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“You know,” she said, winking at hireat way to say thank you”

“I thought you’d never ask, sheikha”

They snuck back to their bedroom and shut the door It was far from the nursery hall, but one never kne much time they had with a toddler, and she prayed that no noises would come over the baby monitor

Amanda slipped her robe off and positioned herself on the bed, hoping she was giving her best co because Amir had slipped out of his pajaht it was to behold His eyes glea His olive skin was taut over his abdo

“I a over to the bed and crawling up over her with all the grace of a jungle cat

She laughed and patted her still flat belly “I think that’s hoe got two in the first place—we usually do”

“Then I’ht I need to feel myself inside of you,better than that intensity Nothing”

“Prove it,” she said

There were no more words between them He was on top of her, his heft complete as he entered her Hisher with just a feel of his girth and heat But slowly, A deep into her channel until he was pressed flush against her She could feel the scrape of his beard against her neck, smell the hints of sandalwood and his own musk as they wafted into her nose

“Please, I need you!”

He started to rock his hips, a slow and sensuous rhyth her as it had the first time and every time since

A at the sensitive skin there She bucked her hips, thrusting her own body up to th see h her li flaht His tempo increased and she felt every ainst her own

Ath hit just the right spot, the right intensity, and she shattered apart, her cli her The fire was now an explosion, like her body had gone supernova, beco star of its own A out in their lad that they were so far from everyone else

It was hard to be quiet when A like that

She took a moment to catch her breath then rolled onto her back A he loved to do, a ritual between the out all the knots of tension that the hustle and bustle of caring for a toddler caused