and thrust He went slow and easy, taking his ti her puy ripple as he entle strokes

She cupped his jaw, brought him forward to kiss her He tasted wine on her lips, twined his tongue alongside hers, then brought it in deeper to suck even as he increased the thrusts of his cock She hten

He felt the pulses, knew she was close, and when the alarm sounded on his phone, he looked at her, saw the rapture on her face

"Happy New Year, Lina"

"Happy New Year, Dre ainst her, pulled out and thrust deep, and she shattered, letting go with a hoarse cry that splintered the quiet of the night He groaned and released, going with her as they shuddered together, ringing in the new year in the best way he ever had

He held her, stroked her back and kissed her

"Can we sleep here tonight?" she asked

"We could, but it et cold when your arhtened his hold on her and stared up at the stars, listening to the sounds of the ocean waves

A perfect night A perfect woo back to reality But for now, it was the best night he’d ever had

TWENTY-ONE

IT HAD BEEN MORE DIFFICULT TO GET BACK TO REALITY and the intense, frenetic pace of work than Carolina had thought it would be The trip to Florida with Drew had been idyllic, a beautiful fantasy that had been equal parts relaxing and deeply disturbing

She’d definitely had fun She always had fun with Drew And the sex, of course, had been phenoht they’d spent together had been unexpected She didn’t knohat to make of it, and had tried her best to push it aside, to concentrate only on the hot and fun aspects of her relationship with him

And now her deadline loomed even closer, and she had spent a week buried with her teaes to a few of the designs

Gray had stopped by for a fitting during the week, so she at least had his clothing figured out now All of thesettled

She wanted to do a test shoot with Drew for the ad caotten permission from the Garden to do that with him after one of his practices this week She wouldn’t need the professional photographers until the day of the shoot She just wanted to get positioning right, to make sure this idea in her head would actually work That she could do with her own careed to stay after practice and ht the clothes and met him outside the locker room after everyone had left She hadn’t seen hiaht, and she’d been over her head with post-holiday catch-up

Though they had talked on the phone and texted every day

She’d finally had to admit to herself that, like it or not, this was a relationship Surprisingly, the idea of it hadn’t panicked her as ht

She s down the hallway to-

ward her

He pulled her into his arhly, until she went liic on her one dark with desire, and every nerve ending in her body was zinging

"It’s been a long damn time since I held you in my arms I missed you"

She smiled and looped her arm in his as they headed down the hall "I o today?"

"Practice went good It always does If only we could figure out how to transfer those kick-ass practices into winning games"

"Your record isn’t that bad"