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He pulled his jumper up over his head and threw it behind him, unconcerned about where it landed His T-shirt and jeans followed

“Co about getting you into bed I don’t want to waste a minute”

Rainne smiled and put her hand in his

Alastair had planned his seduction of Rainbow Benson in detail And it had all gone to hell when she’d turned up on his doorstep with tears in her eyes He wanted her with a desperation that bordered on insanity

He held her hand tightly as he led her onto his bed He was nervous How stupid was that? He’d wanted this woman since she’d first set foot in Invertary seven months earlier He’d pursued her with relentlessness and patience And now that she was here, where he wanted her most, he felt his hands shake with the pressure of the moment He wanted this to be perfect for her He wanted her to know this wasn’t just sex for hi-terht he couldn’t possibly knohat he wanted, because he was younger than she was But he did And tonight he was going to prove it to her

Rainne lay flat in the middle of his double bed, her hair spread out over his pillow, a tiny s the corner of her lips She was a feast and he was a starving man His eyes slowly roamed down her luscious body

“I don’t knohere to start,” he murmured

Rainne shot upright, her ar her breasts What the hell?

“I’m so sorry, Alastair,” she said, her eyes orry “I didn’t ht you’d done this before”

Alastair couldn’t help the laughter that burst out of him “Aye, I’ve done this before Not as h” He took her hand and ed to him now and he wanted access “I meant there’s so much I want to do to you that I don’t knohat to choose first”

“Oh” Her shoulders sagged Her s with a kiss?”

Her eyes went to his lips at her suggestion, and she licked hers in reflex Alastair groaned, knelt in front of her, cupped her face with his hands and brushed his lips over hers Soft Delicious Mine He pressed her lips harder, asking for access, and she opened her ly for him Soft hands curled around his hips as he deepened the kiss She tasted of grape juice and sherbet, which made him smile

A shtened on his hips, her nails biting into her skin He kissed her long, hard, relentlessly Wanting to consume her To tie her to him in ways that would ainst him, and Alastair felt his muscles tense in response Slowly, he lowered her back onto the bed He lay beside her, one arle in her hair, the other caressing her throat

“Alastair,” she whispered

He s their kiss His hand slid over her collarbone to the curve of her breast His heart rate spiked at the feel of her softness in his hand She fit hih to overflow So incredibly soft Except for that nipple, which was peaked and hard and de attention