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"Cold?" he asked

"A little"

"Coo to your bedroo next to her bed He turned her around and pulled the dress fro the top of her spine Goose bumps pricked her skin, but this ti sleeves of her dress from her arms, then let the dress pool to the floor

"Now there’s an outfit," he said

She looked down at her peach and cream lace and satin bra and panties, and the heels she still wore She sat on the bed and lifted her foot for hied her foot

"Oh, God, that feels so good"

"You were on your feet all day" He took the other shoe off, holding the stiletto heel in his hand "How do you wos?"

"We s look good"

He tossed the shoe to the floor and rubbed her foot "You could wear bunny slippers and your legs would look smokin’ hot"

He moved from one foot to the other, and the coood it was better than any foreplay

"You could do that for an hour or so and I won’t complain"

"You need a hot bath You’re probably exhausted"

"What about the sex?"

He grinned "We’ll get to it"

He started into the bathrooree to the hot bath, but only if you take it with me"

"I’ll take it with you, but only if there are no bubbles in there"

She laughed "Deal"

She followed him into the bathroom She loved her oversize tub with the jets She sat on the side and turned it on

"You’ll probably enjoy the bath, too"

"I’ll like being in there with you Naked"

She shook her head "Men and their one-track ot undressed, and Carolina shed her underwear and put her hair up By then the tub was mostly filled, so Drew held her hand while she cli, and Dreas right This was exactly what she needed after a long, stress-filled day War body, and the nificent shoulder rub

"So how does it feel?" he asked

"Mhed "No, not the shoulder ood I meant how does it feel to be a success?"

"Oh Well, I’et there" She turned around to face his around him "For the first time, I have a confidence I’ve never had before, a belief in ht I could do this I believed in ns, otherwise I would have never put my reputation on the line like that But to have the reception that I had today I don’t know, Drew That, I didn’t expect"

He kissed the tip of her nose "You need to believe in yourselfrock star, Miss Preston"

Her lips curved "I like the sound of that Maybe I should put that on ood on there"

She followed hi it into the water She wrung it out over his chest, then srow hard underneath her, which made her smile

"You’re just way too easy"

"And you’re ned and slippery, and your puy isback and forth on e drop into the water, then lifted her fingers up, letting droplets fall over the top of his head He laughed, shook his head back and forth, water spraying her

Then he pulled her against hi She rubbed her brsts against his chest, her niles tightening to hard, aching peaks

And when she dipped her hand in the water and reached for his cock, fitting it at her pussy, he grasped her wrist

"Lina I don’t have a condom on"

"And I love you You love me I assume that means we’re committed to each other I’m on the pill and I never have sex with anyone without theaze clear and dead serious "Neither do I I don’t want to be with anyone else but you I haven’t been with anyone else but you since that night I walked in here when Gray invited me over"

That made her stomach tumble "Drew"

"I just want you to be sure"

"Very sure I want you insidehis expression change, the way his gaze turned to ood This feels so good"