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He was big and hard and for a ot all about business All she could think was how good it would feel to ain

And she probably would have done just that, had he not said, "It’s h I knew you needed to work today"

God, why did their s always have to be so aard? It didn’t help that her phones wouldn’t stop ringing

"I’et that real quick just to let therabbed the phone closest to her and said, "Hi Sorry" She had her face in her hands as she said, "I overslept I’ll be there really soon" She hung up "That was Lori She sounds really worried about--"

Her words fell away as she noticed that Marcus wasn’t in the bed any on the opposite side of the room and had already put on his pants She was the one who should have been dressed already and heading out the door, but fro to beat her to it She could also clearly see froret on his face that he wanted nothing ht they’d spent together

Of course, right then, she had to re asleep in his arhts instead of one?"

Nicola’s first reaction was to cringe, to feel like a pathetic idiot for having asked for more time with him She pulled the sheet off the bed to cover herself as she stood to face the ht her more pleasure than she’d even knoas possible

Only, instead of letting him leave before she embarrassed herself any further, she quickly reone for

Despite how hard it was, how potentially e potential hit to her pride, she knew deep inside that she and Marcus had shared so special Not just the sex, but those sweetjust to let it all end She wasn’t willing to let herself be pleasured and left like this

Which hy she refused to let the nervous pace of her heartbeat keep her fro across the room to him His eyes darkened as she ca as the sheet slipped further down on her chest

She knew she could drop the sheet and get what she wanted, that his reaction to her naked curves was al, to be consuain that she al held her back--that voice in her head that said she wanted his decision to spend another night with her to be ain