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‘I want to see if you’re as beautiful as I reed her T-shirt over her head Tossed it over his shoulder Dragged the bra cups down and filled his palms arm female flesh

Her skin was rich crearant, her nipples pale and tight Impossible not to taste He captured one, scraped over it with teeth and tongue She hauled in a whiency pinched at his flesh He wanted those fingers on other, more needy parts

‘And…?’

She tugged his head away from her breast with the palms of her hands and he fell into her eyes ‘You’re…’ not what I expected ‘…enchanting’

What was happening here? Was this more than sex?

He thrust the questions fro them both away from the door, he lifted her off her feet and quickstepped them to the foot of the bed

He grabbed his wallet from his jeans as he toppled her onto the mattress and followed her down, hot, iers fumbled with the leather a e He held it up in front of her face ‘The only condom I have with me’

Her hand snapped up to cover his, eyes dark with a wicked pro turbulence ‘Better make the most of it, then’

Caht her hand before it slid off his sweat-slick belly He didn’t want to ainst his ‘So…you said you’ve seen it all before’

‘I’ve always felt an obligation to try and help out where I can There was a halfway house for those undergoing drug rehab…’ She rant hair tickling his chin ‘Well, you kno it is’

He did And the fact that she did too was a connection he hadn’t anticipated He was stillthe sheet with her, and traced a finger down the centre of his chest

‘But you…You let me believe all you were interested in was money’

He hesitated ‘For a long ti up I didn’t have it’ He should have moved He should have known she’d ask questions And he should have thought before he answered Even in the semi-darkness he felt the incredulity in her eyes

‘What? Money?’

‘Surprised, Didi?’ His private smile was humourless ‘Seems we’ve traded places’

She was silent a moment ‘You know about my family, tell me about yours’