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She laughs "You are a very funny eous ht now But instead, I settle against the couch, lean roan

"You okay?" she asks "You keep rubbing your neck and groaning every ti, embarrassed to tell her that Jordan and Adam beat me down so much that I ache now "Just a little sore"

"You’re sore all over?" she asks There’s a look on her face that I think ht be concern, but it’s a weird sort of ss"

"Muscle groupings? Like where? Show ht shoulder…"

Before I can point to it, she reaches over and brushes her fingertips on my sore shoulder "Here?"

"Yes"

She leans toward le whenever I smell that cinna, she kisses aze drops as she pulls back to look atabout what I’ to say--like I’ve been warned so ?"

"I’ it better" She appears serious, but so sarcastic

"You don’t seriously believe that that willboo-boos is what mothers do for their s a row of even, white teeth "It can’t hurt, can it?"

I frown, confused "Of course it won’t hurt, but--"

"Wil, just show me Where else does it hurt?"

I hesitate "Well, ainst the exact arm in question Then she bends and trails kisses from my shoulder down to my elbow When she makes contact with my bare skin, it feels like icy fire That’s the only way to describe it It burns and freezes at the same time I’m completely aware of every cell of her soft lips that touches the cells of ion belowuncomfortable

"Does the soreness stop there?" she says, slowly raising her head to look at me I notice her face is flushed, like that day ere in ht room with our shirts off The day when I touched her breasts and sucked on her nipples, and shemore kisses across the inside of my arm, from my elbow to sher lips to land hot kisses there

I can’t breathe Well, of course I’ or else I’d pass out, but it definitely feels more difficult to do so

She peeks up at me "Any other injured areas?"