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His waraze held hers "Aah, Zoe, I think I'd be disappointed if you were restrained" He cupped her brsts with his hands and her niles grew hard beneath his touch "In fact, if I didn't hear loudyou"

His seductive stare never wavered as he began to slowly ers, teasing and arousing her with his deft touch The desire he built traveled directly frohs, ether until the sensations built higher and higher She had to force her eyelids to reer expression as he worked his ic on her

He leaned up on his elbows until his face was level with her chest and without warning, he tasted her breast His tongue swept over her nipple in luxurious laps, ending with hi sound rose fro to worry about?" he asked in a raspy, but certain voice

Though she didn't want hiood, they both had their answers She didn't need to concern herself with covering her reactions or not being herself He truly did accept her and the relief she felt knowing that was huge And ained for

"Well?" he asked, still grinning

She focused on the ceiling as she replied "Arrogant as youto worry about"

"Then I think it's tiainst the pillows

She followed so she could kiss hi unbelievable pleasure in the taste, texture and feel of hishis hands in her hair and running his fingers through the long strands The tugging sensation at her scalp had a rippling, erotic effect in her body Her throat swelled and her back arched of its own volition, her body seeking deeper contact with his hard erection

"I want you, Ryan Baldwin" Her hand snaked between theroin Her fingertips gently teased the head of his erection

He clenched his jaw and fought not to allow the physical need pu No wo control

She did He wondered if it was because she openly challenged every notion of propriety and behavior that had been ingrained in him since childhood or because she wanted hi to have to be that by-the-rulesup reality, I don't have protection I wasn't prepared for this" He should have stopped at a drugstore on the way back here

She brushed his hair off his forehead "Not a Boy Scout, huh?" she asked, laughing "Would you settle for the fact that I'm on the pill and I've been tested annually? I'ht as he looked into her green eyes "It works for me if you can accept my word that I'm safe, too" Never in his past had he had sex without a condo for women when he needed a date for an occasion and he kneho to turn to when he desired sexual release But no woman had ever become a priority in his life, made him shift his focus from his work No woman had made hiht his eye despite that she stood between hi girl as the answer to his long-held dreah his "I accept"

Which was all he needed to hear The time for foreplay and talk was over He eased his hand between her legs, feeling the slick wetness and daertips She hs around his hand