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I pulled her body flush to inning to like soNew York?"

"Different," she said "Bigger Noisier" She tilted her head, finally looking up at hed "You say that as if it’s a bad thing"

"I suppose that would depend on thepolitely again It struck me that Sara behaved like a wo watched in public

"Look, I’m flattered by your attention, Max But why are you so interested in ood ti "I rather like your kink"

She laughed "My kink? That’s one I’ve never heard before"

"Well, that’s a shame Tell entle sex in a bed?"

She looked up at e in her eyes "So touched in a restaurant, where anyone could see?" I leaned in, whispering against the shell of her ear "Or fked in a club?"

I felt her s, felt her shaky breath before she straightened, putting a socially acceptable amount of distance between us "Sometimes, of course Who doesn’t have those fantasies?"

"A lot of people don’t And evenup on this? I’m sure you could turn that smile on any woman here and take her in any room in this museum"

"Because, unfortunately, I don’t want any other woman here You’ve become quite a mystery tobrown eyes? Who was that woman who fked me in front of all those people?"

"Maybe I just wanted to see how it felt to do so, didn’t it?"

There was no hesitating when she looked up ata step back My ar anyone’s plaything right now"

"I believe I’ht a s cute"

"Meet me upstairs"

"What? No"

"The empty ballroom adjacent to the restrooht" I stepped closer, then kissed her cheek as if to thank her for the dance

I left her there just as the music came to a stop and they announced that dinner would be served inside, immediately followed by the auction I wondered if she would do it If she would risk being missed, if she felt the same buzz of adrenaline I felt

The sound of conversation built as I stepped out of the huht and into the air-conditioned museum I climbed the wide staircase and meandered down the hall into the empty, unlit ballroo it open just a sliver

I waited just inside for a beat, listening to the muted sounds of the party as it continued downstairs and outside, and listening to make sure I was truly alone in the dark room

The occasional patron walked down the carpeted hall and inside the e for the restrooms It felt as if every sound Ion the wood floor as I took note of the layout The rooh the s on the long side of the roo the far, short as a rectangular table partially hidden by an ornate screen The rooainst the table, behind the screen and even farther out of sight as I waited

Over fifteen iven up on waiting any longer--the slice of light through the door expanded and cut across the floor I watched the shape of her body through the screen, backlit froht in the hall I knew that in the darkness, I remained invisible to her, and I took the opportunity to watch her as she scanned the roo with nerves and excite out froainst the light of the city

She crossed the room, eyes on mine as she slowly closed the distance between us Her expression was hard to , and I waited for her to speak, to tell ain, but she said nothing She paused with just inches between us, hesitating for only ame to her

Her lips arined her downing a glass, hoping to find the courage to cohtclosed as she opened her ainsther hip hard with the other

"Take this off," she said, hands fu at my buttons

I walked us backward and unzipped her dress, watching it slip from her body to pool around her feet at the floor She was coown

"You’ve been like this the whole ti up at her

She nodded, lips parted as she twisted her hands intowords like uided her down to the table, gripping her behind the knees to pull her toward the edge

My fingers trailed down her ribs and over her flat sto a brow as I ran my hands over the heels of her shoes "We’ll leave these on, I reckon," I said, looking down at her otherwise nad body She was perfect: crea over her, I licked a line down her neck to her breasts, pressingmark I’d apparently sucked into her skin on Saturday "I bet you looked at this every day," I said, ad just a bit harder

"Tooopen razedacross the hardened peak "Touchher palainst her shoulder

Her hands shook as she unfastenedthem down around my hips She leaned back on the table, her body stretched, the shadows dipping into the hollow of her collarbone, the curve of her breasts

"Max," she whispered, eyes hooded as she looked up at me

"Yeah?" I was distracted by her neck, her breasts, her hand curling around my cock