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It was just a kiss, yet it felt life-changing Soul-shattering He put his hand on her waist, his fingers splaying over the dip of her hip, his palh the thin silk of her skirt, another brand In this moment he owned her and they both knew it

Laurel couldn’t have broken that kiss even if she’d wanted to, which, to her own shame, she did not She craved his touch, the explosion of sensation inside her an exciteh her veins, reater access, to reach more of him

Cristiano pulled her to hih her veins and heat flared deeper and hotter

He kissed his way froainst her fevered skin; his hands stroking her hips, her thighs, htly She felt as if she was about to explode, as if she needed to break apart She arched against him, unable to help herself, her mind a haze of need as she craved the kind of release she’d never experienced with a man before

Cristiano growled low in his throat and he ski her inner thigh, teasing the sensitive skin before his thue of her underwear and then slipped beneath, asp at the shock of the tender invasion

For a few blissful seconds Laurel couldn’t even think She’d never been touched so intily And with such expertise Cristiano knew exactly how a few lazy strokes sent her spinning, all herinto his shoulders, everything in her straining as she fought for both control and release She couldn’t have both—there was a battle raging inside her, and she didn’t knohich side she wanted to win

Her eyes fluttered open and through the daze of desire she caught sight of her own reflection on the mirrored wall—her flushed face, her swollen lips, her half-lidded eyes, her arched hips But as for Cristiano—he didn’t look half as affected as she did His expression was shuttered, his lips slightly pursed as he continued to touch her in such an intimate way He looked al an experi her body Manipulating her

With a cry Laurel jerked out of his araze clashed with hers and his eyes narrowed

‘What…?’

‘Don’t,’ she said raggedly Her body pulsed with unfulfilled desire—and shaht into his arain, and stu the door in his face

She flipped the lock, letting out a shuddering breath, her body still pulsing with pleasure—and frustration Pushing her tangled hair away from her face, she paced the room that was just as su to do now?