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Julia's hand clenched, and she lowered it into the water, sub, except that I happen to like it And if you presuht—”
“I'” A smile crossed his lips “You seem to expect that I'll pounce on you at any moment I'm almost inclined to think you'll be disappointed if I don't”
“Let's not play games,” she said pertly “You're here because you want to bed ain”
“Of course I do,” he replied in a level voice “And you want the sa As I recall, it was a mutually enjoyable experience—or will you try to clai?”
Reddening in frustration, Julia drew her arh water on you to ruin those very fine clothes”
Damon's smile remained “Then I'd have no reason not to join you”
Slowly her arh her teeth “I've been in the bath long enough My skin is beginning to wrinkle”
He extended a solicitous hand to her “I'll help you out”
“No, thank you”
“Shy?” he asked with alift of his brows “I've seen you naed before Once more will hardly make a difference”
“I won't get out until you've left!”
A taunting s”
Irritated beyond bearing, Julia kept her features expressionless and extended a hand to him “Very well,” she said coolly “You ly Damon reached in for her, and she took hold of his wrist with both hands Before he could brace hi him into the water With a ed headfirst
Julia yelped in triumph and retreated to the opposite side of the bath She couldn't help sputtering with laughter as Dah the water-spiked fraray eyes proed for her
Laughing with a ht to evade hiainst his body, the soaked layers of his clothes crushed between them
“You needed a les “The water will cure all your ills”
“There's one problefully, and cupped his hands over her naed buttocks, pressing her hard against him
Julia's laughter dissolved as she felt the swelling shape of hihs Her body drifted in the hot water until she anchored herself to his to wrap around his hips Their breath ular bursts as they stared at each other Although they were both perfectly still, Julia had the sensation of being tuht helplessly in the pull of the churning waves
Gently she pushed the locks of water-soaked hair fro from his temple to his ear Her thumb brushed his jaw, and then she touched the soft place just beneath the bone of his chin She was enthralled by the scratchy-slick feel of his skin, the movement of muscle as he sed
Suddenly Daainst hie hands hooked underneath her ar her steady as he bent his head to her breast Julia squirmed in protest until she felt his mouth slide across the tender curve of her breast and fasten onto a flushed nipple The flicker of his tongue caused an achingly sweet response, the soft peak contracting in his asp and arch in his arms Greedily her hands clawed at the thin linen fil the feel of his bare skin
Lowering her back into the water, Damon slid his hand over her hip and across the taut skin of her belly His touch glided between her thighs, reaching into the velvet patch of hair until he found thedesire, wanting more of the pleasure he offered But an awareness of where they were, a public place, kept her fro herself completely
“We can't,” she gasped against his mouth “Not here”
“Do you wantthe sarmth of her mouth
Julia trehtless in his arh the blur of her wet lashes, she saw his face next to hers, his skin glea erotic fantasies
At her silence, Da the sensitive path that led up to her ear “All you have to do is tell me,” he murmured “Just one word, Julia…yes or no”
A s what she had forbidden herself, knowing horong it was…but that didn'tand no one existed outside this small room Her hand ca feverishly “Yes,” she whispered
Da as Julia tried to help hi beneath the surface of the pool When his chest was bared, Julia drew her hands down the smooth expanse, as hard as wet ainst his skin, and she breathed faster in excite kisses over his face and neck
Da his wet trousers, one brow raised sardonically “I've never disrobed under water before It's not as easy as you ht think”
“Try harder,” Julia whispered, kissing hi, until he gave a laughing groan and yanked ave way, allowing his ra free Julia's hand closed around the hard silken length, gently gripping and sliding
He said her na into her hps as he guided her body over his He held her steady and pushed inside her slowly She whied deeper, wanting to thrust rapidly but restrained by the sloshing water to a torturously slow rhyth friction that promised to last an eternity
Quivering, Julia wrapped her arainst his wet throat She felt the powerful force of his breath expanding in his chest It see the same rhyth her with its intensity She lost all awareness except the driving movements inside her, the sensations that overflowed until she could bear theer
Da the convulsive shudders of her body as she claxed Her innerhim to his own forceful release He closed his eyes, while his senses shattered and his blood was set on fire “Julia,” he gasped against her tautly arched throat “I'll never let you go…never…”
So of her own blood While part of her rebelled against the ownership in his voice, another part of her gloried in it She owned hi…and despite her inexperience she Knew that she would never find this with anyone else Weak and fulfilled and despairing, she sagged against hi softly from the nape of her neck to her hips
“Let ht with you,” he murmured
Julia saw no point in objecting It would be hypocritical after what had just happened She gave hi him slip from her body
Glancing back at Da at the bottom of the pool for his shoes When he resurfaced und held up the ruined leather articles in triumph, Julia shook her head slowly “Do you intend to walk to the inn dressed in wet clothes? You'll catch a chill, or worse”
Dalanced over her flushed, naed body “You can warm me e reach your room”