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His ent de flood of heat into her extre him lift his head She was desperate to own his mouth but too shy to say it

Her body spoke for her, knee bending to bracket hi her ankle, her calf, her thigh With their eyes locked in ever-intensifying connection, he cliown until he touched her so intimately she had to close her eyes

That only ly aware of the deliberate way he tantalized her She lodged the back of her hand against her openthe cry of pleasure that escaped as he caressed and teased,for more—

“Oh!” He pressed into her wet core and she clenched, surprising herself with an unexpected orgased moans refused to be suffocated

“I’m sorry! I’m so embarrassed,” she said into the paneled back of the divan, al as he lifted her to strip her undies away

“Don’t be,” he commanded, his voice thick and fierce He rose over her, his penetration happening at the saroan of relief

It was better than the first ti her a rasped at hi better than this first deep thrust to alleviate the acute need

Then he h her

CHAPTER NINE

ALEKSY SHIFTED, ROLLING onto his back, snapping Clair out of her deep sleep

Her naked back reacted to the loss of his heat like the cool, raw flesh under a bandage She fought a foreign desire to turn and burrow into his warth