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"As you wish," he said with a laugh, co around to lie beside me We reached for each other at the sa in our haste to kiss each other again We both leaned back, laughing

I rubbed my nose "Och It’s just a flesh wound," I quoted from one of our favorites, Monty Python and the Holy Grail

"She turned me into a newt," he said in his best imitation of John Cleese, the actor froot better"

I laughed "Cood, you"

He kissed me and pulled back "Muiled me Toad curse and all"

"Did you turn into a toad while I was gone?"

"I was as miserable as a toad without you"

I stared for aso hard I snorted "That is so coht there is utterly sexy"

I stuck ue out at hiainst hiers across the solidof utterly sexy…" I said, and my hand flew up and quickly unbuttoned half the buttons "Oops Your shirt fell open"

He leaned down and capturedover er than before My heartbeat was a footrace insidein others

"Oops," he ent follow-ups "My ainst his lips

He continued to kiss ainst the pillow His hand cupped er traced its way back tothe side of my throat He drew the chain ofon the bed besidehot and ice cold at the saer trailed across my collarbone and landed on the top button of my dress Slowly, our mouths separated and he stared into h the buttonhole I was at once mesmerized by his touch and utterly afraid for him to see as underneath And he clearly knew that Pulling back and propping on one elbow, he didn’t stop His finger slid down slowly across my skin to the second button Before I could react or protest, that one slipped open as well

But he wasn’t looking at what he was doing Instead, his eyes were fixed on mine In minutes, the dress was unbuttoned past ainst the notch at the base of my neck and slowly trailed it down across my chest, over my bra, between my breasts and down my stomach, until it landed at nited inbreath of air hissed between my teeth as I concentrated on that one, siain to ripped my throat as he slowly slipped the strap offroze and I put ht the straps low enough to expose azes held for endless minutes I was sure he could see the fear, the uncertainty in ently, he slipped his hand out from under mine, took my wrist and pulled my hand away frohtit there so I wouldn’t be teain to stop him

My heartbeat was icy inHis other hand, as a precaution, gripped my free hand inside of it All I could do was stare into those dark eyes,the straps over my left arm He pulled that side of my bra down and I was completely exposed to him Hot shame bathed my face but Adapinnedon the other half of my bra, I was naked from the waist up

Then he lowered his eyes and looked at ained back a bit of the weight I’d lost during chemo, I was still too thin My breasts, as a result, were sly, the angry red scars jagging over the skin, black dots tattooed across it Slowly, as if afraid I h I was pinned down, he raised his hand and with a butterfly-light touch, he traced his fingers over the raised scar I shivered under him