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almost chastely, giving her a chance to pull away.
    So when she parted her lips and arched up, pressing her chest to his, he groaned and forced himself to explore her, not devour her like his body demanded.
    Her mouth tasted sweet—a bit of root beer lingered on her lips and he delicately licked it away. He tested how she reacted to each soft smooch, each tender nibble, each exploring flick of his tongue.
    When Kimi tired of his slower pace, she dug her nails into the back of his neck, and pulled him forward, opening her mouth wider beneath his. Thrusting her tongue in to stroke, twirl and tangle. To drive him out of his fucking mind.
    From just a kiss.
    Cal couldn’t remember the last time he’d kissed a woman with no agenda beyond learning the shape of her mouth as it moved beneath his. Experiencing the unique flavor of her. Exchanging breath as the hunger expanded. Feeling her blood pulsing in her lips. Each kiss drove the need higher until he couldn’t think. Until his heartbeat thundered in his ears, in his chest, in his cock.
    A sharp pain forced him to ease back, changing the tenor of the kiss from sizzling hot to sweetly warm.
    He smiled when she chased his mouth, demanding more. “I’m not nearly done with you, but there’s a crick in my neck so I’ve gotta move.”
    Then shy, inexperienced Kimi disappeared and she shifted to straddle his lap, with her knees touching the back of the swing. They were face to face. Mouth to mouth. She kept her eyes on his as she followed the contours of his shoulders to his neck with her hands. She swept her thumbs over the section of skin between his jaw and his earlobe. Then her gaze zeroed in on his mouth. “Can I tell you something?”
    Please tell me that you’re really eighteen and I can do all the dirty things to you I’ve been dreaming up since I saw you lick that ice cream cone. “Sure.”
    “You were right.”
    “About?”
    “I’ve never been kissed like that.”
    Cal curled his hands around her hips and squeezed. “You want more of them lip-melting kisses, darlin’?”
    She whispered, “God, yes,” and affixed her mouth to his, her lips parted in invitation, but she paused, waiting to let him lead.
    This time he drew out the pleasure. This time his hands didn’t stay idle. He ran his palms down her strong back, across her surprisingly muscular arms, up her taut thighs, around to squeeze her lush ass and then back to cradle her head, all the while feeling the softness of her hair across his knuckles as he touched her.
    And fuck if he didn’t love the sexy sounds she made when he did something she wasn’t expecting. Like the first time he trailed his lips down her throat and sucked on the spot where her neck met her shoulder.
    Her surprised, throaty gasp tightened his balls.
    Kimi’s hands went from clutching his neck, to pulling his hair, to unconsciously pushing his head where she wanted his mouth.
    Cal kept his hands away from her breasts and avoided touching her between her thighs. But when her body figured out what to do and she started grinding on him, he backed off immediately, before he lost the ability to do so.
    “Kimi,” he rasped against her throat, “time out.”
    “Okay.” She swallowed hard. “Now I understand when people say they got carried away. It’s never been like that for me before.”
    Don’t tell her it gets even better than that.
    She shifted and moved off his lap, giving his cock some relief. She rested her cheek against his chest, tucking the top of her head beneath his chin. “Is it weird if I just wanna stay like this for a while?”
    “Not weird at all, darlin’.” He swept his hand up her back. “Although I wish I had a couch we could stretch out on.”
    “Next time.” She yawned. “I’m tired. It’s been exhausting dealing with my family the past couple of days.”
    “I’ll bet. Go ahead and close your eyes for a bit.” He kissed her forehead.
    As Kimi fell asleep in his arms he couldn’t remember the