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Courtney’s lashes lifted slightly, and she drank in his nudity, her cheeks flushed with newly discovered, escalating passion “Slayde” She opened her arms to him

He covered her in a heartbeat, kissing her with a ferocity they both craved “Your ribs…” he ed

“I don’t feel the her ar thebut you”

His gaze darkened to near-black “Open for me I need to be inside you”

Instantly, she cohs until they cradled his hips “Like this?”

“Yes,” he ground out, teeth clenched to retain a ses around me Oh…God” A hard shudder wracked his body; sweat broke out on his brow

“That feels so right,” she whispered, lifting her legs to hug his flanks, easing hiht, armth

“Courtney” Hisneed to possess her everywhere at once Slowly, his hips pressed forward, pausing, circling, readying her for his penetration “Tell me if it hurts,” he commanded “If it does…I’ll stop” Even as he uttered the vow, he wondered if he’d be able to keep it Already, he felt reason slipping away, lost in a roaring deluge of sensation He was shaking, drenched in sweat, teetering on the brink of climax—and he was yet to be fully inside her

“It doesn’t hurt,” Courtney soothed “It feels—” She broke off, gasping as he pushed deeper, stretching and invading her as he reached the thin barrier of her, maidenhead

Forcibly, Slayde raised his head, braced himself on his elbows “Courtney?”

She drew his mouth back to hers “I love you,” she whispered “Don’t stop”

It was too much

With a hoarse growl of need, Slayde thrust forward, tearing the fragilehimself to the hilt He heard Courtney whi deep indentations in the pillow as he battled for sanity “Sweetheart?”

She didn’t answer at once and, in that instant, Slayde cursed hi her pain He was just about to withdraw—no matter what the cost to hi from her delicate frame

“Slayde” She murmured his name reverently, and it was the most exquisite sound he’d ever heard Like a precious flower, she opened to him,warmth “There’s no more pain,” she breathed “Just…heaven”