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“Sweetheart?”

She lifted her eyelids, smiled as Seth’s face appeared “Oh, that wasunbelievable”

“Yes, it was,” he said, kissing her forehead “And there’s more”

“More?” She laughed, shaking her head “There couldn’t possibly be”

He was poised over her, and his eyes held a significant gli but bare skin, and an entirely new flame leaped to life inside her He’d removed his britches

Slint in his eyes, she whispered, “Oh, there is more, isn’t there?”

“Yes,” he said, “there is”

“Now?” she asked, her exciteain

He nodded “If you’re ready”

“I’m ready,” she assured him “I’m ready”

He entered her in one swifthis shoulders at a quick slice of pain His body went stiff, and he held her tight for a moment, kissed her softly

She hadn’t expected pain, but it had already faded, and utterly novel and dazzling sensations were once again building, proain, or beyond

“Oh, sweetheart,” he whispered, kissing her cheeks “I’entler”

She shook her head “I don’t think so” Her hands on his back followed the slow rise and fall of his hips, and the friction, the way he glided inside her, coaxed her body into a splendid rhythm