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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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    the other.
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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