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He just stared at her, clearly confused by her questionwYou said you never dreamed I would look this way," she explained "What did you think I would look like?"wI don't know," he admitted "Until the last feeeks, honestly I don't think I thought about it"wAnd since then?" she persisted, not quite sure why she needed hi that she did

In one swift moment he straddled her, then leaned down until the fabric of his waistcoat scraped her belly and breasts, until his nose touched hers and his hot breath swarht of this moment a thousand times, pictured a hundred different pairs of breasts, an lovely and desirable and full and begging for , and let me repeat this in case you didn't quite hearcomes close to reality"wOh" It was really all she could think to say

He shrugged off his jacket and waistcoat until he was clad only in his fine linen shirt and breeches, then did nothing but stare at her, a wicked, wicked s one corner of his lips as she squiraze

And then, just when she was certain that she couldn't take it for one more second, he reached out and covered her with both his hands, squeezing lightly as he tested the weight and shape of her He edly, then sucked in his breath as he adjusted his fingers so that her nipples popped up between theroaned, "so I can see thee And then I want to crawl behind you and cup you" His lips found her ear and his voice dropped to a whisper "And I want to do it in front of a mirror"?" she squeaked

He seemed to consider that for a moment, then shook his head "Later," he said, and then repeated it in a rather resolute tone "Later"

Penelope opened her --she had no idea what--but before she could utter a word, he s first," and lowered hisher first with a soft rush of air, then closing his lips around her, chuckling softly as she yelped in surprise and bucked off the bed

He continued this torture until she thought she ht scream, then he ain But this time he'd freed up one of his hands, and it see It was on her belly, then on her hip, then on her ankle, sliding up

under her skirtwColin," Penelope gasped, squirers stroked the delicate skin behind her knee wAre you trying to get away or co her breastwI don't know"

He lifted his head and smiled down at her wolfishly "Good"

He climbed off of her and slowly re, first his fine linen shirt and then his boots and breeches And all the while, he never once allowed his eyes to stray fro about her waist, around her hips, his fingers pressing lightly against her soft bottom as he lifted her up to slide the fabric under her

She was left before his He paused then, and smiled, too much of a s, letting them flitter to the floor after he'd slid theht air, and so he lay beside her, pressing his body to hers, infusing her with his warmth as he savored the silky softness of her skin

He needed her It was hu how much he needed her

He was hard, hot, and so desperately wracked with desire it was a wonder he could still see straight

And yet even as his body screae cal the way this had ceased to be about him It was about her--no, it was about the andto appreciate

He wanted her--God above, he wanted her--but he wanted her to tremble beneath him, to scream with desire, to thrash her head from side to side as he teased her toward completion

He wanted her to love this, to love hi in each other's ared to hied to her

'Tellyou don't like," he said, surprised by the way his voice was shaking over his wordswYou couldn't," she whispered, touching his cheek

She didn't understand It almost made him smile, probably would havethis, her first experience, a good one But her whispered words-- you couldn't--could --that she had no idea what it meant toher hand with his own, "I need to explain so to you I could hurt you I would never mean to, but I could, and--"

She shook her head "You couldn't," she said again "I know you Sometimes I think I know you better than I knowthat would hurt roan "Not on purpose," he said, the barest hint of exasperation tinging his voice, "but I could, and--"wLetit to her le, heartfelt kisswAnd as for the other"wWhat other?"

She smiled, and Colin had to brink, because he could swear she almost looked as if she were a I didn't like," she said