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Nico grinned down at her

"Every wo about women How to kiss, how to fk, how to dress My first lover toldIf you’re rude to the waiter, she sees and files that away" Nico tapped his teood education"

"I want to learn everything fro?"

"Everything" He straddled her thighs and wrapped his hand around the back of her neck "How you like being touched How you like being fked How you like your eggs in the ht How you love to be kissed"

She raised herkisses When he kissed her and touched her, she could almost make herself believe he was the reason she’d run away to Europe and hidden herself in the middle of the Black Forest, where no one but Nico could find her

"I like being touched the way you touchfked the way you fk s scrambled and covered in cheese I like my tea like I like my men--hot, ready and in my hand And I love the way you kiss et why I’m here" Her voice broke at the final words and Nico took her by the shoulders

"Can you forget?"

"No," she said, shivering "I want to I’ry it happened that I can’t even … I can’t breathe when I think about it"

"I was angry, too Angry at everyone Especially my mother She moved to Paris five days after Papa’s funeral Then I realized she was grieving, too Being near his vines, his life’s work, reht she really loved him But then I knew She couldn’t breathe, either"

"Help er like a vise around her lungs

He pulled her close and put her head on his shoulder

"Breathe with me," he said "Do what I do"

He inhaled deeply and pushed on her back with both hands She forced air into her nose and held the breath

"Now push it out," Nico said Nora forced herself to exhale "Good Again"

With his hands on her back, he guided her breathing In and out Deep and long A push against her back ers down her spine meant "breathe out" After a few