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against her hot skin as his lips found a spot right under her ear that left her gasping out loud and him moaning in response.
    That moan made her hungrier, greedier for the moment she suddenly felt she’d been waiting for all her life.
    Finally she pulled away and looked at his face. His lips were swollen from their kisses, his eyes were darker than before and filled with a promise that would’ve left her breathless if she weren’t already.
    She laughed softly as he raised an eyebrow in question. And then with her simple push they were lying on the lounge chair. Or rather he was. She was lying on him, and she couldn’t think of a better place to be right then. She didn’t care who might see them. It didn’t matter.  
    All that mattered was him and now. And the fact that she was finally, finally going to taste something other than his lips.
    She trailed her kisses to his neck and back to his mouth. She pushed the hair off his forehead and settled her pelvis against the hardness of his erection.
    Where his bare chest pressed against her skin, she felt liquid fire. Soft and hot and uncontrollable. Their legs tangled first one way and then another as she slowly worked her lips down to his chest until she heard his sharp intake of breath as she took his pebbled nipple between her teeth.
    “Jesus, Cordelia.” His whispered words, his hot response, his hard erection left her smiling in wonder. She was doing this. She had this man, this incredibly sexy man, completely, totally turned on.
    She pushed up on her elbows and blew on the wet skin where her lips, her teeth had so recently been and laughed softly as he groaned in response.
    He opened his eyes at her laugh, and she felt her smile slip as he pressed his hips up and against her. One small move, barely noticeable, and yet she felt so much.
    She closed her eyes and let her head fall back as he pressed again. Her hair fell against her back, its wet tendrils brushing on her bare skin adding to the intensity of feelings rushing through her body.  
    When he trailed his hands over her back, through her hair, she felt her own moan of pleasure before she heard the whispered sound.  
    With exact precision he linked his hands in the small of her back and pulled her against him as he pressed up.
    “Oh God.” The soft exclamation fell from her lips in response. The sound of it intensified her reaction, and she felt her nipples tighten even more against her bikini top.
    Slowly he brushed his hands higher up her back and when he reached her shoulders, with one simple tug, she found herself lying closer, her head tucked under his chin, her ear pressed against his chest where she could hear the roaring beat of his heart.
    She would’ve turned and touched her lips to his chest, but the sound of her name on his lips stopped her.
    “Cordelia?”
    It was a question. She wasn’t sure she wanted to talk. Not now. Not when everything was so perfect. So right. Not when she was being so good at being so bad.
    She took a deep breath and concentrated on the way his chest felt, the way his erection felt, the way she felt. “Yes?”
    He trailed his fingers up and down her back and she closed her eyes in response as he answered. “I’m all for exhibition at some time. But I really don’t want to make love to you for the first time out here by the pool. I have a feeling when I make you come, it’s going to be a hell of a loud experience. And I’d really like that experience to happen in my bed. At least the first time. What do you say?”
    Cordelia could barely force her mouth to work. Because when he’d said the words come and loud, she’d felt every bit of moisture disappear straight from her mouth and settle somewhere else entirely. And now she felt hot, breathless and dehydrated in the most wonderful way she’d ever imagined.
    She cleared her throat and forced herself to answer. “When did you plan on this loud experience? I think timing’s going to make all the difference in my