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"You’re sweet," he said, trailing his fingertips up and down her spine "I can’t believe there hasn’t been anyone I know you’ve dated"

"That’s not the equivalent of putting out"

"It’s not?" He laughed, and she suys None of the for me Then there was an incident…" She trailed off, not sure she really wanted to tell him about that She should have known he would pick up on it Suddenly his voice wasn’t low and seductively rough, but sharp and like the crack of a whip

"What incident?"

The memory was still as vivid in her er felt the crushing panic in her chest she’d felt then Surely it would be safe to share it with hi that happened at Deanne’s graduation party This guy was drunk and wouldn’t leavea forced seduction bit I’d let hi, I tried to push hiot his hands under uess to everyone else we looked like another couple o on forever before anyone intervened Deanne’s fiancé finally dragged hi it off like it was so funny Saying, ‘Oh, don’t mind him, baby, he’s just drunk’ But for aafterward"

"Who was it?"

"No one you know He doesn’t live here" Fortunately for him, because Brian’s tone held the promise of murder

"Fucking bastard," he growled "Tyler’s a bastard, too, for not yanking his boy in line I can’t stand that little frat-rat douche bag, and if I knew the son of a bitch ouldn’t stop pawing you, I’d break his arlow that spread through her chest, so she reveled in it "Don’t worry tooto do with any guys, but I got over that Obviously"

"Whatever happens with us, you can trust that all you have to do is say the word and I’ll stop Hell, you don’t even have to say the word Unlike the du it and when you’re not"

"I know"

"But I have to say" He trailed his fingers down her cheek, his eyes glinting wickedly at her in the faint light "I didn’t get nearly enough of you You told , and I did it, but we didn’t stipulate as to whether I could do it more than once So with your peret another taste of you Draw it out Make it last" He pulled away, searching her face "You don’t mind how I talk to you, do you?"

So lost in ecstasy over his request, she als you want to hear from some people, but not so much froain With a stroke so soft and slow she could scarcely feel it, the tip of his finger slid up the hed and opened her legs wider "That’s good Because I want you to kno soft and wet and perfect you are How crazy you’re drivingher throat with his lips

"Yeah, you can keep that up all night," sheall over again His fingertip trailed from her clitoris to her entrance, dipped inside, and spread the wetness he found all through and around her folds She arched upward, needinga deeper contact, and he kept his hand between her legs as he kissed and licked his way down her body

She threaded her fingers through his hair and left the theht she couldn’t bear another moment without his mouth on her, he lowered his head and leisurely built the pressure to a towering inferno all over

Jesus, did all guys kno to do this so well? She doubted it She liked to think that for her first non-self-induced orgase of the precipice and slid his fingers deep inside The sudden tight burn was all it took to push her over This ti, and he knew just how to stoke it, just how to draw it out with the gentle thrust and drag of his fingers She finally collapsed, utterly drained as the last contraction bled her of all rerasp on the sheets because she couldn’t hold on anyed to crack open one eye to peek at hireed She could smell her own musky scent as he nuzzled under her jaw to kiss her neck She tipped her chin to the side and bared it for hi his erection still strained his jeans He’d said she could see hi her resolve, she made a bold move She reached down between theain, right in her ear

"Candace"