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Daisy grinned. “All right. Fair enough.”
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“Love you.”
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“Love you too. I was just worried.”
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“I know. Don’t give me puppy eyes, they don’t work on me.”
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Daisy laughed as they left the room. “Yes, they do, you big
20
softie.”
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She managed to get back inside and lock up before her phone
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started buzzing again.
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“You amenable to a visit?”
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She grinned. “Is this how you open all your phone calls?”
25
“Only to hot brunettes with curls for miles and a mouth
26
made for sin.”
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“You’re so good at this.”
28S
“Does that mean I’m invited?”
29N
“Are you a vampire then? I need to invite you in?”
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There was a tap at her door and she looked through the peep-
01
hole to fi nd him standing out there in a hoodie with a baseball
02
cap on.
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She opened up. “You look like the Unabomber.”
04
“Paps out front.” He shut the door after putting out the do
05
not disturb sign. “Don’t want that headline tomorrow.”
06
“Yeah, I saw. I don’t know how you deal with it, to be honest.”
07
He tossed the hoodie and cap aside before drawing the drapes.
08
“You deal with it.” He shrugged. “It’s part of the gig. I don’t like 09
it, but over time you adjust your life around it. Learn ways to cope.
10
Let’s speak of it no more because I’m here to fuck you.”
11
“Well, I certainly approve of that topic change.”
12
“I’m a little dirty.” He waggled his brows.
13
“You’re a lot dirty. It’s one of your best qualities.”
14
He laughed, prowling her way, pulling his T-shirt off as he
15
did. “That was my not- very- subtle way to suggest a shower. I
16
like you wet.”
17
“You don’t need a shower for that.”
18
Damn, she made him laugh.
19
“However.” She turned and walked toward the bathroom,
20
tossing her shirt and bra in a nearby chair. “I think shower sex
21
is pretty nice, so I won’t argue.”
22
He loved to look at her naked body. He hadn’t realized it so
23
much while he had it to look on three weeks ago after Adrian and
24
Gillian’s wedding. But in the time since he’d thought about it a lot.
25
She stepped into the huge shower enclosure and he followed,
26
tossing his clothes to the side when he did.
27
“I wish my shower was this big,” she murmured as she
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stepped under one of the many showerheads.
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“Mine is. You can come use it after the tour ends.” Even if
02
he didn’t have a huge bathroom at his home, that she wanted
03
one would have him making calls back home to have one put in.
04
She smiled, her eyes closed, head tipped back. Water rushed
05
over her curves as her nipples tightened, darkening.
06
“You have freckles.” He stepped to her, banding an arm
07
around her waist to haul her closer. He kissed her shoulder, over
08
the freckles he’d just noticed.
09
“I do. I used to worry about it. Of course Cal has nothing
10
like a single freckle. So much pretty on a man seems unfair.”
11
“Oh, Curly, your freckles make my mouth water.”
12
“Mmm. Thank you.” She reached around his body, grabbing
13
two handfuls of his ass, and pulled him even closer.
14
“I’ve thought of pretty much nothing but seeing you naked
15
for the last three weeks. Now that you’re here, naked and slip-
16
pery, I’m so stunned I’m not sure where to start.”
17
Her eyes opened as a smile curved her lips. “I’m sure I have
18
a few suggestions if you’re really at a loss.” She let go and
19
squeezed some soap into her palm and the scent of oranges hit
20
his nose.
21
“That’s what I’ve been smelling!” He copied her, sliding his
22
palms over her breasts and down her belly as she found his cock,
23
wrapping her fi st around it, sliding up and down until he made
24
a sound he hadn’t intended to make.
25
“There’s a bench in here. Handy. I think you should fuck me.”
26
“I plan to. But I want to taste you fi rst. Make you come a
27
few times. Then.”
28S
She frowned a moment and he laughed.
29N
“Turn around. Hands on the tile. Stick your ass out.”
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She did and he looked his fi ll at the bounty of her back and
01
that ass of hers. Mmm.
02
He slid soap- slick hands all over her until she’d relaxed. She
03
was greedy. Wanted it all and right then. But he liked long, slow
04
fucks. So he’d tire her a little with some orgasms and then they’d
05
get to the fucking portion of the program.
06
Her breasts fi t in his palms perfectly and she arched into him
07
when he rolled and tugged her nipples.
08
“Sensitive nipples.” He kissed her shoulder, sliding his teeth
09
over that sensitive skin until goosefl esh broke over her. He wanted 10
to learn her. Their coupling back in Washington had been fast
11
and furious. Intense. Now he had the time and he planned to
12
take it. Every last moment he could.
13
He sent his free hand down her belly, between her legs. All
14
while he crowded her from behind. It was enough to slide his
15
cock against the lush fl esh of her ass, slick from soap as he found 16
her clit hard and ready.
