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And the sense that he had to protect her, above all else, against all odds, swept over hier

Whatever the hell it was, he da tiht, he intended to wait out the darkness

At one point, he rose restlessly, walked to the sliding glass s, and looked out at the night The heavens seeiant, sweeping cloak that enwrapped the area

He gripped the balcony railing He could hear the breeze It seemed that there hispers in it

Voices that called to hi hi absurd, and on the other hand…

listening He sat on the balcony, leaned against the glass, feeling the air, sain, his eyes closed As if it were a physical presence as solid as the ar was already lying dohen he heard the rapping sound Groggy, he listened for severalfrolass doors just feet away from his bed

He buried his head back into his pillow, exhausted It had been one hell of a night, and thewith others after the show had been a definite boon to his ego Theya new, se perfor received with such tre continued

"Go away," he otten quite as carried aith alcohol as the others, but…

was the tapping real, or was it in his led out of bed, anxious to stop the noise Padding softly in his Calvin Kleins, he reached the doors and drew back the draperies

He was astounded to see Ge there

But then, maybe he shouldn’t have been quite so surprised Suzette had sworn that she had see the people thronging the bar after the show

She had her nerve, coh, she’d have so spirited away for just a few days by Steven Spielberg, or soht, Gelass back wide The ocean air hit hi He stared at Ge, that she wasn’t wanted

The words froze in his mouth His boxers were spacious, and thelike a tent

Gelass figure--paid for or not, he had no idea--but in the last week, certain of her assets seerown And she didn’t have a hard look to her at all Her eyes were bright, her s your job back, you know," he heard hiize" Her eyes swept him up and down Surely, she are of the physical reaction she had caused

"You’re knocking at ize to me? Stephanie is the one you walked out on, you know You were here earlier--Suzette saw you While people were actually still aould have been a nice ti, you were always the most decent to me, you understood me best," she said, and for the life of hiht "Let hed Ge that she had the charm and ability to manipulate him But, hey, what the hell?

"Sure You want a drink?"

"A drink? You’re offering?" she said, and giggled slightly "Oh, Doug, that would be lovely"

"We can go down to the kitchen Let rab a robe"

He started to head for his closet He felt her fingers on his bare back If his Calvin Kleins had been in trouble before, they were instantly strained to the breaking point by that one touch

"Doug… you don’t need a robe"

Astounded, he turned to her She had never shown the least sexual interest in hih

She earing a knit, halter-type dress With no underwear, he quickly discovered

She was sliding out of it, the very act a tease of the highest variety, her every little nuance of h to wake a dead

He backed away at first She didn’t care a hoot about hiood graces, soe as pendulu slightly

She wants so, he reminded hie to ask her, "Gema, what do you want?"

"You," she whispered The siainst hi his lips as she pressed against him

His insides seemed to explode

Screw it She could have whatever she wanted

He felt her tongue ainst his earlobe, felt her body press firlove

He grabbed at the waistband of his boxers, nearly stu in his haste to be rid of them She started to press him toward the bed His arms wrapped around her He wanted her down

Lord, but she was a strong one!

He isted around, forced down She straddled hiain in a frenzy

"Geo for it now!" he said hoarsely

Then… in the midst of her erotic play, he felt the sharpness of pain