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She acknowledged this with a teasing soing to keep her in bed for the next few days, justirl spun a couple of times, took aim, and then barely hit the dartboard She and Sara broke into laughter, pausing only to say soh harder

And while she played and danced to the Rolling Stones, I felt the weight of my love for her settle into a heavy warrand scheme of e had ahead of us, but in our shared history it felt enorether

I needed to get back, get closer I waved to the bartender, , "Check," when she looked athand on my ar it on her own for so long she’ll never be the girl to tell you how much she needs you But she’ll show you how much she wants this Chloe is about action, not words I’ve known her since ere twelve, and you’re it for her"

Two smooth arms slipped around my waist from behind, and Chloe pressed a kiss betweenabout over here?"

"Football," Julia said just as I answered, "Politics"

I felt her laugh and she slid underabout me"

"Yes," we both answered

"And what a ht, and how Bennett better not fk it up this ti that one in my direction as she lifted her beer, raised it in a silent toast, and then left us alone at the end of the bar

Chloe turned her brown eyes on me "Did she tell you all of my secrets?"

"Hardly" I set o now? I’ve been away fro the li to tolerate I want you alone"

I felt her laugh as a s of her body in my arm, and then the quiet soundyou what I want"

"Fine then Be specific What do you really want?"

"I want you on your knees on h to drink froht "I’m already there"

"Then damn, Miss Mills Get the fk inwheel, and her hands everywhere else--hs, my cock, my neck, my chest--I wasn’t even sure ould ht arm so she could duck down and unzip ue up its length I’d wanted to get her home, but fuck, this would do just as well

"Oh, God," she whispered, before taking all ofinto the slow lane of traffic

It was so perfect, all over again: her hands and ainstto all the world as if she’d never wanted anything as much as she’d wanted to feellicks, looking up at ht losewhen not to stop, when to htly What sent rew dark, pleading, her breath grew labored, and her sounds aroundwheel, panting and begging, and, finally, cursing loudly as I caed to steer the car onto my street, or pull it into ot us there She kissed h and the car grew co with her again for the first time, but the way it was so hurried and spontaneousthat felt like us, too

When she pushed againstto zip my pants and fastenout theHer surprised tone burst through my sex haze "Is this your house? Why are we here?"

"You wanted to go to your place?"

Shrugging, she said, "I just assus here"

"I don’t have anything at your place, either"

"But I have spare toothbrushes Do you have spare toothbrushes?"

What the fk is she talking about?

"You can use , she opened her door andout of the car and following her up the ay, "I brought you here because this is where I was going to bring you after San Diego I was going to tie you to my headboard and spank the fk out of you And I intend that again, after everything you put h"

Chloe stopped where she stood onseconds before she turned to stare at me "What did you just say?"

"Did I stutter?" I asked, and when she just continued to stare, I explained, "Yes, ere apart because I was a jerk But so were you"

Her eyes narrowed and grew dark I was half scared, and half thrilled as fk that she was about to blow up at ht aroundme so our faces were nearly even Her dark eyes ild and wide "Giveintopalh theuess "It’s the top lock and the--"

She cut "

I tried to puzzle out as happening Obviously she hadn’t expectedme the way she did Maybe she suspected we’d left all of that discussion in the conference room where we reunited And I suppose in ize, and I didn’t feel like I needed to apologize anymore But our separation had been a shitty few months, so it didn’t feel like the conversation about it was entirely over Besides, spanking her seemed like the most appropriate way to work it all out of our systems

Her hand didn’t fumble behind me as she slipped the key into the lock I heard the familiar squeak and click, then she pushed the door open and backedroom," I offered "Or down the hall toroo between my face, her hand on my tie, and the house behind her It was, after all, the first tito decide what she was doing with me as she pulled me up short "It’s so clean It’s soyou"

"Thank you," I said, laughing "I think"

As if re, she threw h I was tempted to see what she was up to, I followed her instruction After only a few seconds she returned with one ofroom chairs Once she had it situated behind e , she walked over to my sound system, picked up the remote, and scanned the buttons

"First turn on the--"