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"If you pleased ht perish," he said with a wry expression "That’s not the proble you"

"You did You know you did" She blushed when she said this, but she could not bear for hi herself

"You do not think you can be pleasured twice?"

Cecilia felt her eyes grow very wide

Edward’s hand slipped between their bodies and found the most sensitive spot of her wo there, but still, the sensation was so intense she could not help but let out a cry of surprise

"That’s an to build again The pressure, the needit was so great she did not notice hoas stretching her with each stroke Every tiht there could not possibly beeven further into her soul

She had not known she could be so close to another hu She had not known she could be so close and want even more

She arched her back, her hands clutching at his shoulders as his body finally caainst hers

"My God," he breathed, "it’s like I’ve coht she saw the slightest sheen of moisture in his eyes before his mouth captured hers in a torrid, passionate kiss

And then he began toan exquisite friction inside of her But then his breath jerked into gasps, and whatever rhyth within her too, that race toward the precipice, but she was nowhere as lost as Edas, at least not before he adjusted his position and sucked one of her nipples into his mouth

She cried out at the shock of it, at the impossible connection between her breast and her woers began to tease the other nipple, she felt it between her legs and she began to quiver and clench

"Yes!" Edward growled "My God, yes, squeeze ht she’d like, but she loved it, and with a sudden piercing jolt she ca "Oh God oh God oh God" Hisforward, and then he seeht in one last thrust beforeatop her

"Cecilia," he said again, his voice barely a whisper "Cecilia"

"I’ lazy circles across the indentation of his spine

"Cecilia" And then again "Cecilia"

She liked that he couldn’t see besides her nayou," he ht of hi hi you," he said He sounded incredibly drowsy

She turned to look at him His eyes were closed, and if he had not fallen asleep, he would very soon Already his breath had begun to even out, and his eyelashes--so thick and dark--lay lazily against his cheeks

She’d never watched him fall asleep, she realized She had shared a bed with hiht she’d crawled into her side and carefully turned her back She would listen to his breathing, practically holding her own breath in an effort to keep still and quiet And she told herself that she would listen, and then she would knohen he fell asleep, but every time she somehow drifted off before that happened

He was always up before her in the s, already dressed or mostly so, when she opened her eyes and yawned her way into the day

So this was a treat He was not a restless sleeper, but hisa prayer She yearned to reach out and touch his cheek, but she didn’t want to wake hi, he was not fully restored to health and he needed his rest

So she watched hiuilt she kneould eventually wrap itself around her heart She wanted to lie to herself and say that he had seduced her beyond reason, but she knew that was not true Yes, she had been swept away by passion, but she could have stopped him at any point All she had to do was open her mouth and confess her sins

With her fist to her h If she’d told Edward the truth he would have been off her like a shot He would have been furious, and then he would have probably hauled her off to a priest and married her on the spot That was just the sort of man he was