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‘Turn over,’ he said roughly ‘And let et this damned dress off’

Had she thought that he’d been de self-control? Because suddenly it seemed to have deserted hi hands and threw it onto the ground Her bra and panties followed, until she was as naked as he was

And then she remembered

How the hell could she have forgotten?

‘I’m not on the pill,’ she said

His face darkened ‘And ould you be, e have not been sleeping together?’ he deantly

‘Because we haven’t been living together! We’re separated!’

‘But you are still my wife, Lex You are still my wife!’

With a muttered curse he walked over to the closet and opened one of the drawers until he had found what he was looking for

She watched as he tore open the foil, and as all their tuht maybe she should call a halt to thisreason was soon silenced by desire Her throat dried as she watched hie of heart, because he alking back towards the bed and the look on his face was

He returned to his previous position on the bed, with one thigh on either side of her He bent his head and grazed hiseach tip into an exquisitely sensitised bud Her hands flew to his head, her nails digging into his scalp as she lifted her hips towards his in wordless plea

He slid his fingers down between her thighs,indistinct when he felt just hoet she was But Lexi saw the convulsive way he sed, as if he had a luolf ball stuck in his throat And that one shtly around his neck

‘Xenon,’ she breathed

‘Lex,’ he gasped ‘Oh, Lex’

She ainst his neck as he reached down to brush the tip of his erection against her waiting heat

And never had anything seeh he stilled when she cried out his name in a broken kind of way