“Yes. Just because I’m not a groupie doesn’t mean it doesn’t
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make me wet to watch you play.”
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He gaped for a moment and then smiled slow and sexy.
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“Yeah?”
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She nodded. “Oh. Yeah. When I told you I wanted to lick
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He pulled his shirt off and she sighed happily.
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“You’re going to give me a swelled head.”
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She laughed. “I hope so. Come on. Show off for me.”
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She settled on a pillow she tossed in a corner.
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He grabbed his sticks and sat. And a change came over him,
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over his face. He was more than the guy who’d taken her out on
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Hurley. She swallowed hard and watched.
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He started out slow. Setting an easy beat. And then he added
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something. And another something. She recognized a few songs.
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It was so clear to anyone with eyes just how much he loved
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music. He lost himself in it, in all the different movements. His
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gaze sort of blurred as he went away while he played.
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He got sweaty as he played and she got wet, just as she said
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she would. He was so . . . God, she wanted him right then and
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there. She stood, tossing her shirt to the side, and his sticks clat-17
tered as he dropped them, moving to her, his face still intent,
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only on her.
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He grabbed her to him, skin to skin. The heat from his body
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enveloped her. He smelled good. Like hard work and exertion.
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She licked up his pecs, pausing to fl ick her tongue over the bar
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in his nipple. He groaned, pressing into her kiss.
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Humming, he tunneled his fi ngers through her hair and
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tugged, exposing her throat. He kissed, breathing her in. She
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surged back, sliding a hand down the front of his pants to grab
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his cock.
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“Goddamn.” He snarled, taking her to the fl oor.
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seemed to disappear right and left, leaving them both naked as
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the sun poured in through the high windows.
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Bent over her body, he pressed a kiss to her chest, right
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between her breasts. His hair fell forward, brushing over her
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skin. She traced over his tattoos and down to tweak his nipples.
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Sensitive. He mimicked her movements and it was her turn to
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moan as he tugged and then pinched just right.
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“I want to suck your cock,” she whispered in his ear, push-
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ing him back, scrambling to her knees.
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“Fuck,” he murmured as she kissed over his chest and made
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her way south. His cock was in her fi st, his pulse throbbing
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against her palm.
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She took her time. Wanting to taste him in her own way. He
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was greedy, she knew. As greedy as she was.
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“Yes. Yes. Yes.” She licked over the head and crown, tasting
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the salt of his pre- come on his skin.
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She liked this power, his cock in her hand, in her mouth. He
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watched her, his gaze on her like a caress. She took him as deeply
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as she could. Over and over. She ran her nails over his balls and
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just behind. He liked a little ass play, she knew, so she slid her
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middle fi nger back and forth across his asshole as she sucked
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and licked his cock.
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He often liked to come inside her. But she wanted this.
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Wanted to fi nish this way. She held tight, continuing to fl utter
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her tongue just beneath the head where he liked it as he tried to
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move her.
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“I want to fuck you.”
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“Time for that later. I want you to come in my mouth.”
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pupils seemed to swallow the color of his eyes as he watched.
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His fi ngers found her hair again and she moaned when his hold
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tightened.
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He guided her. Clearly holding back.
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“It’s okay,” she whispered against his cock. “I know you
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want to. I’ll let you know if it’s too much.”
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He groaned again, but his grip tightened so that tears sprang
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to her eyes. But it wasn’t from pain. It was so good when he let
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go, his hands pushing and pulling as he fucked her mouth.
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Delicious. Dirty. He fucked her mouth and didn’t apologize.
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Didn’t hold back. He took exactly what he needed. That she
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could satisfy that need did something to her. Set off little brush
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fi res of desire over her skin.
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She loved pleasing him. Loved making him groan and snarl.
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He kept going. Over and over. She breathed through her nose,
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not wanting to pull back. She knew he was close. His balls drew
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tight against his body and fi nally he exploded, arching his back,
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his hands holding her still as he thrust.
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And then she was on her back and he was kissing her hard.
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“Where do you come from?” He kissed her ear, nibbling
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down the outer edge.
