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I could feel his chin resting on the top ofmy hair and down the side of my neck Jesus I closed ive him my neck and the skin there I could feel how much he wanted this, and me My senses were electrified My skin, warmed by the water, cooled by the air, soothed by his touch, ca alive The wind carried the snolias I want this I want this I want him! What’s the hesitation? Why can’t I just turn around and face him? This man is here solely to please me My only obstacle is my inability to let him

Then, as he placed his hands on ain, loud, insistent, with my mother’s Tennessee timber He thinks you’re too flabby Too curvy Too short He probably doesn’t like redheads

I squeezed roan, the kind I recognized as deep male approval Okay, he likes wh

at he’s touching He placed hisboth of us into a deeper current

“Your skin is incredible,” he murmured, as he walked me farther backwards until I aist-deep with him “Like alabaster”

He’s lying They told hiet lost

“Turn around, Dauphine I want to look at you”

My ar the water I opened my eyes and turned around to face the expanse of his chest and the un! Let it! I tilted my head back to look up at his calht off my feet, so swiftly and deftly that I screamed out of joy, even as my stomach fluttered By the time in

“It’s cold!” I gasped, clutching him harder

“You’ll soon war me all the way into the water His arive in to hio …

“That’s right, just relax into it I’ve got you”

I felt marvelously buoyant The water wasn’t scary at all I closed my eyes and letti across my face

“Look at you, Ophelia,” he said

With one ar me up in the middle of my back, he moved the other ar, pastto my stomach where he stooped to kiss the water in the pool my belly button created

“That tickles” My eyes were still closed You’re weightless and divine You’re body is beautiful, Dauphine

“Does this?” he whispered, letting his hand travel acrossod

“A little,” I said My body opened like a starfish,to me The chill firmed my skin My nipples were ripe and hard I opened my eyes and found his face, and I could see desire there I watched hihs open

“How about this?” he asked, slowly sliding one, then two fingers inside me