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For several racing heartbeats, he held motionless with incomprehension

A strained whisper stirred the air near his ear “I didn’t think it would hurt that much”

Her words didn’t fully penetrate, but Aleksy instinctively tried to pull back

Clair squeaked and clas on him “Please don’t move”

Understanding hit hied case of too much too soon This was— She was—

“You’re a virgin?” He was amazed he found the word And so loudly

She flinched Her hands slid to his ribs, and her tangled lashes trembled with uncertainty “Not anymore?”

“I don’t do virgins,” he bit out, but he was locked indelibly inside one How? His norile brain wanted answers, but sensations crowded his ability to think She was tight and tense, silky and hot and vulnerable He was livid, knew this rong, but couldn’t draay His body was shaking, intense sexual arousal riding his pulse, sending all the wrong signals when he was co He had to stop it

“Please don’t ruin it,” she said faintly

It? He was ruining her

The sharp pain was subsiding, leaving a sting and a deep awareness of the hard length lodged inside her, hot and still

He was furious There was no hiding froht up in how her body was trying to accommodate his intrusion Her internal ly erotic, made her melt around him He settled a fraction more deeply inside her

Her breath hitched and so did his

She let hers go slowly, unable to look at hi her in two She didn’t knohat to do! Her skin was still sensitized and wanting to be stroked His penetration transfixed her It was incredibly intimate but wickedly persuasive She felt as if she stood in the doorway to a new understanding and desperately wanted to grasp the concept

While she could tell he wanted to exit stage right

Tears of frustration gathered in her eyes “Please—”