17
He teased her until she thought she would lose her damned
18
mind. Slowly ramping her up and then backing off a few beats.
19
And then starting over. She lost track of time as the water beat
20
at them, as he slowly stroked her clit, brushing his cock against
21
her butt. One hand still pinching her nipple.
22
He was so very good at this.
23
And fi nally, he pinched her clit between his thumb and mid-
24
dle fi nger and there was no holding back. She leapt into climax
25
as it swallowed her up, holding her under. She hadn’t even
26
noticed that he’d rinsed her off and turned her.
27
“Now then. I need you in that bed in there so I can eat your
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cunt.”
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Whoo.
02
Funny how easy she went from discomfort at the word to the
03
sound of it from his mouth sending a wildfi re of heat through
04
her system. Like Pavlov’s dog. Only for sex.
05
She dried off, tossing the towel over the rack, and headed to
06
the bedroom. She’d been sort of shocked at the size of the bed.
07
It dominated the room, which wasn’t overly large. But it worked,
08
gave the bedroom a very cozy feel.
09
The bedding was soft and very fl uffy, which was good because
10
he bent to pick her up and toss her on it.
11
“You like to do that.”
12
He grinned, looking like a rock- star pirate. “You’re small
13
enough to make me feel like the Hulk or something. Plus, you
14
jiggle in all the best parts. What’s not to like?”
15
Holding up some foil packets, he placed them on the night-
16
stand and joined her on the bed. “Now then.”
17
She wanted to kiss him awhile. So she moved close, leaning
18
in to get one eyelid and then the other. Across his brow line.
19
Down his jaw. Over his chin and up again. Against the blade of
20
each cheekbone and over the bridge of his nose. He relaxed into
21
her touch, accepting her kisses easily. His fi ngertips traced each 22
bump of her spine.
23
He opened to her immediately, his taste rushing back through
24
her as if it hadn’t been absent for those weeks. He was a bold
25
kisser. He knew what he was about. He used his lips, his tongue,
26
his teeth. He didn’t just kiss, he tasted. He seduced and then he
27
feasted. By the time she realized it, he’d already taken over the
28S
kiss and made it his. She had no complaints about that part.
29N
Not at all.
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She found herself on her back as he kissed over her eyes. Each
01
step was an echo of what she’d done. The tickle of his beard
02
added extra sensation against the skin of her neck.
03
He found his way to her nipples. Those kisses and licks took
04
on an edge as he bit. Just barely shy of pain. Shivers exploded
05
through her. He nibbled, licked and bit over each breast until
06
she writhed into his touch. Needing more.
07
Damn, she was responsive. Beautiful in the way she arched,
08
demanding more. Each place he kissed told him more about her.
09
She sucked in a breath when he kissed the hollow at her hip. Made
10
a weepy sort of gasp when he’d bitten her nipples. The spot
11
beyond her jaw had made her moan. She liked having her belly
12
kissed, especially around her belly button. He fi led it all away
13
for next time.
14
And there
would
be a next time.
15
He licked down the seam where her leg met her thigh, spread-
16
ing her wide open so he could get at her pussy.
17
He hummed his delight as he took a long look. So pretty. Slick.
18
Ready for him.
19
He took a lick and she shivered.
20
Responsive here too. Ready to come again after the short
21
recess from that orgasm in the shower. He liked that too.
22
She tasted so fucking good. And the noises she made shot
23
straight to his cock. He tried not to think of it, but it was dif-
24
fi cult when she punched the mattress, digging her heels into the
25
bed on either side of his body.
26
Demanding more.
27
So he gave it to her.
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Gave it to her hard and fast, glorying in the way she came
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so hard against his lips and tongue. In the way she tasted and
02
felt beneath him.
03
He kissed her gently as she recovered, trying to get his con-
04
trol back into place before he got inside her again.
05
He fl opped to his back and she got to her elbow, looking down
06
at him. “You should get a platinum record for that.”
07
He grinned, his eyes still closed.
08
“Glad to be of service.”
09
“Now it’s my turn.”
10
She kissed his belly and he stopped her. “Curly, I’m very, very
11
close. If you put those lips anywhere near my cock, it’ll be over.
12
I very much want into your pussy. I want to fuck you until your
13
tits jiggle.”
14
“Oh. Well then.”
15
He opened up to fi nd her grabbing the condom, holding still
16
as she rolled it on.
17
And then she straddled his thighs and he nearly blacked out.
18
But he managed to keep his cool as she got into place, angling
19
him to slowly sink back, taking him deep.
20
“Mmm.”
21
She wore that smile he’d been thinking of. She smiled a lot
22
in general, but this was a sex smile. A private Mary smile she
23
only gave him while they were like this. He didn’t care if anyone