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up. Ben stood, watching her as she moved.
    “I need to look at you.”
    She started to move her hands to cover herself and he gripped her wrists, stopping her. “No, don’t hide from me. Let me look at you.”
    He let go of her wrists and spread her legs, kneeling between them. He bent down and kissed across her pelvis then up her body. She gasped as his mouth closed on one nipple and his fingers found the other.
    “I want to take this slow, but Liv, I need you. Now.”
    His voice broke through the haze of pleasure. “Condom,” she said at the same time he ripped one open.
    Her body arched as he slid into her. Her breath caught. He’d stopped moving.
    “Open your eyes. Look at me Liv. I want you to look at me.” As she met his gaze he started to move again. “So good. It’s so good.” He moved faster, thrusting into her harder. Her hips rose meeting his.
    “Please Ben,” he heard her say as the pleasure reached its peak, taking them both over.
     
    Two hours later they decided to order room service since every time they tried to leave, one or the other pulled them back to the bed.
    They sat as they had in the hot tub. Her back snuggled up to his front as they fed each other bites of muffin and strawberries.
    “I thought you had a full day today.”
    “I did. I do.” Ben was sure he was in a heap of crap with everyone. Nobody knew where he was.
    Liv scooted away from him and grabbed his phone from his jean’s pocket. “Here, better to face it than sit here worrying about it.”
    “How did you know I was worrying about it?”
    “Worry is seeping off of you. And quite honestly, it is ruining my post-orgasm fog of pleasure. Figure it out so you can either leave or relax.”
    Ben threw his head back and started to laugh. More like roared with laughter. “God, you are really something else. Just when I think I’m starting to figure you out, you go in a direction I never expected.” He squeezed her when he said it, and started nuzzling her neck.
    “Check your phone.” She squirmed against him.
    “You keep that up and I doubt I’ll make the benefit later.” He looked at his phone. “Huh. That’s weird.”
    “What’s that?”
    “I don’t have a single message, not even a text.” He started to punch in a number. “Hey,” he said to whoever answered. “What the hell’s goin’ on?”
    His crew wasn’t as worried about him as he thought they’d be. In fact, when he left the dinner with Liv, they’d assumed he’d spent the night with her, so when he didn’t come down for breakfast, and didn’t show up to help set up, they figured that’s where he was.
    “So,” he said, laying back down and pulling her with him. “I’d say we have at least another hour before I have to leave.”
    “Yeah? And what should we do with that hour.”
    “The possibilities are endless,” he said as he started kissing his way back down her body.
    ***
    Paige and Liv were seated just to the right of center of the stage, in the first row of tables. They’d missed the first couple of opening bands, but had gotten there in time to see the last one on the stage before CB Rice played. From the glares coming from the people seated around them, Liv guessed their reserved table had sat empty for hours before they arrived.
    She hadn’t seen Ben since he left the room a few hours earlier, and the thought of seeing him perform now, when the memory of the two of them together was so fresh in her mind, brought color to her cheeks.
    “Whatcha’ thinking about?” Paige smirked. “Did you have a nice afternoon while I slaved away in meetings?”
    “Stop it. First of all, you don’t slave. You talk and everyone else listens with bated breath. Secondly, yes, I had a very nice afternoon.”
    “Tell me about it.”
    “Paige—I don’t ask you to tell me about your sex life with Mark!”
    “We’ve been married forever, no one would want to hear about our sex life. You, on the other hand, are sleeping with Ben Rice.