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"I do"

"And then after that, you wanna showat his on either side of him In answer, he thrust up and let et nailed?"

He lifted my turtleneck off, then unsnappedhis eyes to flare, then focus with precision "Noup underneathmy lips just before he flipped me over ontooccasionally with his teeth in a way he always knew gotand turning to bring me into contact with hi to feel his After a year, he could still bring me to my knees in seconds with one touch, one kiss, one look

I pushed back against hi at his jeans "Off, now," I instructed

When his belt was gone, his buttons unbuttoned, I pulled apart his jeans to find that once one commando

It’s like he was put on earth just to rasping hi hoarm he was; ready to take me on my own trip around the world

"Fuck, I missed you," he breathed, his body lean and taut I slid down the bed, kissing and licking at his skin hungrily His hands camy hair back So he could watch

I took him intome exactly hoanted htly Slightly,down

I pulled back then took hithe sweetest dirty words out of that sent-from-heaven-mouth of his That e all over my body

I loved him this way, loved that I could one, he pulled me up his body and took my panties off before I could say, hey, those aredown at ers over roan and eous like this," he breathed as I cried out

"Need you, Simon--need you, please!" I was ready to tear ht that would get hihts vanished as he slid home Thick, hard, and ten kinds of fantastic were all I knew the second Si," Ime

And when he rolled us so I was on top, and he thrust up hard inside me, it was perfection

Until afterward, e lay in a heap of sweaty limbs, and he asked me how I liked his hammer

Then it was beyond perfection

chapter two

The nextSimon After a second round of hammer time, when he collapsed on me, spent andWait a second You know in roirl, spent and exhausted? Take that, add a transatlantic flight, and then you have what happened to Sied I barely had time to set my alarm before 190 pounds of war o weeks without that same 190 pounds in your bed, the truth is, it felt kind of nice to sleep underneath that Or at least, off to the side just a little bit I loved hi to Clive, I quickly showered By the time I was dressed, he was at his post in the front ,my damp hair into a ponytail, I took a s in lumberjack land Dark messy hair,nose, killer cheekbones, a few days’ worth of sinful scruff and full lips that had chanted my name several times just before heMmmm

I took another moment to appreciate the still life in front ofand lean, and nothing between him and that sheet but a promise

I shook my head to clear it, then crossed the room and sat next to hi, I lethieous blues opened into ainst a for me" Breakfast withI always er

"Girls? Where do you think you’re going? I just got back," he co breakfast with the girls You weren’t supposed to be home until tomorrow, re to stay open

"You stay here and get so his forehead oncehim back under the covers Which really was a shame, because, come on, Simon on a bed? It seemed a sin to cover any of that up

But as he scrunched up his pillow and settled back in, he sure seeet soh as he slipped back to drea at Clive as I put on a jacket "Everything look good out there today?" He looked back out the , then back at rinned and left irls

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"I’ll have two eggs scrambled dry, whole wheat toast with peanut butter, a cup of berries, and a coffee, please"

"I’ll do the egg-white omelet with spinach, tomatoes, and feta, no toast, and the strawberry se waffle platter with blueberry syrup and whipped creae, and a chocolatealso?"

I’d been having breakfast with Mimi and Sophia ever since our freshman year at Berkeley The three of us knew each other exceedingly well, so much so that we could tell what kind of a mood each was in based on our orders at the diner

Mimi and I looked at each other with raised eyebrows as Sophia ordered and then went back toa town out of the jelly containers It was quite elaborate, with several buildings already I shrugged as Miet et me the jellies fro up frorabbed the jellies