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"Like this?" I say just before I exhale along her neck The whi everyWith Pilar, sex always felt like a battle With other wo their bodies for my selfish pleasure, and then I’d discard them like yesterday’s trash

But with Violet, it feels like … more Like I want to use and keep and possess and ht She consumes me Confuses me Exhilarates me

I hate it

I want more of it More of her

She settles her hands on my shoulders as if she needs to hold on for fear she’ll slip to the floor, her fingers gripping ht "Just like that," she whispers as she tilts her head to the side, giving ainst her neck, along her ear She’s wearing her hair down, the long, wavy strands ticklingit in "Or do you want more?"

"More," she says without hesitation "So ," I tell her, which is the truth

"I know" And I can tell shehere Anyone could find us"

"I doubt that" I kiss her, just behind her ear, letting ue to lick at her skin A shiver ers aroundto have you sprawled naked on that table," I whisper "Your legs spread wide open so I can see just hoet you are for me"

"Oh God" She ss so hard I hear it, and then her hands are scra my suit jacket off my shoulders, down my arms, so I shake it off my arms and let it drop to the floor "I want to see you"

I haven’t stood naked in front of this wo surprise But I’ to take that big of a risk "Not yet," I tell her, stepping away froer hands "Have patience"

She adjusts herself so she’s sitting on the edge of the conference table, pushing the chairs on either side of her away before she braces her hands on the edge of the low in her eyes is unets as overcooing to guess by the way she’s behaving that’s a yes

Crossing her legs, the skirt of her dress rides up, offering hs She notices where aze drops and she hikes up her skirt farther, practically to her hips

"What are you doing?" I ask a myself to you," she ansith no sha like a woet me naked on the table …"