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“I love you too,” I tell hi with happiness “But I want you to prove it toone step toward hi back, he brushes the back of his hand againsta stray lock of hair over my ear

“I’ll dohis lips against h me, the touch of his s I have ever experienced inback from me

“Why?” My heart is starting to beat faster, anxiety crawling under my skin as every fiber of my body starts to ache for him

“Just do it” I co There’s so in the tone of his voice He showed up inup into a man, one who towers above all other rows up: he will always be my Lance

I hear hi hi—one of his travel bags, I assuhtly as he presses soainst my skin He places it overthe slender piece of fabric tightly It’s a tie, an expensive one, judging by the smoothness of it

“Now, turn around,” he whispers into ainst it I turn on ainst entle pressure of his fingers onover ht belowit down, the sound of it like a melody My naked back turned to hiently pulls the straps downby my waist

I say nothing I siers upthem down just like he did with my dress He unclasps it and lets it fall fro with raw desire

Breathing softly but at a growing pace, I’s Lance is taking his ti anymore, and that makes me even more anxious for his touch … for his body

“You look lovely,” he whispers, his voice sending a shiver down ers over my back, he hooks the the dress downthe floor, I step out of it, suddenly feelingand my heels and I feel more naked than ever before He has seen me naked countless times, but I could always look into his eyes, take in his reaction Right now, there’s only darkness—that and the warertips

“I want to see you,” I say, suddenly realizing that I’ way harder than I expected

“I know,” he runs one lazy finger over the contour ofthe curve offor you to see now… You can only feel”

There’s a wetness building infro in ht now … Vulnerable and wet Could there be a more perfect combination?

Grabbing my hands, he moves me across the room; I follow after him, almost as if I were on a leash, and stop when he does

“Sit down,” he says, andat the sound of his words I have no idea where I’, but I trust hi the soft ht, and ine hoould feel to be pinned down between the sheets and Lance’s body “Now lay down,” he continues, no longer touchingfaster and faster, I cli back as he instructed me to

There are a few seconds of silence, andto have no idea what’s going on around ood way