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“Bainbridge Island,” she managed to stutter as he sucked her
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earlobe.
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His laugh sent little puffs of air over her neck and ear, and
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shivers of delight outward from there.
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“You do something to me, Curly. Leave me breathless.”
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She smiled, holding his head.
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He did that for a while until she nearly came unhinged and
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he moved on. He paused, kissing each rib. Up one side and down
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the other. He kissed and nibbled underneath her breasts, teas-
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ing until she was ready to beg before he got to her nipples.
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“Your mouth is— oh my god— perfect.”
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He looked up her body and into her face, pausing. “No.
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You’re
what’s perfect.” He kissed one nipple and then the other.
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“Every part of you.”
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“Again with the perfect mouth.” She knew she blushed, but
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he made her so deliciously giddy.
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He kissed down her belly, licking a line from her belly but-
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ton to her clit before he rolled onto his back. “On me, Curly. I
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want you on my face.”
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She managed to fi re her brain cells enough to move. To sit
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astride his body and move up as he moved down. The rug under
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her knees dug in, but in a good way.
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This position was raw. There was no hiding this way. She
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had no time to be self- conscious. There was just the two of them.
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Damien and Mary in the late afternoon sunlight. His hands on
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her hips, holding her steady, his mouth on her pussy.
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No shame. No hesitation or fear. Just want.
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His hair was cool and smooth against the skin of her hands
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as she slid her fi ngers through it, tugging.
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He moaned and it echoed through her.
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She knew he’d leave marks where his fi ngertips dug into the
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muscles of her hips and ass. She knew it and it got her off. Knew
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she’d look at the bruises when she was back home and remem-
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ber this exact moment when pleasure raced through her, hot
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He edged her closer and closer, his mouth on her, all over
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her, his tongue and teeth sliding over the most sensitive parts of
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her until she began to unravel, unable to hold orgasm back
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another moment.
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She came hard and fast, slumping over until he fi nally laid
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her back on the carpet where she could catch her breath.
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emotion welled up so great that she was glad she didn’t have to
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ow was your visit with Damien?” Jules bustled about
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their shared kitchen space, cleaning up from her morn-
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ing as Mary arrived to get ready for that evening’s sup-
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per club.
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“It was really good. I hung out with his family a fair bit.
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They’re all very nice. Rode ATVs, got dusty. Rode horses too.
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His eldest brother has all sorts of animals. Pigs, horses, chick-
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ens, goats. He’s got a fabulous Lab. Dude, you should see
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Damien’s kitchen. It’s like heaven, only in Oregon.”
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Jules laughed, pausing to put her head on Mary’s shoulder.
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“I’m glad.”
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“Of course we seem to have to run a gauntlet of pussy every-
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he got recognized at the airfi eld. At the coffee shop near his
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house. At the damned gas station.”
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“How does he handle it?”
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Mary continued to stir the sauce. “He has that thing that Adrian
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has. They’re charming, compelling. You want to be around them.
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He’s always appropriate. At least in front of me. Women just, gah,
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I don’t know how to handle it. They grab at him, show him their
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boobs, totally bald- faced come on to him right in front of me.”
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“That you care tells me this is more than a fl ing. Also the
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way you carve out time for him and the little smile you get when
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he’s mentioned.”
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Mary sighed. “It’s more than a fl ing. Yes. He wants more,
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he says. I wanted it to stay casual, but the longer I know him
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the less casual it feels.”
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“Cal, looking the way he does and all, has women coming
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on to him a lot. Sometimes in my presence. Men too.” Jules
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hopped up on a nearby stool. “It’s hard. Being jealous, I mean.
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I used to be envious before Cal was mine. I hated that he was
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with other people and not me. But now that he’s mine it’s dif-
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ferent. If that makes me petty, so be it. But he’s my man. He’s
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always so appropriate, though you know your brother is a ridic-
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ulous fl irt. It helps that he’s always got eyes for me, or Gideon, 23
when he comes into a room.”
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“I don’t think I’ve ever really been jealous before. It’s unpleas-