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Deep down he’d always known that sex with Alexis would be explosive It was exactly why he’d stayed well away fro the buzz of physical satisfaction into oblivion By doing what he’d just done, by seeking and taking pleasure, he’d just betrayed the one woed to remain faithful to

Tears burned at the back of his eyes as recri each breath a painful necessity He didn’t deserve to seek respite He certainly didn’t deserve to find pleasure and most especially not in the arms of Alexis Fabrini

He could feel her, lying silently beside hi was still quick and shallow The warmth of her body extended across the short distance between the him succor Support and comfort he didn’t deserve

He screwed his eyes shut tight He was so wrong to have done this He should have just stayed in his room, alone with the bottle of brandy and the snifter he’d taken fro oblivion in alcohol’s potent depths

Alexis reached across the sheets and took his hand in hers, squeezing silently Even now she offered hihtly as she rolled onto her side to face hi hiaze

He tensed, waiting for her to say so, but instead she reached out a hand and stroked his chest The light circular movements of her hand soothed him, when he didn’t want to be soothed He wanted her to yell at hi when he’d coed her back to his When he’d given in to the claht, without care

Without protection

His heart hammered in his chest even as her hand worked its way lower, over his rib cage and to his abdo realization that had just dawned on him, his body continued to respond to her touch—to be soothed and ignited, both at the saain, the thruh his veins

“No!” he said abruptly, gripping her hand and halting it on its inexorable journey down his body “We didn’t use protection,” he said grimly

“It’s okay,” Alexis said “I’m on the Pill”

He gave her a considering look Was she telling the truth? She had no reason to lie Through the glooh there to relax just a little

Alexis rose onto her knees, then straddled hirasp

“So, I guess it’s yes?” she whispered softly back to him “Please, Raoul Let me love you”

“This isn’t love,” he said bluntly, hating the fact he couldn’t control his growing response to her

He felt her flinch a little at his words and heard the sharply indrawn breath

“Then lether head to kiss him

Her tongue swept along his lower lip before she sucked it between her teeth He fought the rising tide of desire that continued to swell inside him—but made no effort to pull away He could feel the heat of her core as she hovered over his belly, felt his penis twitch in response Exactly when he surrendered to her will and became an active participant he wasn’t entirely sure, but all of a sudden his hands were cupping her head and his fingers were tangled in the honeyed strands of her hair as he kissed her back with all the pent-up longing and despair that had tormented him these past ten months

When she broke away he would have protested, but her s his shoulders, down his chest, over his belly and finally, finally, reached his aching erection He felt her fingers close around his length, felt her squeeze gently as she stroked him up and down His hands fisted at his sides as he felt himself harden even more When she shifted and bent to take hiht then and there The slick ainst the smooth swollen head of his penis sent jolts of pleasure radiating through his body

There was no roo, there was only space for sensation and its inevitable, relentless buildup With a final lave of her tongue Alexis released hined her body so she was poised over him He held his breath as her darkened silhouette slowly lowered over him, as he entered the silky hot wetness of her body

She gave aher pelvis and rocking against him He felt her inner muscles clench and hold him Pressure built inside hinore