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some sort and dealt with feelings that had been building up for a while. The fire had just provided the catalyst.
    “Better?” Eli asked as she laid her head back on his chest. No longer curled in a defensive little ball, she stretched out beside him and took stock of her current position. She tentatively placed her hand on his bare chest under her cheek. Lord have mercy, but he smelled good. All male. Woodsy and clean.
    “Yes. Much better.” Her fingers splayed out and skimmed across his chest, sifting through the smattering of hairs there over his nipples. She heard his slight intake of breath, and the sound of his heartbeat increased in its rhythm. The accelerating beat made her smile, the sound so solid and reassuring. Rachel snuggled to him and allowed her thigh to drape over his just a little as her hand slid to his abdomen, but no lower, as she listened for a reaction from him. She didn’t have to wait long.
    “Rachel?” He sounded a little breathless as her fingertips gently but deliberately caressed his abdomen. “Should I return to the couch?” His voice had a deeper husky tone than usual. His large warm hand gently slid over her forearm. Beneath her ear, his heart pounded. They were poised on the brink of something that would change them both.
    “No,” she whispered shakily, and her breath hitched from her crying spell. Her body ached to feel his touch. Her clit throbbed, and moisture surged in her aching cunt as her body prepared to receive a lover. “Please don’t go.” All this emotion and sensation had been held back for so long, and now it surged forward as her body clamored to be consumed by his.
    His arms surrounded her and held her close as his body trembled almost imperceptibly and a soft sigh escaped his lips. Her thigh became entwined with his as she drew closer to him. She reached across the wide expanse of his chest and pressed her lips to his muscled pec. Encouraged by that offering, he easily pulled her on top of him so that she would have straddled him had she opened her thighs. Palming the back of her head, he kissed her for the very first time on the lips. It was a gentle kiss, which seemed to 32

    silently beg for her trust, then quickly became more passionate and demanding. Parting her lips, Rachel accepted him as he sought entry to her mouth, his warm tongue stroking hers. She felt a sudden rush of moisture between her legs and a more intense throbbing in her clit. Her body begged to be taken.
    “Are you sure, Rachel?” Eli’s voice was deep and steady. “I want to make sure you want this. If something happens between us, I don’t want to go back to the way it was. I also don’t want you to regret it later.”
    She could hear the emotion that ran deep in his voice. His fear of being hurt was just as strong as hers. How had she ever resisted this gentle giant so long? Was she crazy?
    “Eli, I’m done running. I’m done fighting the way I feel about you.”
    She rested her head on his shoulder, under his jaw. “Yes, I’m stressed out and emotional, but I trust you. And if I trust you, I should give us a chance. I know now that I’ll regret it forever if I don’t give us a chance.” She lifted her head and looked up at him in the pale moonlight that shone through his bedroom window.

     
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    Eli looked into Rachel’s eyes, illuminated by the moonlight. Her face was still damp with her tears, and his heart skipped a beat at the trust and vulnerability he saw in her eyes. His fingertips drifted up to her cheekbones and traced them before sliding into her silky brown hair, strewn over his chest in shiny waves. He kissed her again as he caressed her back and her thighs. He pulled her closer to him, unworried now that she would feel his growing erection against her belly. She gasped in shaky breaths as she came into contact with his rock hard shaft. Gazing into her eyes, he felt her capitulation as her thighs finally parted over his hips. She straddled him, opening