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Her head fell back, exposingherself totally vulnerable by offering up the s heavily with anticipation He could sense she trusted hiasm like he always had, and for the first time ever, he felt nervous This tih so she would never forget…

“Let’s go to bed,” he whispered and silently helped her get out of the rest of her clothes, trying his best to ree in his trousers with teasing fingers and feathered his bare torso with hot kisses Her fingers worked quickly to get his jeans and underwear off and they fell softly onto the enorers even began to stroke and explore her, and the fact that she was so responsive and aroused turned him on even more

He ran his hands up over her flat belly, over her rib cage, and cupped her breasts as he leaned on one elbow over her and dipped his lips over hers He loved the sweet taste of her more than ever in that ers curled around his length

“Don’t you want me yet?” she whispered

“I alant you” He shivered as she pushed her hips toward him Her body was a vision of creams, pinks, and copper that made hi to be able to last long—just looking at you laid out here is enough toher until she moaned with frustration and pulled his hand down onto her He put his fingers inside her and she gripped his wrist hard Theirlike snakes, and her hips ground feverishly against his hand

“God,” he gasped as her tight hot ers All he could think about was hoas going to feel when he was inside her again, taking her with him into sexual oblivion He took a deep breath and slipped in another finger, his heart kicking painfully as she moaned like an animal and clawed desperately at his skin

“You’re tooover her, one knee parting her legs even wider as she sighed with relief He lowered his hips onto hers, feeling the tip of his erection brush against the soft inviting flesh of her inner thigh and the hard clash of their hipbones “I want you, all of you, every erotic inch of you” Her heart ha in to him Her eyes were closed with pleasure “I want to watch your face as I make love to you,” he said and took her s around his waist as he pushed her ar her wrists with one hand as hisat the soft flesh, ainst his hot body It was all he could do not to drive hard and fast into her iive her an orgashtened the grip her thighs had around him “Take s wider “Oh God,” he whispered “I’ll try to be slow” His breath came in short bursts as he eased hiher and deeper until she yielded to take hiht distorted his vision he was so turned on, and he wasn’t sure he could hold off

“Harder,” she whispered harshly and ain He closed his eyes and did her bidding, losing hih”

He knew he must be heavy on top of her, but he reveled in the way she writhed and bucked between hi squeeze of her ive of the ive off sensations like electric shocks The ferocity of hi her on as much, if not h above her head and thrust hard into her with all his strength, his cli “Open your eyes,” he reen eyes fluttered open as he pounded into her, lifting her hips fro her breasts shake until her stomach muscles clenched, her eyes closed shut, and her entire body convulsed around him She screaripped on to hier hold back His gaze was locked on herwhite throat sed back air And then he was lost He helplessly flooded her with long, hot bursts E his lust into her with spas hiasm, crushed and sent to his own emotional death

That was their last time…

…

The fifteenth, launch day

There was noher head in the sand any longer Piper’s fingers tightened on the seat belt across her chest, but it wasn’t the restraint that was causing the horrible, sickly ache in her lungs

It was on the car radio, on billboards, on bus stops, on the itinerary Passion Creek Arts Week and the long-awaited launch of Passion Creek Brewery’s new beer was everywhere So were huge pictures of her sirl on the planet when she felt the lowest she ever had And it was destroying her

They’d had all night together They’dto each other’s breathing, and she’d had plenty of chances to do it To tell him that she had fallen in love with him, that life for her would never be the sa hiusted with herself for being so weak She was angry, her limbs ached, and so did her head She was all

Matt slowed the Porsche next to the sidewalk outside her apart “So, someone will pick you up at about four this afternoon?” She could feel hi for a positive response Business as usual

She sed hard and closed her eyes “I can’t do this”

A pause “Can’t do this?”

“Four this afternoon The launch You”

When she dared to open her eyes, he was staring straight at the windshield, hands gripped together at the top of the steering wheel “I see”