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he night had been full of magic. Mary hadn’t felt so light
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and carefree in ages. Things had been great with work
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and for her friends and this wedding felt like the capper
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on all that wonderful.
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After the emotion of the music Adrian and Miles had dedi-
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cated to Gillian and the success of the food, she’d paused just
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at the large back porch to grab some alone time.
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The air carried the scent of all the peonies decorating the
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entire space. Heady and sensual, it made her tip her head back
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to breathe deep.
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“Well, lookie here.”
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She opened her eyes slowly to take in the sight of Damien
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walking toward her. A slow, sexy lope, his features intent on
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her. It sent a shiver through her because goddamn, he was deli-
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cious.
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She smiled. “Hello there.”
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He kept walking until he was just a breath away. “What are
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you doing over here all by yourself?”
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“I snuck in to check on the food. Don’t tell Gillian or she’ll
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have my ass.”
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He sucked in a breath that made her hold her own. He was
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going to say something, she could feel it. Something that would
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change everything.
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“Your ass? Hm. Well, I’d rather have it than let anyone else
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get to it.”
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A burst of heat fl ashed over her.
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He got even closer, his hand at her waist. “I’d really like to
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get up in what you’ve got, Mary Whaley.”
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She was absolutely sure he’d used that line before. She was,
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after all, not stupid and she’d seen him on the celebrity news
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dozens of times.
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Didn’t matter. It worked. She liked him. And she liked what
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he said and how he said it. And she wanted to fuck him. Men
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got to do this stuff, why shouldn’t she?
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She licked her lips as she thought about it.
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And then be bent a little and brushed his lips over hers in a
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surprisingly sweet kiss. A kiss that deepened, hinted at what
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else he could do with that mouth of his.
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She was slightly tipsy. Very happy. In a great mood. A hot
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dude just laid a smooch on her and he wanted to get down. As
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it happened, she liked getting down. He wouldn’t want to marry
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ness off the ground. It would be totally about fun and pleasure.
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No fuss, no muss.
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Well, maybe some muss would be all right.
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“All right. Make it worth my while, then.”
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His grin made her tingle and she knew everything else he
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had was going to equally please her system. She’d totally have
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to confess this to Gillian when they returned from the hon-
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eymoon.
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“Inside?”
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Mary jerked her head toward the house. “Follow me.”
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Like he’d do anything else? He walked behind her, taking in
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the sway, the pretty heels, the way her rebellious escaped curls
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brushed the back of her neck. Her neck, where he’d have his lips
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as soon as he could make it a reality.
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He wanted her more than he’d wanted something in a long
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time. “I’m staying here. Just upstairs.”
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Luckily, most everyone was still outside so it wasn’t so very
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hard to get up the stairs quickly and into his room, which thank-
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fully had a lock on the door.
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She turned and smiled, rooting him to the spot. Moonlight
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from the nearby window bathed her in silver. Music wafted from
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the party below. But it was just the two of them in this moment
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in time.
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“I don’t even know where to start.” He suddenly felt shy.
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“Well, let’s see.” She reached up to unpin her hair. It was
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longer than he’d remembered. “I seem to recall a few things
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about this sex stuff.” She stepped to him and took his arm, turn-
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ing the wrist to undo his buttons there, and then the same with
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Then she loosened his tie, tossed it over her head and went
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back to the buttons on his shirt until she was able to push it off
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his body.
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“Now then.”
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He had to have her mouth right that very moment, so with
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one hand he cupped the back of her neck and with the other he
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pulled her against him. Her lips parted on a little gasp of sur-
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prise and he took advantage of that moment to lick that bottom
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lip and then slide into the kiss fully.
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She tasted better than he’d imagined from that brief brush
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of lips outside. She was cherries and champagne. So fucking
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delicious and lush he wanted to roll around in her.
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Mary nipped his bottom lip as her hands slid all over his upper
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body. Her touch was soft and smooth, even as she lit him up.
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“Goddamn, baby. I want to lick every single inch of you.”
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And that wasn’t a lie. At all.
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She unzipped her dress, letting it fall from her body, and he
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nearly swallowed his tongue at how perfect she was. Small. She
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couldn’t have been more than fi ve feet and an inch, maybe two.
