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He nudged my knees apart and I spread them for hioing to watch your face when you take it in And in one, sure, confident move, without any more hesitation, he pushed hi slow about it His body was so hot, as if he was on fire

I tried not to stiffen from the sharp pain I felt as he penetratedeyes He felt me tense underneath hi up, as if once having decided to travel down this path, he wouldn’t turn away from it

Soon he’d eased hi ht?"

I didn’t speak, just nodded His hands gripped ers entwined Hisaround each other And he began to move I’ll ad inside entle rhyth pleasure A feeling of ultimate connection Not just at the juncture of our bodies but our hands, our mouths I’d never felt physically a part of someone else as much as I did at this moment

And the erotic slide of him deep insideHe possessed ed to ently, his eyes closed in concentration He released ain The changed angle relieved so pleasure shot throughAdaood it felt When I ed intodeeper than before I caught my breath, somewhere on the threshold of pleasure and pain He stopped, his breath co so fast it was difficult for hi until you do"

He reared up so that he was on his knees and continued I gasped His strokes canized that I was close I squeezedup insidein my awareness at thatinsidein air-stealing, body-convulsing waves of sheer gratification Only a fewhih me as if it was my own

He lay on s around hi the feel of him inside me When his eyes finally opened, he looked into ain

We lay in each other’s e, quiet moet up and shower"

He nodded, scooting aside to allow me to rise When we left the bed, I noticed he’d stopped to stare at the bedspread Looking back, I saw a se look crossed his face and he ran a hand through his hair, then reached out and yanked the counterpane off the bed, tossing it into the corner Minutes later, he joined ely quiet and we both had receded into our oorlds No fun scrubbing each other this time

We’d crossed a threshold we could never uncross We’d taken a step that could never be untaken--that se in e in us In ere, both to ourselves and to each other

Ada a towel around his waist and leaving the bathroo on the soreness between s I was different now It was just a bit of skin, like I’d always iined hoould be, I’d always thought nothing would change Feelings wouldn’t change

But this was different These growing feelings for Adairl I sed a sob in the shower as that realization rose up in me I could love Ada I’d stood for--for so long I was Mia, the girl who stayed single by choice The woman ould always take care of herself, because I didn’t need anyone to savehim after this weekend cut a deep and painful trench into me But I knew it had to happen--and it had to happen before these feelings h s would pass They were fleeting, I reminded myself I would stand firm to my decision