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When I could see again, I stared down at her, breathing hard Her expression was so her wrists, I braced my hands above her shoulders “Fuck Are you okay?”

“I think so” She laughed softly “I can’t feel my arms Are they still attached to my body?”

“Sorry I got so carried away”

“You warned ht—partly”

“Partly?”

Her eyes gleaue”

At the hs open before me, my heart skipped a beat Iain

Withdrawing from her body, I stood, yanked up my jeans, and offered her a hand She took it and rose to her feet, pushing her dress down Her hair had come loose “Could I use your bathroom?”

“Sure”

She scooped up her underwear from the floor and disappeared into the s one wrist Closingshe wouldn’t wake up with bruises tomorrow What the hell would she say if soit, I pulled it over my head and went upstairs

In the master bathroom, I disposed of the condoether When I ca in soft waves around her shoulders One ar on the side of her dress

“Fuck,” I said, spotting the hole “Did I rip your dress?”

“Yes, I think you did”

I groaned “God, I’m a dick I’m sorry”

“It’s fine—it’s on the seam, so it can easily be stitched up”

“Let me do it”

She looked up at me in surprise “Huh?”

“I’ll do it right now” I headed for the stairs again “Give me one minute to find a needle and thread”

“You sew?”

“Yes, I sew,” I said, heading up the steps “And I’m offended at your tone”

She burst out laughing “Sorry! You caught me by surprise, that’s all”

It took me a few ivenkit in it, but I finally found it on the shelf in rabbed a TCFD T-shirt fro it to make sure it was actually clean—and headed back downstairs