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Curves that made his mouth water. Gorgeous tits and a high,
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round ass.
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He shook his head as he took a long look. “Today is clearly
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my lucky day.”
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“You’re about to get luckier, so get those clothes off.”
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He was beginning to get the feeling Mary Whaley was all
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kinds of dirty up under her pretty dress. “My day keeps getting
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better.”
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He pulled his shirt off the rest of the way and couldn’t deny
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lidded. She took a few steps closer, reaching out to grab the
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waist of his pants and haul him the last little bit until they were 02
skin to skin.
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He closed his eyes briefl y, bending to bury his face in that
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glorious mass of curls.
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Until she fl icked the button of his pants open and unzipped,
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pushing the material down, along with his boxers.
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“Impatient.” Not that he was complaining or anything.
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“Mmm hmm.”
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He reached around her body to unhook her bra and trace
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over the ribbons crisscrossing the top of her panties. “These
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are . . . It’s like opening a present on my birthday.” But he for-
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got whatever else he was going to say when he caught sight of
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them in the mirror. Hooking his fi ngers on the sides of her
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underpants, he pulled them down and she stepped from them.
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But his face was level with her pussy and he thought that was
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a fairly good place to start.
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She looked down, watching him on his knees. “Like déjà vu.”
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He pressed kisses from one hip to the other before focusing
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on her. “How so? ’Cause I’d remember being here before. I’m
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certainly never going to forget it.”
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She sucked in a breath as he licked across her belly button.
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“Earlier. You were sitting. I was s-standing.” Mary lost her train
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of thought for long moments as he drew his hands up the backs
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of her legs, stopping to tickle the backs of her knees.
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“Hmm. I think I found a spot I’ll have to investigate.” He
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did it again and her legs nearly buckled. “Well now. Yes indeed.
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After. Or again. Whatever.”
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by fl at, hard muscles. Probably from the brutal workout of drum-
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ming the way he did. Tattoos covered his skin and she noted one
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of his nipples was pierced as well. She’d investigate in detail. After.
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She nearly fell over when he breathed against her labia. Hot.
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to keep from dissolving into a puddle on the fl oor.
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Then he picked her up like she was nothing, turning to place
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her on the edge of the bed. “This way I can still be on my knees
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when I eat this pretty, pretty pussy.”
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He turned his head to lick the side of her knee, wrenching a
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gasp from her lips. Then, just behind, which made her hot and
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wet, aching. Until that moment she hadn’t even really known it
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was one of her sweet spots. Not many men paid any attention
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to that spot, but hot damn, he did. Thank God for it.
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Kisses up the inside of her thigh. The barest contact against
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her pussy and then kisses and licks down the inside of her other
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thigh until he got to the other knee.
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“Goddamn. You’re easy for some back-of- the- knee action. I
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like that.”
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She gulped, enjoying what he was doing to her. Each kiss and
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lick devastating her a little more and he hadn’t even really made
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contact with any of her best parts yet.
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He tossed one of her legs up on his shoulder and sent her a
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look that would have rendered her jelly if she wasn’t already
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lying down. Hooo, he knew this sex stuff.
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“Now then.” He spread her open and sucked in a breath.
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She started at the word.
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“You don’t like that word?” He drew the tip of his tongue
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over her clit, teasing.
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“ I—Oh god. I never really thought about it.”
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He sucked her clit between his lips several times before back-
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ing up. “I know it’s got negative history. But it’s not an insult
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desire. Sometimes it’s a pussy. Sometimes it’s a vagina. But when
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it’s spread open to me like this, when I want to shove my face
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into you and lick every part? Then it’s a cunt. In the best way.”
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That made sense. And it did make her tingly when he said it.
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She nodded and he bent again, this time circling her gate with
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a fi ngertip while he went back to licking her clit. Slowly. Surely.
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The pressure just a breath more each moment. She wanted to lay
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back. Wanted to close her eyes and luxuriate in the way he made
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her feel. But she couldn’t. Couldn’t tear her eyes from the picture 15
he made there on his knees between her thighs. His hair had
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fallen forward so she only got a glimpse of his face here and