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“Of course” But a heat invaded her

Benteen tipped his head down to look at her, a war his eyes with patience “Then say it Better yet, say that you enjoyed having sex with your husband”

“I … enjoyed having sex with h the sentence

“Did you?” he asked

“Yes,” she ad she should acknowledge

“Maybe if I had you say it a thousand times, it would sound uilt,” Benteen suggested dryly

“I do love you” Lorna never intended for him to think otherwise

“You damn well better not love anyone else,” he declared on a mock threat, and reached over to turn down the lamp’s wick

“Wait” Lorna stayed his hand “I have to get own”

“No” He turned the wick down and cupped a hand to the glass chi her naked body into his ar to sleep in the raw tonight I don’t want you to be self-conscious about your body—or mine”

“I’ll try” But it wasn’t easy when his body was so vitally hard and warm She doubted if her awareness of it would ever perh to sleep

His hands rubbed over her “You don’t belong anywhere else but right here, Lorna” It was a fir, with a lot ive a man pleasure”

Soiven to her by that sporting lady, Pearl Rogers It started a whole chain of thoughts

“Benteen?” Her handhair on his chest “Have you had … sex with many women?”

“What’s this?” There was a sation into my sordid past?”