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We both pause to look into each other’s eyes, and we know Everything else in the room and everyone else in the world dissolves For this ain, clothes discarded carelessly all around us

Michael is gentle with htness, and I shake again at the deep, ful penetration I shiver around his hardness, even as I gush wetly, dying for his touch We both explode with love, carried to the stars and beyond

The next ainstupsoftly outside the , and stretch a bit, reveling in this feeling of well-being I feel at peace in this moment in time

A hand reaches out and pullsme onto my back It traces from my navel up the center of my chest, and then swivels around to the back of htly shift back around to softly graze my cheek, and finally, they brush my hair behind my ear I look up to meet his eyes

“Good , beautiful,” Michael says to me in a soft, hoarse voice Before I can wish hi on top of h I lift ive myself over to him with all of my heart

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Tilly

The next few ins to warh, sometimes it’s difficult just to see my handsome lover

After all, Michael’s very busy ork He’s in the process of opening a new store on the North side of the city, near Wrigleyville It will be a great place for business Built around the Cub’s holey has beco crowd The streets are lined with bars and pubs sporting large outdoor patios with string lights and wood-lined dance floors Soes inside The stadium also doubles as an event space for concerts and various expos that come to town It’s a lively area of the city, and I think enius to open a new liquor store in this locale

It has been a lot of work for hio-to liquor store in this trendy neighborhood He spendsaccounts for the new storefront He also loses a lot of ti back and forth to the location to hire and train new eet to spend at hoone to invite ht, as we can’t risk her co me there with her father